The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence - by John Baldoni (Paperback)

About the Book

When you can own the room with a great speech, you'll be unstoppable!

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

With their warmth, confidence, and ability to connect, many leaders look like they were born to the role. But that's rare. What seem to be innate gifts are usually the result of learning and practicing great communication.

Communication is a critical skill for leaders. Whether in a contentious meeting, a casual conversation, or a formal speech, the ability to craft and deliver clear, authentic messages, ones your audience will believe, is the tipping point between forgettable and transformational.

The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence will turn even dull speakers into dazzling communicators. Stripped of excess complexity and verbiage, the book distills the truly essential components of extraordinary communication into 100 actionable tips, including:

- Why framing your speech as a musical composition captures hearts and minds

- How to avoid common blunders, such as hunching at the podium or furtively glancing sideways

- PowerPoint dos and don'ts to enhance a message, not distract from it

- Why leaders who tell compelling stories will turn listeners into followers

- How to be a credible optimist, without being a Pollyanna

- Three steps to ensure you get out of your office and mingle with employees

- How to project certitude and a clear path for others to follow--plus much more

A leader's most important job is to communicate. This handy guide helps you achieve the kind of genuine presence and communication excellence that earn lasting trust and quantifiable influence.

John Baldoni 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, Fast Company, Forbes, and Inc.

Review Quotes

"If you are looking to take a team to the next level or up your influence in a certain environment, check out what Baldoni has to say." --Attitudes 4 Innovation "...concise tool kit containing more than 100 practical tips for creating and communicating meaningful messages with presence and authority." --Examiner.com

About the Author

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

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