Authors: Phyllis Mindell
ISBN-13: 9780735203884, ISBN-10: 0735203881
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Phyllis Mindell, founder and president of Well-Read, is an expert on professional communications, a sought-after speaker, and the author of How to Say It(r) for Women.
The complete guide to every aspect of leadership communications, How to Say It(r) for Executives offers everything current and future leaders need to know to get their ideas across powerfully, efficiently, and humanely. Full of practical tips, words, outlines, and models, this guide shows how to:
- Prepare and deliver effective speeches and talk to large and small audiences
- Reinforce a message with effective use of nonverbal language
- Avoid words and phrases that undermine authority
- Foster participation during meetings
- Handle difficult or hostile people with grace
- Write briefly and clearly
1 | Seminal ideas | 1 |
2 | Leading your self | 12 |
3 | Reading like a leader | 18 |
4 | Listening like a leader | 31 |
5 | Leading without words : presence, charisma, and nonverbal communications | 46 |
6 | Talking like a leader | 58 |
7 | Building sturdy structures | 85 |
8 | Organizing spoken and written communications | 101 |
9 | Addressing your public | 106 |
10 | Delivering speeches that lead | 116 |
11 | Communicating with small groups and individuals | 125 |
12 | Writing like a leader | 142 |
13 | Bridging cultures - toward a language of community in a diverse workplace | 156 |