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You already know your subject. So why doesn’t the room move?

You have the expertise. You have the experience. You have done the work. And yet, in the meetings that matter most, someone with half your knowledge gets the nod, the budget, or the deal.

That gap is not intelligence. It is expression.

In From Trust to Transaction, Dr. Priyanka Krishnan — founder of PS Trainings and a communication coach who has trained thousands of professionals, founders and leaders across India — makes a simple, uncomfortable case: before anyone buys your idea, they read your presence. Your posture, your pace, your pauses, the way your voice lands at the end of a sentence. These signals decide whether people trust you long before they evaluate what you actually said.

This book shows you how to close that gap. Not by turning you into someone else. Not by making you louder, more polished, or more American-sounding. But by helping you become the clearest, steadiest version of who you already are.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Build executive presence through small, repeatable signals — how you enter, how you sit, how you handle a hard question
• Use pause and vocal variation so your strongest points land instead of trailing off
• Structure your thinking under pressure, so you stop rambling and start leading the conversation
• Turn your own experience into stories that make your message stick long after the meeting ends
• Speak with authority in investor pitches, boardrooms, discovery calls, interviews and webinars
• Replace waiting-to-feel-confident with a preparation routine that builds confidence on purpose

Every chapter closes with a practical action you can apply in your next real conversation — not a theory to admire, but something to try on Monday.

This book is for founders raising capital, coaches and consultants selling through webinars and calls, senior professionals stepping into leadership, and anyone whose career now depends less on what they know and more on how well they can carry it into a room.

You do not need to become perfect. You need to become intentional.

About the author
Dr. Priyanka Krishnan is the Founder and Director of PS Trainings, a public speaking and corporate training consultancy she started with ₹18 in her bank account. She works with founders, leaders and professionals on executive presence, storytelling and leadership communication, and has designed experiential programs delivered across corporate and campus audiences in India.