Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Leadership in context -- Leadership in organizations -- Day-to-day leadership -- Notes -- 2. Leadership as social influence -- Influence, leadership, and evolutionary biology -- Making sense of the world -- Touch -- Sight -- Hearing -- Smell -- Taste -- Interoception -- Proprioception -- Notes -- 3. Brain, mind, and body -- The mind-brain connection -- The mind-body connection -- Latent talent -- Notes -- 4. The underworld of the subliminal -- Character assassinations -- Smelling memories -- Fright or flight -- Notes -- 5. Influence, emotions, and self-leadership -- Homo sapiens vs. Homo corporaticus -- Amygdala hijack and the fear of flying computers -- Fear, risk-taking, and innovation -- Buckle up and enjoy the ride -- Emotional framing -- Notes -- 6. We communicate more than we think -- Every body communicates -- No glossing over glossophobia -- The power of gaze -- Notes -- 7. Empathy revisited -- The busy sidewalk challenge -- Random acts of influence -- Reading the room -- Notes -- 8. Everyone is an influencer -- Botox and the power of embodied emotions -- Dressing the part -- Touching experiences -- A face for radio -- Beauty: More than just in the eyes of the beholder -- Notes -- 9. Emotional contagion -- The 1962 Tanzania laughing epidemic -- First olfactory impressions count -- A good nose for bad health -- The persistent smell of aggression -- Will you join us for our smellwalk? -- Notes -- 10. The power of humor, trust, and charisma -- Humor, a universal language -- Funny speeches and other ordeals -- Trust - the social superglue -- Trust me, I'm smiling -- Charisma: A gift from the gods? -- Making it stick: The secrets of powerful speech -- Notes -- 11. Leading with guts -- Credit to the roomers.