Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

I’m a project manager for an international Bible translation agency and a candidate for my local city council. This book has brought much to life about effectively communicating in multiple kinds of situations. Two minute conversations 20 minute presentations, I believe this book would prove a great asset.It’s time to pick up my next book by Diane Booher.

There is some excellent information in this book for men who must wear suits because of their profession or corporate culture. However, the insistence on doing so for any leadership role is dated, considering corporate cultures of some of our best companies (Google, Apple, etc.) Space devoted to creating a presence while presenting oneself in a "business casual" environment would make the book far more up-to-date and useful. There are places where a business suit is far out of place, and where creating a presence is required.That said, the information that the book does contain is useful beyond expectations. The author does a great job in all other aspects of the subject.

Creating Personal Presence is a must read for anyone in a leadership role or anyone that desires to develop and define themselves as a leader. As Booher notes, this book covers the mental, physical and emotional aspects of presence. A person's presence is defined by how they LOOK (body language, dress, surroundings)- TALK (the words one chooses, tone and voice inflections)- THINK (how one organizes ideas and information, deciding what, when and how to communicate them) and ACT- (attitudes, values and competence one's actions reveal). Booher uses real life situations and individuals to describe both effective or ineffective leaders. The tips and techniques that are offered in this book are easy to use, practical and applicable to situations both personally and professionally. This is not a self-help book- it's a professional development guide. This book is now a must read-must apply guide for my team in their professional development.

If you want an easy to read resource on the fundamentals of looking and acting like a leader Dianna's book is a great resource. You will find it is full of practical strategies to apply immediately and covers a multitude of topics for anyone wanting to increase their impact at work, in their community and at home. Knowing the power of a personal brand is one of the skills that will provide leaders with a competitive edge and is vital in business today. Regardless of whether you work in corporate or run your own thought leadership practice, this is a great book and worth the time investment to apply the simple strategies.

I found this book very easy to read and digest. It is full of helpful hints that can make you feel like you seen and heard, instead of like you are blending into the wall. This book is about having presence, being a leader, and getting your thoughts and ideas across. The author has a lot of consulting experience, and numerous other books, seminars etc. to draw on. A world of experience, that when pulled all together shines a new light on sprucing up your own personal presence.

It is no surprise that prolific author Dianna Booher's latest book is so well-written. What was a surprise was how much I learned and immediately could apply. There are a lot of books on presentation skills. However, not many books discuss the ways to create Personal PRESENCE. This is a great read. Her tips make sense and are right on point for anyone who wants to talk, think and act like a leader. I used at least two tips today in a speech I delivered. Thanks Dianna!

Much of presence has to do with non-verbal communication and messages we send and receive. This is a topic for interactive or at least video instructions. Booher does a good despite the obvious challenge. The book is worth and it only works if you put this stuff to work an.d practice it

Unfortunately I didn’t find this book very useful and it seemed more like a repeated advertisement for the author’s consulting services. I got maybe two applicable “tips” out of the entire book. My advice is keep shopping.

Good condition

I've passed this book around. An easy read with good and easily applied tips and suggestions. A good read if your looking to develop your presence and personal brand.

Excellent Book, well packaged, exactly as described and arrived in excellent time

I was going to give this four stars -- it's all a bit superficial but there's a few useful tips in there -- but then I discovered at the end that they'd like to fill out an online questionnaire for $10. Thanks, but no thanks. And, oh yeah, a 'communications expert' really ought to know the difference between 'complement' and 'compliment'.

Easy read, some interesting concepts.