Synopses & Reviews
Personal presence is difficult to define but easy to recognize. People with presence carry themselves in a way that turns heads. When they talk, people listen. When they ask, people answer. When they lead, people follow. Personal presence can help you get a date, a mate, a job, or a sale. It can help you lead a meeting, a movement, or an organization.
Presence is not something you’re born with—anyone can learn these skills, habits, and traits. Award-winning speaker and consultant Dianna Booher shows how to master dozens of small and significant things that work together to convey presence. She details how body language, manners, and even your surroundings enhance credibility and build rapport. You’ll learn to use voice and language to demonstrate competence, deliver clear and memorable messages, and master emotions. You’ll learn to think strategically, organize ideas coherently, and convey to others genuine interest, integrity, respect, and reliability.
Take her self-assessment to measure your progress. With Dianna Booher’s expert, entertaining advice, you can have the same kind of influence as the most successful CEOs, celebrities, and civic leaders.
Review
Praise for Creating Personal Presence
“I’m a big fan of Dianna Booher. Her new book will help you communicate the very best version of yourself as a leader. Read it!”
—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Full Steam Ahead!
“Booher makes ‘presence’ actionable. This is my kind of book!”
—Marshall Goldsmith, author of Mojo and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“This extraordinary book is full of invaluable ideas and insights that can help you get paid more and promoted faster than you ever thought possible.”
—Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog! and How the Best Leaders Lead
Synopsis
“Personal presence” 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’re in charge—of themselves and any situation.
It’s not a question of status symbols or position. Personal presence involves genuine character and relationship issues. It’s not who you are—it’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.
About the Author
Dianna Booher is CEO of Booher Consultants, a communications training firm. Her clients include nine of the ten largest corporations in America and 140 of the Fortune 500. She has won several awards including the Star Quality Award from IBM, a Vendor of the Year Award from Frito-Lay, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from ASTD—Dallas. She has also been inducted into the National Speakers Association’s Hall of Fame. She has also been featured by Successful Meeting magazine on its list of “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century” and named one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in America” in 2007 and 2008 by Executive Excellence. Dianna is also the author of 45 books, which have collectively sold almost 4 million copies.
Table of Contents
Part 1: How to Look
Chapter 1: Assume the “Assessment” Mindset
Chapter 2: Take Stage
Chapter 3: Show Passion
Chapter 4: Talk to Only One Person at a Time—Not the Group
Chapter 5: Set the Standard for Image and Comfort
Part 2: How to Talk
Chapter 6: Master the Monotone Monster
Chapter 7: Pause with Purpose for Effect—7 of Them
Chapter 8: Never Confuse “Laid Back” with Boring
Chapter 9: Be Professional, Not Professorial
Chapter 10: Strive to Say the Right Thing at the Right Time, and Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing at the Emotional Moment
Part 3: How to Think
Chapter 11: Cut Through the Clutter
Chapter 12: Make Your Bottom Line the Opening Line
Chapter 13: Take a Point of View
Chapter 14: Abandon the “Chicken Little” Demeanor and Approach
Chapter 15: Stop the Sugarcoating
Chapter 16: Welcome Questions
Part 4: How to Act
Chapter 17: Commit to What You Communicate
Chapter 18: Live the Life and Values You Preach
Chapter 19: Connect Emotionally
Chapter 20: Master Modesty
Chapter 21: Lean to the Light Side
Chapter 22: Demonstrate Competence