The Science of Personal Power: How to Build Confidence, Create Success, and Obtain Freedom - Hardcover

Lipp, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1394273649 ISBN 13: 9781394273645

Publisher: Wiley, 2024

Synopsis

In the workplace, strong performance is only the starting point. What separates capable professionals from those who rise into leadership is their ability to command attention and inspire confidence in high-stakes conversations.  These leaders carry status, what we often label as executive presence. And status stems from personal power. Without it, even high performers plateau while others move ahead.

In The Science of Personal Power, psychologist and professor Chris Lipp reveals the behavioral science behind executive presence and leadership perception. Personal power transforms how you speak, how firmly you hold your boundaries, and how you carry yourself under pressure. Drawing on decades of research, he shows that influence depends on how others experience your power.

When preparing for a promotion, stepping into a high-stakes interview, expanding your network, or leading a team, your ability to signal power determines how seriously you are taken. Others see this power as confidence, accelerating you into positions of greater authority and responsibility. At the same time, you experience less strain because you are not performing. You are embodying a stronger way of being.

Blending rigorous science with real-world leadership stories, The Science of Personal Power offers you a blueprint for developing executive presence and ensuring your leadership is recognized before the title changes. With practical strategies grounded in psychology, this book shows how to project the kind of power that earns a seat at the table.

About this title

About the Author

CHRIS LIPP trains thousands of individuals through his corporate workshops to promote change and rise up the corporate ranks. He is the author of three books on persuasion that move beyond the art of communication into modern-day science and application. He also serves as the director of management communication at Tulane University Freeman School of Business.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR
THE SCIENCE OF PERSONAL POWER

“If you want to hone and improve your communication, then this is a must-read. Once again, Chris Lipp provides actionable, science-based guidance to help you achieve success both in your career and personal life.”
―MATT ABRAHAMS, Author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter and Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University

“Professor Lipp combines the findings of social psychology and observational anthropology to provide a spectacular roadmap to increasing your personal power, improving your physical and mental health, and jump-starting your joy of life. Lipp’s work is authoritative, insightful, and incredibly helpful.”
―JAMES S. O’ROURKE, IV, Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Notre Dame

“Chris provides a coherent and systematic approach that explains how―via our attitudes, actions, and language use―we can tap into our power to serve others and assert ourselves.”
―CRAIG R. SNOW, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Management Communication at Cornell University

“Vignette after vignette, Lipp strips away the old definitions of personal power, replacing them with a richer, more malleable lexicon, with strategies and techniques any leader can use to rewrite their own version of personal power.”
―NATHINEE CHEN, Senior Associate Director and Lecturer, Communication Program at The Wharton School

From the Inside Flap

In The Science of Personal Power, renowned professor, author, and persuasion expert Chris Lipp reveals how to bridge the science of inner well-being with the science of outer achievement by developing personal power―a concept that, when put into practice, is a panacea for both happiness and success.

Unlike formal power, which focuses on authority and control, personal power is how we feel about our own capability to create impact. How we feel about ourselves is how we show up. When we feel big, we show up big. And when we show up big, we can change the world. By developing personal power, we have the opportunity to completely transform every aspect of our lives, starting with our present mindset and branching out into long-term career advancement, financial success, and beyond.

In Lipp’s signature style, this book combines the research, data, and storytelling needed to understand foundational concepts related to psychology and business. The book highlights counter-intuitive discoveries and reconciles ostensibly conflicting findings to provide practical tips, strategies, and approaches to enhance personal power and influence others.

The Science of Personal Power aims to create a movement where we tap into our power and radiate our power outward to empower others and drive large scale change. Infused with the capability to transform the world from the inside-out, we can move beyond the social dynamics that normally limit us. The book earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of everyone looking to rise above personal obstacles and societal barriers to become the most powerful versions of ourselves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1394273649
• ISBN 13: 9781394273645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240