Leadership communication research has denoted communication as a tool for performing leadership, a socially constructed interactive process in which leadership is formed, and as a process constitutive of leadership. It has embraced three main perspectives on communication: communication as transmission of messages, communication as sensemaking, and communication as discourses. Research traditions that focus on the communicative aspects of leadership are those of leader–member relationships, transformational leadership, leaders' framing, sensemaking and discourse, and communicative leadership. Contexts for leadership communication include dyads, teams, organizations, and networks. Leadership communication occurs continuously between leaders and followers but can be trained, planned, and used with strategic intent. Strategic communication tools for leaders are framing, sensemaking, storytelling, and dialogue. Several outcomes of leadership communication are established in the literature: trust, engagement, empowerment, health, change, and effectiveness. Leadership is confirmed as occurring through leadership communication, since communication constructs and constitutes leadership.