FOREWORD
Leaders of Influence
They engage in real conversations.
Nothing about authentic leadership is fake—and that includes all forms of talk and walk. So, if you are now a leader—or if you aspire to be a leader—you need to learn how to have REAL conversations (as John Stoker calls them in his entertaining and enlightening book, Overcoming Fake Talk) to gain and maintain influence with key stakeholders.
As an executive coach who helps leaders who are already very good at what they do become even better, as judged by the people they work with, I have learned that how you are perceived and regarded by the people you work with is largely determined by how you relate and converse with them.
I find that most aspiring leaders, especially knowledge ...
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