Audiobooks by Judith Humphrey

Taking the Stage: How Women Can Speak Up, Stand Out, and Succeed

Women who want to move forward in their careers must speak up and make clear they are confident, credible leaders, and Taking the Stage offers womenno matter their age, rank, or professiona complete guide for communicating with courage and confidence. Based on a program that has been delivered with rave reviews to over 100,000 women worldwide, Judith Humphrey provides a step-by-step guide to show female leaders how to take the stage with a powerful mindset, script, voice, and physical presence. Readers will discover how to communicate as strong, confident leaders in a range of situations, from formal speeches to brief hallway conversations, while overcoming the common tendency to minimize their accomplishments. Humphrey provides insight into the challenges women confront in a corporate environment, and proven strategies for addressing them. Taking the Stage is the practical, comprehensive solution that will allow women to become dynamic leaders and extraordinary communicators, achieve career success, and secure their place at the boardroom table.

Judith Humphrey (Author), Christine Williams (Narrator)

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Speaking As a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak...From Board Rooms to Meeting Rooms, From Tow

A leader's role is to move others. To engage them and to inspire them to action. Effective leaders use every speaking opportunity to influence and inspire-in their phone calls, in meetings, in elevator conversations, in presentations, and in their formal speeches. They realize that the true task of leaders is to create believers. Many leaders take time to craft effective formal speeches and presentations, but fall down on the day-to-day communication. For too many leaders, 'informal' is synonymous with 'unprepared' when it comes to informal speaking situations. When people fail to communicate, they fail to lead. Speaking As a Leader puts communications squarely at the centre of leadership and shows how to lead every time you speak-from the biggest stage to the most informal hallway conversation or phone call. It helps readers to meet the enormous challenge of engaging, energizing, and motivating others day in and day out. In today's flattened organizations, leadership opportunities are plentiful and exist in every interaction and for individuals at every level. Speaking As a Leader reveals the leadership moments that exist in even the most informal settings and shows how to: Inspire and influence others, every time you speak Listen effectively, in three dimensions Move from Information to Inspiration Take the 'numb' out of numbers See why you are the best visual and how to avoid 'Death by PowerPoint' Move from Subject to Message Structure your thoughts and message in any situation, using a four-step model Create a leader's presence and show your passion Become a constant leader. Speaking As a Leader offers a four-step model to unlock your leadership potential every time you communicate and help you turn your listeners into followers and believers. You will learn how to mobilize others through the power of your ideas, whether in a formal speech, a presentation to your colleagues, a phone call or a brief conversation. You will learn how to lead every time you speak.

Judith Humphrey (Author), Vanessa Hart (Narrator)

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Impromptu: Leading in the Moment

Impromptu shows leaders how to think on their feet and respond eloquently in every situation. Never have there been so many opportunities to inspire and influence in everyday situations-elevator chats, corridor conversations, networking gatherings, meetings, and ceremonial events. Indeed, today the most iconic leadership moments are spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment events that reveal the inner workings of the leader's mind. When these impromptu opportunities arise, leaders must be able to listen, think, and respond within seconds. They don't read a script from a page, they convey the narrative that is already in their mind. They can tailor a message-in a meeting, in the corridor, or in a tweet-to influence and inspire any audience. Those who shine in that moment are remembered for their leadership. Those who stumble are remembered for their gaffes, mixed messages, or insensitivity. Nobody remembers the leaders who retreat to their office, formulate a strategic plan, and distribute a memo the following week. Guided by her entrepreneurial success as founder of The Humphrey Group and her firm's work with tens of thousands of leaders over the past thirty years, Judith Humphrey makes clear the importance of preparing to be spontaneous-as counterintuitive as that may sound! Drawing upon the best impromptu moments from the Greeks to the present, the book looks at every aspect of impromptu speaking. You will learn how to: - Think like an impromptu leader - Quickly read an audience of one or a thousand - Collect your thoughts and craft a persuasive message - 'Script' yourself within seconds for any occasion - Avoid 'um's' and 'ah's' and use the right words at the right time - Discover improv techniques that will enable you to shine - Deliver your message with clarity, confidence, and conviction. The ability to speak on the spot is often seen as an innate gift, a talent of 'natural-born' leaders. The truth is, it's a skill that can be learned-a skill that is quickly becoming a must-have for anyone in a leadership position. Impromptu provides clear, actionable guidance to help you reach your full leadership potential. It will enable you to influence and inspire followers on the many 'small stages' that define our daily lives.

Judith Humphrey (Author), Pam Ward (Narrator)

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