Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders [Paperback]

John Baldoni (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 16, 2003

A groundbreaking guide to mastering the most important leadership skills

Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders gives anyone from managers to executives an unparalleled opportunity to do just that. John Baldoni explores the communication styles of many of the world's most influential leaders and extracts powerful lessons that leaders of all stripes can use to improve their communication skills and overall leadership effectiveness. Drawing upon his years of experience as a top leadership consultant, visionary and coach, Baldoni:

• Reveals the communications secrets of Jack Welch, Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell, Peter Drucker, Winston Churchill, Steve Jobs, Katharine Graham, and many other influential leaders
• Distills the proven communication techniques of today's greatest leaders into core strategies and step-by-step solutions
• Develops guidelines for making the most of computer-aided presentations, videoconferencing, and other new technologies

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Master the vital communication skills that make leaders effective

Leaders who communicate properly and frequently--in good times as well as bad--improve performance, get results, and create a successful enterprise. In this groundbreaking guide, top leadership consultant, visionary, and coach John Baldoni explores the leadership communication styles of many of the world's most influential leaders, from Winston Churchill and Katharine Graham to Jack Welch, Colin Powell, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Rudolph Giuliani.

• Develop the leadership message--determine what you want to say and do
• Deliver the leadership message--get the message across verbally, mentally, and metaphorically
• Sustain the leadership message--keep the message alive, fresh, and meaningful

Leaders need to do more than stand up and speak; they need to integrate communications into everything they do, address the immediate concerns and issues, and open the door to future dialogue and discovery. This book helps push that door open, so you can bring your organization to the next level.

John Baldoni is a management communications and leadership consultant and has worked for companies large and small, including Ford, Kellogg's, and Pfizer. He is the author of three other books on leadership as well as a frequent speaker on leadership topics. John also teaches in a management development program at the University of Michigan.

About the Author

John Baldoni is a management communications and leadership consultant. His clients range from Fortune 100 companies like Ford, Kellogg's, Pfizer to non-profits such as the University of Michigan. He is the author of four other books on leadership as well as a frequent speaker on leadership topics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071414967
• ISBN-13: 978-0071414968
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Baldoni is an internationally recognized leadership consultant, coach, author and speaker.

John has taught what it means to inspire at the top of a mountain in the Canadian Rockies. At sea level in Orlando, Florida, John spoke to nearly one thousand USAF/JAG commissioned and non-commissioned officers on leadership and communication. And his book, Lead Your Boss, The Subtle Art of Managing Up, was selected as a notable leadership book for fall 2009.

In 2011, Leadership Gurus International ranked John No. 11 on its list of global leadership gurus. In 2010 for the second consecutive year, John was named one of the world's top 25 leadership experts by Top Leadership Gurus International.

John established a career as a highly sought after communications and leadership consultant, where he had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.

John speaks widely to corporate, professional, military and university audiences. Those who attend John's keynotes and workshops find his advice to be practical and his advice inspirations. Mixed with stories of great men and women, and leavened with light hearted humor, John seeks down-to-earth practical advice that individuals can apply immediately. John's presentations blend his passion for leadership with genuine enthusiasm for helping people achieve their leadership ambitions.

In Fall 2011 John published his tenth book, Lead With Purpose: Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself. Over the past decade, John has established himself as a world authority on on topics that matter to leaders who are seeking insight into leadership challenges of the day. Through his books and many columns for leading business publications, John has become a source of practical wisdom on topics such as influencing without authority, applying power appropriately, leading with grace and conviction, and developing genuine followership. All of these topics complement John's mission to help individuals and their organizations achieve positive results.

As a recognized global thought leader, John's executive coaching helps managers to achieve positive results by focusing on communication, influence, motivation and supervision. John specializes in leadership presence, which he defines as "demonstrating earned authority." John's coaching clients including Fortune 1000 companies as well as non-profits.

John is a regular online contributor to CBSi/BNET, Bloomberg/Businessweek, and Harvard Business Review. John's columns have appeared in the online versions of FastCompany, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post well as Leader to Leader and the Wharton Leadership Digest.

John has been quoted by scores of publications including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Globe and Mail (Canada), HR Management, and the Washington Post. Additionally John has appeared on many radio programs, including the national version of the Michael Smerconish Show. Reviews of his work have appeared in a number of publications including Investor's Business Daily, Training & Development, Sales & Marketing Management, WashingtonPost.com and The Hindu.

John has created a video coaching series for Athena Online and a series of coaching podcasts for CXO Media. These forms of media give John the opportunity to reach a wider audience with his leadership insights designed to help managers become effective leaders.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN INTRIGUING "HOW-TO" OF LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS, December 16, 2003

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Gary Genard (Arlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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Baldoni's "Great Communication Secrets Of Great Leaders" is a well-researched and highly readable "how-to" of leadership communications. This author knows his material, and presents it through the interesting device of linking principles to some of the world's leading communicators. It was refreshing to read a business-centered book that focus specifically on the communication aspects of leadership, which Baldoni obviously understands quite well. As a former professional actor, I also enjoyed how the author links dynamic presentations to effective performance. This book is well worth the modest cover price. A definite "buy!"

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Re-Invent the Wheel When You Don't Have To?, November 27, 2005

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Mark Goulston MD "author and writer" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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The most successful companies learn more and more from the best practices of other successful companies. John Baldoni has selected some of the most persuasive people from the twentieth century and has analyzed and revealed their secrets so that you or I or anyone can improve our communication. It saves precious time to learn from others. Don't waste precious time by learning to communicate better by trial and error. Buy this book and learn from some of the best communicators of the twentieth century how they did and do it, so you can do the same.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Few good cases, but lack theory, September 28, 2011

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This review is from: Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders (Paperback)

The book describes a few good and well known communicators, but the analysis of the different communicators and the communication theory behind it, is best defined as non-exsistent.

If it is news to you, that you need to repeat the message and be trustworthy when you communicate, then this book will probably be the right choice. If you already knew that, I will not recommend this book. This book does not go deeper than that. Unfortunately.