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The Twin Pillars of Effective Leadership
Leggett, Brian O'Connor; Neill, ConorArticle ART-1820-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementDuring periods of crisis or disenchantment, charismatic leaders emerge because they offer an alternative to the uncertainty of the times. Such was the case in the 1980s with Ronald Reagan, whose clear message and emotional style held across-the-board appeal and provided a sense of certainty after years of political and social turbulence. Using case studies of prominent leaders of the past 50 years, the authors explore the keys of effective leader...Starting at €8.20
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The Deliberate Speech Style: Primarily a Question of Identification
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-128-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementIt was Barack Obama's oratorical skills and his clarity of vision that brought him fame and prominence in his speech to the Democratic Party in 2004. It was here that he successfully established a link with his audience, which gave people an opportunity to identify with him. For a successful deliberate speech, identification between speaker and audience is essential and is the principal element of its success. The note also deals with other issue...Starting at €8.20
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Styles of Oratory
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-96-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management¿The orator should use the plain style to instruct, the grand style to move, the intermediate style to charm¿ Although the quote from Quintilian above gives us three distinct styles, most commentators have rolled them into two: the ¿forensic¿ and the ¿grand¿ styles. The forensic style gives much of its attention to directness and the particular. Such personalities as Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Schmidt, and Al Gore are modern examples of ¿forensic...Starting at €8.20
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Effective Evaluation of Spoken Communication: A checklist for evaluating speaker performance
Neill, Conor; Mueck, Florian; Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-92-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementAn important part of powerful communication is developing your own ability to continuously improve as a communicator. Immediate specific feedback is necessary if you are to become a truly great speaker. Effective evaluation is an important part. As you become more skilled in evaluating others, you will become better able to ask for feedback on your own speaking.Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Persuasive Communications: Excellent Public Speaking
Neill, Conor; Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-88-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementA leader is someone who sees a change that is required in the world and brings together the resources to achieve that change. In my world, the most important resources are people. I will discuss the five components of powerful persuasive speaking and three models of deliberate practice that will allow you to become a powerful speaker and move people to action.Starting at €8.20
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The Languages of Influence
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-58-EKnowledge and CommunicationUnderstanding other peoples' languages will give us an enormous advantage, as it will help us to know what language to use, and how they feel, and what they need most. It will help us to empathize with them. It will help us to speak to them and understand their replies. We all speak, according to William Isaacs, an MIT researcher and author, a combination of three different languages: the language of "feeling," "meaning" and "action" (or "power")...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Oral Presentations, An
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note LN-4-EKnowledge and CommunicationThere are four main qualitites required in business communications - correctness, reability, thought and appropriateness. Each one of these qualities is important in itself but if the content is faulty it will make little difference whether or not the piece of writing is readable, grammatically correct or appropriately presented.Starting at €8.20
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Brief English Grammar Resume, A
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note LN-7-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis short grammar resume is a companion to the written Managerial Communications material.Starting at €8.20
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Persuasion and Change
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note LN-45-EKnowledge and CommunicationIs the power to persuade people a natural endowment? Or is it something that can be mastered as a result of a patient period of study? Is there a science of persuasion that can be learnt? The answer is yes. This scientific approach to persuasion has three dimensions: 1. the detailed psychology of emotions (audience psychology - pathos); 2. the use of reasoning (argumentation - logos); and 3. the style and credibility of the speaker. (ethos). The ...Starting at €8.20
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Rhetoric: An Introduction
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note LN-38-EKnowledge and CommunicationRhetoric is simply the art of persuasive communication. It embrases all «public» discourse that seeks to have an effect upon its audience: all discourse from the campaign trail, the pulpit, the court of law, the government, the advertising agency, the public relations office, scientific agencies, the media, management, and trade unions. In this introduction we briefly consider both the development of rhetoric from its classical beginnings to mode...Starting at €8.20