Lions Don't Need to Roar: Using the Leadership Power of Personal Presence to Stand Out, Fit in and Move Ahead

by D.A. Benton

The woman who made self-presentation an art shows how to use professional presence to stand out, fit in and move ahead. Covers the empowering pause, posture, gestures, and more.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Personal Development

257 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Debra Benton is a globally-recognized executive coach, bestselling business author, and popular conference keynote speaker on leadership and executive effectiveness. Her articles have been published in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.

Benton has written ten business books, many of which have been on The New York Times and Businessweek bestseller lists. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, CNN and CBS This Morning, and her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Benton specializes in helping people take ownership of their potential and make positive, lasting change in their attitudes, actions, and interactions—both for themselves and their organizations.

Reviews

[Lori Grant]

A must-read book on executive ability in managing your career.

[Patrick Yingst]

Overall solid book. Some of the advice made me cringe at face value, but it may just be a comfort zone thing. Lots of actionable tips in here

[MR DANIEL FOREMAN]

Dated but still relevant

[Letese']

D.A. Benton provided some solid advice in this book, but several of the ideas felt outdated and forced. I realized that I didn't need this as much as I thought.

[Nick]

As someone else has already commented this book has an awful and dated cover. Oh well, cover it up. I got this book at Goodwill for 50 cents, and it was a great bargain. Yes, this is one of those leadership books that focus on the business world, namely CEOs, so this is a very market oriented view of leadership. Still Debra Benton gave me some good advice for expressing myself rightly if I want to be taken seriously as a leader. Simple, concrete ideas to help convey authority. For some people things like this are second nature. For some of us, we have to work at them.

[Lesley Keller]

Written in a clear straight forward manner. This book makes no pretenses to be anything other then what it is, a self-help book. If you are confused by how to talk or present yourself, or did not have the opportunity to learn these skills from a parent or mentor, then this book is very helpful.

[Terence]

This is my second time reading this book. It absolutely needs an update but it is surprising how much it had influenced me over the years.

Executive presence isn't something you are born with, you develop it. I'd recommend this book to anyone working in a corporate setting.

[BookAddict ✒ La Crimson Femme]

One of the books I read as young aspiring female in the business world, trying to make it big. The book was good for its time and I learned some thing. Looking back at it, I probably should have paid better attention earlier on.

[Sandra]

Women and Leadership books --I love them.

[Mohamed Ramadan]

that's an awesome book, you gonna have to read it because you always wanna know how to become confident and remain humble in the same time.

[Alisa]

as dated as her look on the cover. read it back in the day. zzzzzz.

[Glenn Younger]

I would give this to every pre-teen girl in America. Debra went on to write several best sellers. A lot the those best sellers had their roots in this simple work.