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Summary: A wonderful book of wisdom for every Leader
Review: Thank you Terry Pearce for your wonderful book of wisdom. For me, Leading Out Loud is a framework for meaningful and authentic living. It is that simple and that profound. Terry shares his wisdom, drawn from his own experience with executives and students, and his keen observations of the world in which we live to give us a framework for addressing the important and age-old questions: "Who am I?" "What do I fundamentally care about?" "How can I express what I profoundly care about to inspire and move other people to action?" Terry shows us that Leading Out Loud is at the very least a two step process. The first step focuses on the Leader. Me. I need to have the courage to engage in the reflection and the introspection to come from a place of authenticity and conviction before I can ever hope or aspire to lead anyone else. I need to be solidly grounded in who I am, what I believe, what I care about and why I care. This is perhaps the most difficult part, but it is also the foundation for any and all future speak and action. Terry then shapes a very practical and useable communications framework to help me understand how I can connect with others (this is the Out Loud piece) by speaking to both their minds and their hearts - to engage the whole person, not just a part of them - to seek to inspire the whole human being. I use Terry's communications framework in my everyday conversations, especially the tough conversations - both personal and professional. It helps me to reach a much more profound level of clarity and depth in the quality of my conversations. I use the framework in my work as a coach and consultant to senior managers and executive to help them build their skills to lead and engage the people whose efforts they rely on for success. It is the most effective material and set of tools I work with. I trust it will be for you as well.
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Summary: This book's different!
Review: There are plenty of books on leadership (Amazon lists almost 9000 titles on the subject) and quite a few on communication, presentation and speech-making. Leading Out Loud, however, is unique. It's possible to be a great communicator and a lousy leader; it is not possible, though, to be a great leader and a lousy communicator. Leading Out Loud explores that place where the leader and the leader's message intersect and is, therfore, much more than a methodology for speech making: it's a methodology for living a conscious and tranformative life. This elegant, simple and practical book changed the way I view the world and the way I connect with the people in it.
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Summary: A GEM
Review: This book introduced me to a way of communicating that changed me and my way of thinking forever. I now have a choice in my communication: do I slide by with mere convention, or do I go down the the road less travelled by saying what I believe in way that respects my listener, yet gets to the core of what I really think, feel, believe? Pearce's book challenges me to make better choices in my communication and shows me how to communicate with more impact. I highly recommend that you read it - now.
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Summary: Leading Out Loud is a must read!
Review: This book is a gem. I make it required reading for all clients and the executives of each company where I'm involved in transformation efforts. This book teaches people the real differances between 'managing' and 'leading.' Terry Pearce's thinking and writing is dead on target. Buy it and use. It's terrific!
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Summary: So Much There
Review: This book will make a difference! There is so much out there on leadership and communication that it's easy to get cynical about the fluff. You read this book and you use it. It's great!
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Summary: In search of self
Review: This is the definitive masterpiece on leadership...finding your voice and igniting the passion to share it with the world. Don't leave home without it.
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Summary: It's A Rare Gift
Review: when a leader in business writes and teaches from the heart. The power of leadership which is strategically focused and also grounded in the passion of authentic communication, is a force we have all experienced. Pearce's book teaches a recognition of the deeper components of leadership to be communication directly from the "inside-out" which "moves people to action" at a level way beyond the norm. Whether it is Martin Luther King or Mahatma Ghandi, Pearce's book illuminates for us, the source of their compelling leadership. This book is a "must read" for any leader who truly wants to inspire people to change and action, and for anybody at all who wants to lead from the deepest power he/she has.
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