Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Introduction to Authentic Communication
- Chapter 1: The Sound of your Leadership Speech
- Chapter 2: Present as a Leader
- Chapter 3: Make the Audience Feel Welcome (And Banish Stage Fright)
- Chapter 4: Stand up Straight (And Don't Forget to Breathe)
- Chapter 5: Lead your Presentation, Don't have it Lead you
- Chapter 6: Turn PowerPoint into Performance Art
- Chapter 7: “Tell Me a Story”
- Chapter 8: Project Optimism the Right Way
- Chapter 9: Master the Art of Meeting and Mingling
- Chapter 10: Leverage the Energy of the Room
- Chapter 11: Avoid Nuance when you Speak Out Loud
- Chapter 12: Develop your Leadership Presentation
- Handbook on Communicating Leadership Presence
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Free Sample Pages from the Leader's Pocket Guide
Product information
- Title: The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2013
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814433805
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