Gravitas

Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority

By: Caroline Goyder

Narrated by: Caroline Goyder

Length: 7 hrs

Publisher's summary

Have you ever wondered why some people earn attention and respect when they speak and others don't? The secret to their success can be summed up in one word: gravitas. 

In this revolutionary new book, leading voice coach and speaker Caroline Goyder reveals how to speak so others will listen. Through simple techniques to build your natural gravitas, you will learn how to express yourself clearly, with passion and confidence, to persuade, influence and engage listeners. By being grounded in your values and capabilities, you will gain the authority needed to make people sit up and pay attention. 

Each chapter guides you step by step through practical techniques and exercises to give you the skills for great presentations, productive meetings and persuasive pitches. You'll overcome anxiety, learn how to deal with difficult people and feel calm and in control when public speaking. 

An essential tool for the modern workplace, Gravitas will transform the way you think about yourself and your powers of communication.

©2014 Caroline Goyder (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

Fully Engaging

I loved the flow and pace of the book. The narrator was wonderful and kept my attention for all 16 chapters . I look forward to listening again . This was one of the best over all books I have listened to and or read this year.

Great concepts and tips

Caroline has provided a fantastic resource. Great descriptions of what gravitas "is," how it is developed, and tips and exercises to help have gravitas in a variety of applications where it may be needed. Listen carefully, there is alot packed in. Some things I already knew but I would have expected that; I'm a bit of a geek with regard to self development related books. However, I was impressed with the level of research she put into this and breadth of information. Something for everyone, I would think. The citations and quotes helped add validity to what was said as well as historical interest.

The author makes the book come to life

I own a hardcopy and wanted to “reread” on audible. So glad I did – CG’s reading/voice made the material come to life.

Amazing! Totally Recommend

Before reading this, I watched Caroline Goyder’s TED talk about the book. Over the past month this book has been influential in my confidence and interpersonal skills. Excited to apply this guide to future situations to elevate Gravitas.

Immensely useful

A great book for building your gravitas. Useful, easy to implement techniques to be taken more seriously.

Distilled personal improvement and a sublime voice

As soon as you finish it, you are tempted to start it over. This book MUST be heard from the author's own voice.

Great start, bland towards second half

The book had some very strong chapters at the beginning, namely principles backed by research. Afterwards, felt very basic and bland. The comical over-use of famous quotes, including one from ‘US presdient Benjamin Franklin’, made the book hard to listen to.

This is not worth it - don’t spend the money

I am upset I spent my money on this. She has just repackaged a bunch of stuff and called it Gravitas. In fact, she keep saying the same stuff over and over, I am barely into the book. Gravitas sure sounds good though doesn’t it.