Leadership Presence

HBR Emotional Intelligence Series

By: Harvard Business Review

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon, Jonathan Yen

Lead with charisma and confidence.

Many leaders consider "executive presence" a make-or-break factor in high-powered promotions. But what is this elusive quality, and how do you develop it?

This book explains how to build the charisma, confidence, and decisiveness that top leaders project. Whether you're delivering a critical presentation or managing a hectic meeting, you'll be inspired to approach the situation with new strength.

This volume includes the work of: Deborah Tannen, Amy J. C. Cuddy, and Amy Jen Su.

This collection of articles includes "Deconstructing Executive Presence," by John Beeson; "How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals," by Amy Jen Su; "To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It," by Rebecca Shambaugh; "Connect, Then Lead," by Amy J. C. Cuddy, Matthew Kohut, and John Neffinger; "The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why," by Deborah Tannen; and "Too Much Charisma Can Make Leaders Look Less Effective," by Jasmine Vergauwe, Bart Wille, Joeri Hofmans, Robert B. Kaiser, and Filip De Fruyt.

©2018 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation (P)2022 Ascent Audio

Enjoyed!

Short read but greatly filled with valuable information. Definitely something for new leadership to listen to.

Chloe Cannon’s voice 😣

The female narrator has a nauseatingly nasal voice that’s painful to listen to and distracts from the content. Most of the articles are ok but Deborah Tannen’s “Power Talk Who Gets Heard and Why” (2nd to the end) becomes a gender studies exercise in gratuitous man bashing. Her article could have easily and more accurately addressed different communication styles without making gender central to it.