Creating Personal Presence Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

by Booher, Dianna

• ISBN13: 9781609940119
• ISBN10: 1609940113
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-03
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

#x1C;Personal presence#x1D; is hard to define, but we know it when we see it. Someone walks into a room and people step aside. Heads turn. Conversation opens up to include them. They#x19;re in charge-of themselves and any situation. It#x19;s not a question of status symbols or position. Personal presence involves genuine character and relationship issues. It#x19;s not who you are-it#x19;s how you are, how you present yourself, how you act. Dianna Booher, an award-winning consultant to Fortune 500 companies, shows how anyone can master the skills and attitudes that will enable them to become compelling leaders and communicate with credibility and power.

Author Biography

Dianna Booher is CEO of Booher Consultants, serving 'Fortune 500 clients such as IBM, PepsiCo, USAA, and JPMorgan Chase. She has also been featured in Successful Meetings' list of "21 Top Speakers for the. 21st Century." Her previous books have sold nearly 4 million copies.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Why Should You Care?	p. 1
How You Look
Consider First Impressions Like First Loves	p. 13
Take Stage	p. 23
Channel the Passion	p. 29
Translate Your Body Language to Credibility	p. 37
Don't Disappear	p. 45
How You Talk
Be Professional, Not Professorial	p. 59
Heed the Highlighter Principle	p. 69
Say the Right Thing at the Right Time and Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing at the Emotional Moment	p. 75
Abandon Chicken Little, But Stop Sugarcoating	p. 85
Move the Conversation Forward	p. 91
How You Think
Think Strategically	p. 101
Cut Through the Clutter	p. 109
Take a Point of View	p. 117
Think Like Hollywood	p. 121
Learn to Think on Your Feet Under Pressure	p. 131
How You Act
Engage Emotionally	p. 143
Master Modesty and Mind Your Manners	p. 151
Lighten Up Without Letting Down	p. 161
Commit to What You Communicate	p. 167
Show Up, Own Up, and Straighten It Up	p. 173
A Final Note	p. 177
The Personal Presence Self-Assessment	p. 180
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 187
About the Author	p. 193
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