Presence feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious – above all, truly powerful.” Amazon selected Presence as the ‘Spotlight Pick of December 2015.’Īmy is currently writing her second book, Bullies, Bystanders, and Bravehearts (Mariner, 2023), which delves into the psychological causes and consequences of bullying among adults, a pervasive and often devastating problem, and the steps that we all must take toward social bravery in our daily lives and broader culture. Command presence in particular is an important tool in the leader’s toolbox, and Presence by Amy Cuddy provides some new ways of thinking about presence, how our body language, behavior, and mindset can help establish how others see us, and how we see ourselves.

The overwhelming research shows that you should use body cues and mind tricks to help psych yourself up for a conflict. Her presence itself – her openhearted desire to help the insecure and the uneasy in this age of anxiety – shines through. In Presence, Amy highlights her research and that by other social psychologists who study how people prepare for conflicts and what seems to work best to be in a position of power. As described in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, “Cuddy brings an abundance of humility and charm to the page. It’s been published in 35 languages and has sold more than half a million copies. Amy Cuddy is a Harvard Business School professor and social psychologist who studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgments influence people. Amy Cuddy’s first book Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges (Little, Brown, & Co., 2015), is a New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and Globe and Mail bestseller.