Creating personal presence look, talk, think, and act like a leader / [electronic resource] :
Look, talk, think, and act like a leader
Dianna Booher.
- 1st ed.
- San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2011.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 194 p.) : ill.
- A BK life book .
- BK life book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.
Consider first impressions like first loves -- Take stage -- Channel the passion -- Translate your body language to credibility -- Don't disappear -- Be professional, not professorial -- Heed the highlighter principle -- Say the right thing at the right time and leave unsaid the wrong thing at the emotional moment -- Abandon chicken little, but stop sugarcoating -- Move the conversation forward -- Think strategically -- Cut through the clutter -- Take a point of view -- Think like Hollywood -- Learn to think on your feet under pressure -- Engage emotionally -- Master modesty and mind your manners -- Lighten up without letting down -- Commit to what you communicate -- Show up, own up, and straighten it up.