The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence

How to Project Confidence, Conviction, and Authority
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8144-3379-9
Verlag: AMACOM

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 148 g

A leader’s most important job is to communicate. Every day, whether in a meeting or a presentation, a water-cooler conversation or a formal speech, his or her ability to craft and deliver a clear message, one the audience will believe, is the tipping point between forgettable and transformational. The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence is a concise tool kit containing more than 100 practical tips for creating and communicating meaningful messages with presence and authority. Readers will discover how to: • Present their ideas clearly and provide context • Radiate confidence and put the audience at ease • Refine their delivery • Use stories to inform, involve, and inspire • Leverage the energy of any room • Convey optimism tempered with reality to gain buy-in • Turn PowerPoint presentations into performances • And more To be truly effective, a leader’s words need to ring true, and his or her delivery needs to be authentic. This handy little guide helps readers achieve the kind of genuine presence that leads to lasting trust and quantifiable influence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldoni, John

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS Introduction to Authentic Communication 1 CHAPTER 1 The Sound of Your Leadership Speech 3 CHAPTER 2 Present as a Leader 9 CHAPTER 3 Make the Audience Feel Welcome (and Banish Stage Fright) 13 CHAPTER 4 Stand Up Straight (and Don’t Forget to Breathe) 17 CHAPTER 5 Lead Your Presentation, Don’t Have It Lead You 21 CHAPTER 6 Turn PowerPoint into Performance Art 27 CHAPTER 7 “Tell Me a Story” 31 CHAPTER 8 Project Optimism the Right Way 35 CHAPTER 9 Master the Art of Meeting and Mingling 39 CHAPTER 10 Leverage the Energy of the Room 43 CHAPTER 11 Avoid Nuance When You Speak Out Loud 47 CHAPTER 12 Develop Your Leadership Presentation 51 Handbook on Communicating Leadership Presence 55 Notes 65 Index 67 About the Author 70

Über Autor(innen)

Baldoni, John
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JOHN BALDONI, president of Baldoni Consulting LLC, is an internationally recognized executive coach, speaker, and author of a dozen leadership books. In 2013, Global Gurus International ranked John No. 14 on its list of the world’s top 30 leadership experts. John has written over 400 columns for the online sites of Harvard Business Review, Forbes and FastCompany.