Convey Your Message Clearly, Credibly, and Competently!
Fortune 500 consultant Dianna Booher is one of the world's foremost authorities on public speaking and business communication. She has trained and consulted for some of the top executives in leading companies-and she has heard all the grumbling between departments about “the lack of communication” today. Using 10 clear-cut strategies, she will show you exactly what to say, how to say it, when to say it, and even how to present yourself credibly-all crucial elements in business today.
Be Complete. Be Consistent. Be Concerned. These rules-and the seven others Booher outlines in this book-sound simple enough. But these essentials of good communication mark the difference between failure and success for any business, career, or relationship. Even if your communication technology changes-from e-mail and voice mail to teleconferencing and blogging-the rules remain the same. You have to be credible as a communicator.
The Voice of Authority is loaded with practical tips to help you
Sell your ideas and expand your influence
Inspire and motivate others to be part of a winning team
Handle crises in a way that builds rather than destroys trust
Identify critical characteristics that increase your credibility
From the most routine messages to more sensitive “bad news” subjects, you'll be able to manage reactions, communicate with clout, and lead others with success.
Simple Strategies That Will Change the Way You Communicate Forever
Would you like to compel others to act? Command more attention for your ideas? Communicate as a respected leader? In The Voice of Authority, communications guru and bestselling author Dianna Booher shares her proven secrets of communication-powerful guidelines that have worked for some of the largest corporations in the world.
“Great leaders are first and foremost great communicators. If you want to take your leadership to a higher level, read this book.”-Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Level
“Wow! What a great book. Your ability to communicate determines as much as 85% of your success (or frustration) and this book gives you practical ideas you can use to become more persuasive-immediately.”-Brian Tracy, author, The Power of Charm
“Dianna Booher has taken her well-honed and world-class guidance on effective communication to a new, different, and powerful level. Put it to use every day-your organization will be stronger and more vital for it.”-John W. Gill, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
About the Author
Dianna Booher is the CEO of Booher Consultants, a communication training firm whose clients have included 22 of the 50 largest corporations in America. Booher has been named one of the “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century” by Successful Meetings magazine and has won the highest awards in the professional speaking industry, having been inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame®. Her Web site is booher.com.
Dianna Booher helps organizations to improve productivity through effective communication: oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational.
As author of 45 books, published in 26 countries, and in 20 foreign languages, Dianna has published with Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner, McGraw-Hill, Random House, Thomas Nelson, and Berrett-Koehler. Her latest books include --Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader --Communicate with Confidence!: How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time (Rev. Edition) --The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know --Booher's Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors --Speak with Confidence!: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade --E-WRITING: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication --From Contact to Contract --Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career
Several have been selections by major book club selections.
Dianna has been interviewed by Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, FOX, CNN, CNBC,USA Today, National Public Radio, Dr. Laura Radio Show, The New York Times, Forbes.com, Washington Post, New York Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg, Boardroom Reports, Investor's Business Daily, Working Woman, Industry Week, McCall's, Cosmopolitan, Success, Entrepreneur, among other national radio, TV, and newspapers.
Executive Excellence Publishing named her as one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders" of America and one of the "Top 100 Minds on Personal Development." She holds a master's degree in English from the University of Houston.
Dianna is founder and CEO of Booher Consultants, a leading communications training firm, whose clients include 145 of the Fortune 500 organizations, plus numerous governmental agencies. Booher trainers have taken Dianna's communication principles and techniques to organizations on six continents.
Programs offered by her firm include business and technical writing, proposal writing, presentation skills, customer service communication, interpersonal skills, resolving conflict, effective meetings, listening, and personal productivity.
Booher Consultants, Inc., has received vendor-of-the-year awards from clients such as IBM and Frito-Lay for Booher's overall impact on the organization.
Dianna's clients most often describe her keynotes at major conferences and conventions this way: "So many practical ideas I can use immediately" ... "Inspiring--you make me want to go out and do it now!"..."High energy!"
She delivers very focused keynotes and programs addressing clients' specific communication issues as well as programs on personal growth topics.
Dianna has received the highest awards in the professional speaking industry, including induction into the National Speakers Association's CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame®. Additionally, Successful Meetings magazine named Dianna on its list of 21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century.
This review is from: The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know (Hardcover)
This is an important read well worth your valuable time. By using the advice in this book, leaders and businesspeople will be able to communicate more effectively using straightforward, lucid conversation. When you apply Booher's ten key strategies to your personal and organizational communications, you'll avoid huge productivity drains such as rework, mistakes, and misunderstandings. The author uses clever alliteration to help the reader remember the ten strategies: Correct, Complete, Clear, unClear, Consistent, Credible, Concerned, Current, Competent, and Circular. Booher not only provides the rationale of why each strategy works but specific tactics to immediately apply them to your written and verbal messages. You'll discover why truth-telling is key to productivity; how your style may be creating a climate of paranoia; what to never put in email; and how to immediately engage someone in conversation. The end result: Powerful, purposeful prose that will help you obtain your communication goals.
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This review is from: The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know (Hardcover)
The Voice of Authority is another gift from Diana Booher! Once again she has packaged a book of communication strategies for all of us. Dianna has condensed the contents of 43 books and 25 years of experience into 10 pearls of wisdom that will help you communicate with impact every time. Whether you read the "10 Reasons People Resist What You Say," the "Rationale for Email, Phone or Face to Face," or "Know What Never to Put in an Email," you will put this book down a wiser and more competent communicator.
Like the title of her book, Dianna truly is THE voice of authority when it comes to understanding and improving communication and this is another Booher bundle of brilliant basics for better communication! Buy your copy today and unwrap all the wisdom Dianna has enclosed in her latest gift to all of us.
Elaine Biech
ebb associates inc
Author, Training for Dummies
The Business of Consulting
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This review is from: The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know (Hardcover)
Good book. Practical with useful usable content.
Highly recommended. One point I dont fully agree with is that information does not translate to execution (page 6). I believe information is used in context for all execution.
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