Speaking as a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak...from Board Rooms to Meeting Rooms, from Town Halls to Phone Calls

A leader's role is to move others. To engage them and to inspire them to action. Effective leaders use every speaking opportunity to influence and inspire-in their phone calls, in meetings, in elevator conversations, in presentations, and in their formal speeches. They realize that the true task of leaders is to create believers. Many leaders take time to craft effective formal speeches and presentations, but fall down on the day-to-day communication. For too many leaders, informal is synonymous with unprepared when it comes to informal speaking situations. When people fail to communicate, they fail to lead. Speaking As a Leader puts communications squarely at the centre of leadership and shows how to lead every time you speak-from the biggest stage to the most informal hallway conversation or phone call. It helps readers to meet the enormous challenge of engaging, energizing, and motivating others day in and day out. In today's flattened organizations, leadership opportunities are plentiful and exist in every interaction and for individuals at every level. Speaking As a Leader reveals the leadership moments that exist in even the most informal settings and shows how to: Inspire and influence others, every time you speak Listen effectively, in three dimensions Move from Information to Inspiration Take the numb out of numbers See why you are the best visual and how to avoid Death by PowerPoint Move from Subject to Message Structure your thoughts and message in any situation, using a four-step model Create a leader's presence and show your passion Become a constant leader. Speaking As a Leader offers a four-step model to unlock your leadership potential every time you communicate and help you turn your listeners into followers and believers. You will learn how to mobilize others through the power of your ideas, whether in a formal speech, a presentation to your colleagues, a phone call or a brief conversation. You will learn how to lead every time you speak.

About the Author :
Vanessa Hart (1959-2014) narrated dozens of award-winning audiobooks in her career. She was a finalist for the 2009 Voicey Award for Best Female Voice and was a finalist in the 2008 Audie Awards. Judith Humphrey is the founder of The Humphrey Group, the first Canadian firm to focus on teaching top executives to be effective speakers. While Judith retired in 2017, she continues to write books and articles that look at how to communicate inspirationally. She is the author of two books, Speaking as a Leader and Taking the Stage: How Women Can Speak Up, Stand Out, and Succeed.