Executive Presentations

Jacqui Harper

Description

*SHORT-LISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2019!*

This book equips executives to give compelling and clear presentations: the kind of presentations that drive corporate change and innovation AND make reputations. And it’s all down to presence.

Presence works at three levels - what you say, how you use your body, and your mindset.  

Level 1: Discover how to transform ideas and business messages with a simple 5-step tool.

Level 2: Learn how to leverage your physical presence when speaking, including your style, body language and vocal presence.

Level 3: Speak with confidence and resilience by developing your mindset, with four powerful tools to transform the way you think as you prepare to present.

Jacqui Harper writes in a warm, authoritative style. Her rich blend of tools, tips and expert advice will help you become a consistently outstanding communicator.

Sujets

• Communications
• Leadership
• Business
• Economics
• Meeting
• Gestion et management
• Meetings

Informations

• Publié par: Practical Inspiration Publishing
• Date de parution: 19 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781788600590
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

First published in Great Britain by Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2018
Jacqui Harper, 2018
Cover design by Christian Bailey
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
ISBN 978-1-78860-016-3
All rights reserved. This book, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the author.
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The publisher apologizes for any errors or omissions and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book.
ENDORSEMENTS
This book exudes Jacqui s trademark optimism, warmth and directness. She has unique credibility to write such a book because she has experience in the tough world of television news, she is a coach and an accomplished teacher. The book is full of sensible immensely practical advice on how to make presentations with impact. I am an experienced presenter myself but I learnt a lot from it, for instance the importance of how you actually walk on to that stage and how to use pauses. Whether you have to make short, powerful contributions in meetings or address 500 people in a conference centre, I strongly recommend this book for its distilled common sense and expert advice.
Jenny Rogers, executive coach and author
This book should be required reading for anyone who needs to communicate via speeches!
Jacqui has produced a very useful and eminently practical book, covering the key areas of words, body and mind, along with a section of solutions and top tips. The lovely thing about Jacqui s writing is that, while she s a consummate professional and a visiting professor at INSEAD, her writing isn t dull or academic. It s easy to read and full of memorable stories from Jacqui and her clients experience. In fact, I had to stop myself laughing out loud a few times as I read it, as I would have disturbed the other passengers on my flight! I would recommend this book to anyone who is serious about communications. I will be applying several of the tips to my own keynote speeches, safe in the knowledge that they are tried and tested, and that they will work for me as they have for so many others. Well done Jacqui!
Dr Penny Pullan, keynote speaker and Director, Making Projects Work Ltd.
Executive Presentations guides you, step-by-step, to a nirvana where, when you speak, you are compelling, trustworthy, authentic and inspire confidence. Jacqui shows you how to combine the practical with the physical and emotional to become a leader people believe in. Buy it. Read it. Enjoy your success.
Joanne Gill, Director, GLR Public Relations
Anyone who does any kind of presentation or public speaking knows just how difficult it is to deliver not only a memorable message but also one that engages with the audience. In this book, Jacqui has laid out strategies and concepts for delivering powerful and engaging presentation in the most straight forward and easily digestible way. This book will help you deliver your message with maximum effect. A must read for anyone looking to achieve impact and develop a powerful executive presence on any stage!
Griselda Togobo, Entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, lecturer, author, CEO - Forwardladies.com
Jacqui shares her experiences in her usual stylish and warm way - her book should be on everyone s reading list from 13 upwards. If you can write and present well, everything else is easy.
Meena Heath, Founder, Global Leaders in Law
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I T TAKES A lot of love to create a book and this is no exception. It has been given in the form of inspiration, encouragement, specialist advice, critical feedback, positive feedback, challenge and thoughtful comments. I am deeply grateful and would like to acknowledge three groups of people: those who have developed my expertise, those who ve helped me grow as an author and my family.
My BBC colleagues from Newsroom South East: it s where my adventure in communication began. Amongst all the fun and deadlines I learnt a lot from colleagues. I have used many ideas and insights from broadcasting in my subsequent work in leadership development and in this book.
I am grateful to corporate clients and participants I have worked with at Crystal Business Coaching over the years on leadership development programmes, presentation skills courses, media training and executive coaching projects. Their questions, curiosity and courage have challenged me to keep on finding new and better ways to develop talented individuals.
The team of enthusiastic experts I have led at Crystal Business Coaching have been remarkable. Their specialist skills in training design, media coaching, voice coaching, image training and NLP techniques have created many unique and exciting training events that have thrilled our clients. The experts include Simon Nash, Cheryl Winter, Michaela Kennen, Carol Thompson, Sarah Simmons, Glen Oglaza, Judy Fearn, Dominique Douglas, Tim Friend and Jane Revell.
Thanks to my INSEAD colleague, Steve Knight, for putting me in touch with the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, where I trained as an executive coach. The Institute transformed my thinking on adult learning and development. In executive coaching I gained a tool that is highly effective and a joy to use. The Hudson programme helped me grow as a person. I found useful blind spots to work on and re-discovered my jazz mode (that s the bit that doesn t have to be known or fully orchestrated - it can be created in the moment). I also found in the Phoenix Group a safe space to share hearts and minds on the most amazing learning journey.
Dr Penny Pullan is one of the main reasons this book has gone from interesting idea to printed page. A chance meeting with her at a women s network event in London s Docklands led me to join and win a Business Book Proposal Challenge (more of that in a minute). When I was struggling to write, my mastermind colleagues, Penny Pullan and Clare Painter, reminded me to write in my voice and that simple advice got me unstuck. Penny became my book buddy: we did daily check-ins and she reviewed many drafts - she has given me so much. I just knew there was something special about the lady with the lovely smile that I bumped into at HSBC Headquarters.
Alison Jones, owner of Practical Inspiration Publishing, is another author angel. She runs the excellent online 10-Day Business Book Proposal Challenge. As part of winning the challenge I was put on a six-week author boot camp that got me writing. She believed in this book even when I was wobbling. Thank you.
My Monday check-ins to the Facebook group created in the boot camp continued from first word to last. Knowing I had to tell the group SOMETHING at the start of every week was a useful motivator even when I stalled. Their responses and interest encouraged me.
A second Facebook group of friends, family and colleagues were also with me all the way. They read early drafts that were barely more than notes and their input meant a lot. They are Monique Connor, Wim Dufourne, Susan Gellatly, Di Harper (lil sis), Mike Normant and Dawn Rowley.
The biggest thanks must go to my family. I know writing the book sacrificed precious family time. Thank you Peter, Carla and Philip.
And finally, thanks to my parents Jasmine and Ralph: two humble Jamaicans who taught me how to love and dream.
CONTENTS
SECTION 1: WORDS
1 Begin powerfully
2 Reinforce ideas
3 Involve the audience
4 Be bold
5 End powerfully
6 When Jacqui met Harry or using scripts
SECTION 2: BODY
7 Vocal presence
8 Body language
9 Signature style
10 Headshots
SECTION 3: MIND
11 The attitude of gratitude
12 Self-coaching
SECTION 4: SOLUTIONS
13 Pitfalls and solutions
14 Nerves
15 Top tips
FIGURES
1 List of human feelings
2 Mapping emotional objectives
3 Mind map
4 Pyramid structure of How to Do a Great Presentation
5 BBC acronym
6 Prince Harry with Jacqui Harper
7 Jacqui script with markups
8 Diaphragm breathing
9 Vocal cords
10 Colour groups and palettes
11 Body shapes
12 Headshots comparison
13 The Ladder of Inference
14 Productivity story
15 Vocal impact solutions
16 Live graphics example
17 Running order
INTRODUCTION
Who is this book for?
Do your presentations gain trust?
Are your presentations always clear and compelling?
Do your presentations inspire colleagues?
Do your presentations enhance your corporate reputation?
Are your presentations good enough to get you promoted?
Do you speak with gravitas?
Will your next role require strong executive presence?
If these questions raise issues you would like to address with practical, proven and innovative solutions, then this book is definitely for you. This is a powerful development tool for one of the most significant areas of competence for leaders: executive presence.
You might be an experienced and successful leader who wants to develop that specific area. You might be a newly promoted executive going into general management with new challenges and expectations. You might speak to international audiences. You might present at board meetings. You might be seeking new ideas for your presentations. You might be an emerging leader eager to support ambitions with stronger presentation skills.
This book is also a resource for those who focus on developing talent within their organisations. You might also be an executive coach supporting clients in issues to do with executiv