We have compiled a list of books, articles, blogs, and other media to complement your evolution as a communicator. Enjoy!
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Sweaty palms, rapid breathing and heart pounding. These are some signals that you’re about to experience a high stakes moment. Now, these might come in many forms: whether it’s a performance review, a negotiation or a sales pitch, among others. Here to help us get better at our communication by sharing effective strategies to build confidence for every high stakes communication moment is Jenna Lange.
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books | articles | blogs | media
Executive Presence
TED Talk: Your body languange may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy
How making physical changes can shift your mindset and improve your confidence
Book: Presence by Amy Cuddy
Book: Executive Presence by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Book: The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
Specifically targeted to women and confidence issues
Article: Eisenhower's Legacy
Article: The two kinds of stories we tell ourselves
Voice and Language
TED Talk: How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian TreasureThis talk gives us two great lessons in one.
First he shares the 7 deadly sins of communication and provides positive alternatives to make sure your messages connect. He then delves into using your voice as an instrument to its greatest impact. And also shares some practical warm up exercises to use before you have a high stakes communication.
Article/Audio: You Had Me At Hello: The Science Behind First Impressions
How people with great executive presence use their voice
Article: Is this how you really talk?
Adjust your voice to increase your executive presence
Article: The Look of a Leader
Article: Five strategies to help you sound like the leader you want to be
Great content for voice coaching
Article/Audio: Winston Churchill's Way with Words
Common mistakes people make with their language
Gestures and Movement
Video: Common mistakes people make with their movement – what does the way you walk say about you
Sarah Key provides great examples of using gestures, shares how and why to tell stories, and being authentic. As a bonus, she also packs two inspiring messages all in this 18-minute video.
Research: What your faces says about your Executive Presence – Expressions of Blind Individuals
Article: Face time: Here's how infants learn from facial expressions
Article: Why is talking with gestures easier than talking without them?
Posture
Research: Attracting Assault: Victims' Nonverbal Clues. Common mistakes people make with their posture.
Article: The Seven-Second Rule: How to avoid being an easy target.
Storytelling
TED Talk: A Life Lesson from a Volunteer Firefighter | Mark Bezos
TEDx: The storyteller in all of us |Zach King
TED Talk: The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
TED Talk: The clues to a great story | Andrew Stanton
Article: 10 Kinds of Stories to Tell with Data
Video: Oprah’s Golden Globes speech is a must watch.
Table: The Seven Basic Plots
Blog: 8 Classic storytelling techniques for engaging presentations
Book: Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Organization and Content Creation
Book: Please Don’t Picture Them Naked by Jenna Lange
10 tips for presenting and pitching
TEDx: The secret structure of great talks | Nancy Duarte
Use tools to structure your story
TED Talk: Feats of memory anyone can do | Joshua Foer
This is a great story about someone who stepped into a memory research project and walked out transformed. His strategies for memorizing are good to use in combination with the Lange Mind Map.
Book: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Article: Crafting a message that sticks, an interview with Chip Heath
This article focuses on how to make your presentations and stories “sticky” so people remember and share them. Chip Heath’s research suggests that sticky ideas share six basic traits.
Leadership
Article: Connect, Then Lead by Amy Cuddy
Women-Specific Leadership
Book: Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead by Tara Mohr
Practical skills to voice and implement changes you want to see
Book: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Book: Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner MD
Article: Connect, Then Lead by Amy Cuddy
Negotiation and Persuasion
Book: The Nimble Negotiator: Beat negotiation at its own game by Juliet Erickson
Video: The Science of Persuasion (by Dr. Robert Cialdini and Steve Martin, CMCT)
Book: The Art of Persuasion: How to influence people and get what you want by Juliet Erickson
Listening
TEDx: 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee
Blog: Why we should all stop saying “I know exactly how you feel” by Celeste Headlee
Authenticity
TED talk: The power of introverts | Susan Cain
Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Article: The Psyche on Automatic (Amy Cuddy profile)
Article: The Authenticity Paradox