Contents vi
About the Author viii
Acknowledgements Introduction 1
1 Boosting Self-belief and Debunking the Confidence Con 13
2 Persuading through Body Language and Nonverbal Communication 47
3 Winning with Words 93
4 Augmenting Performance through Passion 161
Conclusions: Onwards, Upwards and Over to You 207
Notes 221
Index 229
Rob Yeung, Ph.D. is a psychologist, business
speaker, management author, TV presenter and Director at
Talentspace, a leadership consulting firm. He helps people to
achieve their potential.
Rob has a B.Sc. in psychology from University of Bristol and a
Ph.D. in psychology from King's College London, University of
London. He is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the
British Psychological Society. His clients through Talentspace
include Goldman Sachs, BBC, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, KPMG, British
Airways, Baker Tilly, Eversheds, HSBC (as well as lots of much
smaller businesses). He also worked for two years at a top tier
consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group.
He has published research studies on personality in academic
journals, particularly Personality and Individual Differences. He
writes a column on confidence for UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph
and contributes to newspapers including Financial Times, The
Guardian and The Sunday Times.
He appears on television programmes including Celebrity Big
Brother, BBC Breakfast, CNN news, and Working Lunch on the BBC. He
previously presented the BBC television series Who Would Hire You?
in which real life candidates went through the recruitment process.
He also presented a further series for the BBC entitled How To Get
Your Dream Job and has been an expert on Big Brother's Little
Brother. He was the resident psychologist for the 2007 BBC Three
series The Restaurant: You're Fried! He acted as resident
psychologist on both Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother in 2009.
He was on Channel 5 only last week, being interviewed alongside
Paralympic athlete Sara Storey.
Rob also teaches at several universities including Southampton,
University of East London, St. Andrews and University College
Dublin.
"There are enough tips to make this useful reading for anyone
wanting to ace that presentation" (The Times, September 2015)
"The book is full of great advice" (Frost Magazine, October
2015)
“Every now and then you can stumble across a book which is a little
gem and you know you will go back to it time and time again.
How to stand out – Proven tactics for getting noticed by Rob Yeung
is just one of those.” (B2B Marketing, October 2015)
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