Booher - Communicate like a leader: connecting strategically to coach, inspire, and get things done

If youre a micromanager, you need to know its not just ineffectiveits also the most labor-intensive leadership style. When you read Communicate Like a Leader, youll learn strategic communication skills that will improve your relationship with your people and actually make leading easier. Dianna Booher is the communication guru of the 21st century!

Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and One Minute Mentoring

Great leaders are great communicators, as Dianna Booher points out in this smart, useful book. If you want to become a top-notch strategic communicator, youd do well to heed the advice in its pages.

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach, business educator, New York Times bestselling author, and Thinkers50 #1 leadership thinker in the world

Dianna Boohers brilliant new book, Communicate Like a Leader, is the single-best communication guide I have ever read. In it are thirty-six clear, concise, relevant, and practical bits of strategic advice on how to connect with others. No fluff. No wasted words. All substance. I guarantee you that there is something in this book that you can use immediatelyand more that you can apply tomorrow and the next day and the next. Buy this right now, read it as soon as you get it, and then put Diannas expert advice to work for you. You will be very glad that you did.

Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and Deans Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

Everything they didnt teach you at Harvard Business Schoolbut should haveabout leadership communication in the real world of work.

John Addison, bestselling author; Leadership Editor, Success magazine; and CEO, Addison Leadership Group

More than a mere treatise on communication, this is an extremely practical and actionable book about becoming a better leader. It happens that leaders do their work by communicating, and Booher provides valuable tactics to use in a wide variety of circumstances. Every reader is guaranteed to take away some useful practices.

Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman, and bestselling coauthor of The Extraordinary Leader and Speed

Dianna Booher has done it once again. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking clear, practical, and actionable advice.

Catherine Blades, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Aflac Inc.

Great leaders have one thing in common: they are all great communicators. They have discovered how to convert their keen awareness into ideas that speak to ones emotions and ambitions. They understand that if their message does not take deep root, it will likely make little difference in shaping outcomes. In her newest book, Communicate Like a Leader, Dianna Booher calls upon her vast body of work to create an inspirational playbook for leaders in pursuit of excellence. A must-read for people seeking to propel their career.

Bill Yancey, Managing Director, Operations, Hilltop Securities Inc.

Communication and leadership are critical for all success. Dianna Booher is an expert on both fronts and an author of forty-seven books! Learn from her wisdom. Buy this book, read this book, and learn from the very bestI do!

Dr. Peter Legge, OBC, CSP, CPAE Hall of Fame, CEO and Chairman, Canada Wide Media Limited

COMMUNICATE LIKE A LEADER

What More Can I Say? Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It

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 (Revised and Expanded Edition)

The Voice of Authority:
10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know

Boohers Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors

Your Signature Work: Creating Excellence and Influencing Others at Work

Your Signature Life: Pursuing Gods Best Every Day

From Contact to Contract: 496 Proven Sales Tips to Generate More Leads, Close More Deals, Exceed Your Goals, and Make More Money

Speak With Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication

Good Grief, Good Grammar

To the Letter: A Handbook of Model Letters for the Busy Executive

Great Personal Letters for Busy People

The Complete Letter Writers Almanac

Clean Up Your Act: Effective Ways to Organize
Paperwork and Get It Out of Your Life

Executives Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions

The New Secretary: How to Handle People as Well as You Handle Paper

Writing for Technical Professionals

Winning Sales Letters

Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career

Ten Smart Moves for Women

Get Ahead, Stay Ahead

Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done

BY
DIANNA BOOHER

Copyright 2017 by Dianna Booher

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