Recommended Reading

Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading

Introduction  
  Consultative Selling: The Hanan Formula for High-Margin Sales at High Levels Mack Hanan
  The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas Richard Shell and Mario Moussa
  <Achieve Sales Excellence: The 7 Customer Rules for Becoming the New Sales Professional Howard Stevens and Ted Kinni
  Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations Max Atkinson
1 Four Recurring Themes  
  <Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences Nancy Duarte
  Jacked Up: The Inside Story of How Jack Welch Talked GE into Becoming the World’s Greatest Company Bill Lane
2 Capturing the Listener’s Mind  
  Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength Roy Baumeister
  Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman
  The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen
  The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism Olivia Fox Cabane
  Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) Robert Cialdini
  Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone Mark Goulston
  Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath and Dan Heath
3 Decision Making in Organizations  
  The Dynamics of Persuasion: Communication and Attitudes in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Communication Series) Richard M. Perloff
  Talking to the Top: Executive’s Guide to Career-Making Presentations Ray Anthony
4 Shape the Conditions for Success  
  The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
  Bottom Line Selling: The Sales Professional’s Guide to Improving Customer Profits Jack Malcolm
6 Structure Your Argument  
  Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining (4th Edition) Robert H. Gass, John S. Seiter
  Moving Mountains: Or the Art and Craft of Letting Others See Things Your Way Henry M. Boettinger
  Advanced Presentations by Design: Creating Communication that Drives Action Andrew Abela
  Secrets of Question Based Selling: How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results Thomas Freese
  SPIN Selling Neil Rackham
7 Support Your Main Points  
  The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) Annette Simmons
  The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (McGraw-Hill Series in Social Psychology) Scott Plous
8 Polishing  
  Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear Frank Luntz
  Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) William Poundstone
10 Visual Persuasion  
  Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School John Medina
  50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior Scott O. Lilienfeld
  Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer
  Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
  Speaking PowerPoint: The New Language of Business Bruce R. Gabrielle
  The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid Michael Alley
  Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck (Third Edition) Rick Altman
  The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward Tufte
  Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten Stephen Few
  Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load Ruth Clark, Frank Nguyen, Jon Sweller
11 Executive Presence  
  First Impressions: What You Don’t Know About How Others See You Ann Demarais, Valerie White
  You Are the Message Roger Ailes, Jon Kraushar
  Successful Nonverbal Communication: Principles and Applications (4th Edition) Dale Leathers and Michael H. Eaves
12 Dealing with Nerves  
  Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance John Eliot
  The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance H.A. Dorfman, Karl Kuehl
  Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals Heidi Grant Halvorson
13 Performing  
  The Halo Effect: … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers Phil Rosenzweig
14 Platform Skills  
  Hearing Gesture: How Our Hands Help Us Think Susan Goldin-Meadow
  What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People Joe Navarro
15 Make it Interactive  
  In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions…When It Counts Jerry Weissman
16 Effective Team Presentations  
  Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business (Adweek Books) Jon Steel