What do you think?
Rate this book
Impact: How to be more confident, increase your influence and know what to say under pressure
When you speak do others listen?
Does your message land?
Do people act upon your words?
In business and in life, great communication is the key to getting exceptional results. If you want to be more persuasive, have more gravitas, and build better relationships this book will show you how.
Starting his career as an actor, author Dominic Colenso starred alongside some of the UK’s most famous performers. He now works with businesses around the world, helping individuals and teams take centre stage and deliver outstanding performances. In IMPACT, he reveals the six ingredients for communicating effectively in any situation.
This book will give you simple tools and techniques to:
• Banish your nerves and grow your confidence
• Increase your authority and physical presence
• Flex your style to suit any audience
• Plan what to say without the need for a script
• Speak to people’s hearts as well as their minds
Whether you’re just starting out, managing a small team, or leading a large organisation this book will ensure that you always make the right impact.
Does your message land?
Do people act upon your words?
In business and in life, great communication is the key to getting exceptional results. If you want to be more persuasive, have more gravitas, and build better relationships this book will show you how.
Starting his career as an actor, author Dominic Colenso starred alongside some of the UK’s most famous performers. He now works with businesses around the world, helping individuals and teams take centre stage and deliver outstanding performances. In IMPACT, he reveals the six ingredients for communicating effectively in any situation.
This book will give you simple tools and techniques to:
• Banish your nerves and grow your confidence
• Increase your authority and physical presence
• Flex your style to suit any audience
• Plan what to say without the need for a script
• Speak to people’s hearts as well as their minds
Whether you’re just starting out, managing a small team, or leading a large organisation this book will ensure that you always make the right impact.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2019
20 people are currently reading
32 people want to read
About the author
Dominic Colenso
3 booksDominic James Colenso is an English speaker, communications expert and former professional actor. He is known for his presence on LinkedIn, and also for his role as Virgil Tracy in the 2004 Thunderbirds adaptation.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
August 4, 2025
A performance coach’s toolkit in book form—practical, sharp, and disarmingly human.
It’s rare to find a book on communication that doesn’t talk at you, but instead pulls you into the process like a scene partner. IMPACT doesn’t just explain confidence—it demonstrates it. Every chapter felt like a quiet rehearsal for real life: meetings, pitches, awkward conversations, moments when your voice needs to rise above the noise.
Dominic Colenso brings a performer’s instinct and a coach’s eye. He’s not here to sell charisma—he’s showing you how to build it from the inside out. I especially loved how grounded the tools were. There’s no jargon, no fluff—just smart, deeply usable techniques for:
Showing up with presence (not just posture)
Flexing your voice without faking it
Planning your message without sounding scripted
Whether you're speaking to one person or one hundred, this book won’t just teach you what to say. It’ll show you how to be when you say it.
If you're someone who constantly replays conversations in your head after they happen—this one’s for you.
It’s rare to find a book on communication that doesn’t talk at you, but instead pulls you into the process like a scene partner. IMPACT doesn’t just explain confidence—it demonstrates it. Every chapter felt like a quiet rehearsal for real life: meetings, pitches, awkward conversations, moments when your voice needs to rise above the noise.
Dominic Colenso brings a performer’s instinct and a coach’s eye. He’s not here to sell charisma—he’s showing you how to build it from the inside out. I especially loved how grounded the tools were. There’s no jargon, no fluff—just smart, deeply usable techniques for:
Showing up with presence (not just posture)
Flexing your voice without faking it
Planning your message without sounding scripted
Whether you're speaking to one person or one hundred, this book won’t just teach you what to say. It’ll show you how to be when you say it.
If you're someone who constantly replays conversations in your head after they happen—this one’s for you.
February 9, 2021
Good tools to help you improve your communication
Easy read with some strong emotive words to encourage you the reader to make an impact with your communication. Coupled with some handy tools to use in day to day conversation, this book is a good read for anyone looking to improve themselves or simply to put you in an uplifted mood.
Easy read with some strong emotive words to encourage you the reader to make an impact with your communication. Coupled with some handy tools to use in day to day conversation, this book is a good read for anyone looking to improve themselves or simply to put you in an uplifted mood.
January 19, 2021
Great read to increase your communication skills in many different aspects. Dominic has shared some great tips from his career.
January 29, 2025
Just finished work training by RADA, so a lot of this wasn’t net-new knowledge. Hence the rating. However, it was useful to drill into the theory as some of the concepts are a bit abstract.
August 27, 2019
A very nice and easy read, that includes some great practical tips and tricks that Dominic founded through his experience as an actor and coach.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews