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When you can own the room with a great speech, you'll be unstoppable!
List of contents
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
About the author
JOHN BALDONI, president of Baldoni Consulting LLC, is an internationally recognized executive coach, speaker, and author. In 2011, Leadership Gurus International ranked John No. 11 on its list of the world's top 30 leadership experts. He is a regular online contributor to CBS MoneyWatch, Inc, and Harvard Business Review.
Summary
Whether in a meeting or a presentation, a watercooler conversation or a formal speech, a leader’s most important job is to.
Your idea may be groundbreaking. The potential profits might be exhilarating. The time to act may be right now, but if you’re not able to craft and deliver a clear message that doesn’t lead the audience to gain your perspective, that can be the difference between your pitch being transformational and becoming forgettable.
Executive coach and leadership expert John Baldoni provides this concise tool kit containing more than 100 practical tips for creating and communicating meaningful messages with presence and authority.
In The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence, you 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
When a leader learns to own the room with an authentic and persuasive speech, the audience will become putty in their hands.
The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence helps leaders achieve the kind of genuine presence that evolves into lasting trust and quantifiable influence.
