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Coded data 
Table 1: High Proficient Speaking School Administrators’ Responses to the Inquiry “How can oral communication make a leader 
successful?” 
 
Open Coding 
Axial Coding 
Selective Coding 
Sympathetic, Empathetic Collaborative Team player Understanding Sensitive Team 
player Sociable Helpful Appreciative Influencer Influential speaker 
Concern for people 
Sociability and 
School Productivity 
Overseer Manipulative Analytical Result-oriented Hard-working Practical productive 
consistent 
Concern for 
results/organization needs 
Communicative Elaborative Communicative in English Direct-content speaker 
Confident in speaking Fluent Speaker 
Speaking Spontaneity 
Language Flexible Ability in language 
Audience Sensitivity 
 
Memoing. This is the Memo written after interviewing the 
High Proficient Speaking School Administrators about 
Research Question 1 
The school administrators mentioned a number of 
characteristics that can be associated both for leadership and 
oral communication. It is interesting to note that most of 
them have characteristics that focus on the concern about 
people. Does this mean then that if administrators' first 
concern is people, everything else about his administrative 
task, including communication must be in accord to their 
welfare? Should they really adapt based on the needs of 
their constituents? Up to what extent should they do this? 
There are a few responses, however, that tackle about the 
production or the needs of the organizations. Will these 

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tantamount the characteristics of people in the organization?