Your manager is being vague. Either purposefully or not. If purposeful I would be concerned and ask why. If not, he is not very good at communicating. So. The

Your manager is being vague. Either purposefully or not. If purposeful I would be concerned and ask why. If not, he is not very good at communicating. So. The next time he says that ask him: “what do you mean by talk like a leader not an engineer, because every engineer and leader I know talks with their own distinct style”