Leading with Presence — Barbara Mariposa & Andrew Parsons

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Leading with Presence is an essential modern leadership book for professionals, managers, executives, coaches, entrepreneurs, HR leaders, and anyone seeking to become a more confident, authentic, and emotionally intelligent leader in today’s fast-paced world. Written by Dr. Andy Parsons and Dr. Barbara Mariposa, this practical guide introduces the powerful Presence Pyramid model — a transformational framework designed to improve leadership effectiveness, workplace communication, emotional resilience, and personal wellbeing.

In an era of burnout, stress, constant change, and information overload, Leading with Presence offers practical tools for developing authentic leadership, mindful leadership, executive presence, emotional intelligence, workplace wellbeing, and high-performance leadership skills. This book helps leaders communicate with clarity, inspire trust, regulate emotions intelligently, and create productive, purpose-driven teams.

Perfect for readers interested in:

• Leadership development
• Executive coaching
• Emotional intelligence at work
• Mindfulness for leaders
• Workplace communication
• Team management and motivation
• Organisational culture and performance
• Personal growth and professional development
• Business leadership and management
• Resilience and mental wellbeing in leadership

Through practical strategies and scientifically grounded techniques, the authors explain how Presence can transform the way leaders think, communicate, and influence others. Readers will learn how to:

• Lead with confidence and authenticity
• Improve communication and decision-making
• Reduce workplace stress and burnout
• Build trust and stronger professional relationships
• Increase productivity, engagement, and team alignment
• Develop calm authority and leadership impact
• Create healthier, future-ready workplace cultures

Blending leadership psychology, mindfulness practices, business performance strategies, and human-centred leadership, Leading with Presence is both inspirational and actionable. Whether you are a CEO, team leader, educator, healthcare professional, entrepreneur, coach, or aspiring leader, this book provides the tools needed to thrive personally and professionally in the modern workplace.

Ideal for fans of books on leadership mindset, executive presence, mindful productivity, self-leadership, people management, professional communication, and personal transformation, this book helps readers unlock greater impact, clarity, resilience, and purpose.

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Reader reviews

 
“In today’s complex and uncertain world, Presence is the key currency of leadership. In this book, Andy Parsons and Dr. Barbara Mariposa explore what having and leading with Presence means. Through simple techniques that encompass the whole person, the Presence Pyramid model and associated tools deliver a pragmatic, relevant and highly valuable book for anyone wishing to lead in the 21st century.

Leading with Presence brings clarity (why?), context (how?), simplicity of understanding (so what?), and practical tools (what next?) to demystify a hitherto enigmatic concept.

Scientifically heart-warming, this book is a must read for leaders, managers and professionals looking to develop their Presence in the workplace.”
Kirsten Samuel
CEO, Kamwell, The Employee Wellbeing Company.

“I write this review with the experience of my own […] anxiety fuelled depression. Today we live in a very anxious world. A world where at work we are expected to do more with less and be available 24 hours 7 days a week. Our work seems to become all-encompassing in our lives and begins to identify us. Laid over this technology-overload, lack of downtime, overstimulation, sedentary lives, and fatigue, are all the ingredients to illnesses such as depression and anxiety. We have forgotten to recover and appreciate the need to take time-out and care for ourselves.

This short book is therefore much needed and timely. It hits the spot to help overstretched people (parents, partners, children, employees, managers, leaders) maximise their potential and wellbeing simultaneously.

Simple, easy to read, full of useful and scientifically validated tools, and based on the authors’ unique and highly memorable model, the Presence Pyramid, it will help everyone recapture the energy an engagement to live their lives and do their jobs better - bring out the best in themselves and the people they work and interact with. Presence is the missing link for effective people skills, and a key ingredient for mental health in today’s fluctuating and pressured working environment. "Leading with Presence" is pragmatic, punchy and performance-orientated - read it then put it into practice.”
Geoff McDonald
Former Global Vice President, HR UNILEVER. Global
Campaigner and Advocate for Mental Health, CoFounder Minds At Work Movement.