Four Speeches Every Leader Has to Know

Joar Haga is Associate Professor II of Church History at NLA University College, Norway, and Associate Professor of Church History at VID Specialized University, Norway.Bård Norheim is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at NLA University College, Norway.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: A Rhetoric of Suffering.- Chapter 2 The Opening Speech – Envisioning the Future.- Chapter 3 The Executioner Speech: Communicating Tough Decisions.- Chapter 4 The Consolation Speech: The Leader as Comforter.- Chapter 5 The Farewell Speech: Leaving a Legacy Worth Suffering For.- Epilogue.- Rhetorical Dictionary for Leaders.- Index.

“With all the talk of suffering, one might assume this book is just one long grim warning about the perils lurking around the podium, ready to snare an unsuspecting speaker (as if in a horror movie). The Four Speeches is much more than that. Bård Norheim and Joar Haga have produced a thoughtful and lively volume focused on a difficult aspect of executive communications with which every speechwriter wrestles. Every scribe should read it.” (Neil Hrab, Vital Speeches of the Day, December 13, 2019)