Matthew Kohut, founding partner of KNP Communications, has prepared CEOs, elected officials, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, scientists, and best-selling authors for events ranging from television appearances to board meetings to TED talks. He is the author of Speaking Out: New Rules for Business Leadership Communication and co-author of The Smart Mission: NASA's Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects, and Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities that Make Us Influential, one of Amazon's top business books of 2013. His writing has appeared in publications ranging from Harvard Business Review to Newsweek.