Leadership Motivational Speakers + Authors

Leadership Speakers

This powerful group of author speakers knows what it means to lead. From CEOs to military officers to creative visionaries, they leave audiences with the knowledge and tools necessary to rise to any challenge.

Joanna Barsh

McKinsey Director Emeritus, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead and Centered Leadership and Grow Wherever You Work.

Ed Catmull

Co-founder and president of Pixar Animation Studios, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, author of Creativity, Inc.

James Hatch

Retired member of the Naval Special Warfare Development group, author of Touching the Dragon, and founder of Spike’s K9 Fund

Mike Massimino

NASA Astronaut and author of Spaceman

Priya Parker

Facilitator, strategic advisor, and author of The Art of Gathering

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Ori Brafman

Business strategist, organizational expert, and New York Times bestselling author of Sway and Click

Porter Braswell

CEO and co-founder of Jopwell and author of Let Them See You

Bill Burnett

Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Donovan Campbell

Bestselling author, Marine platoon commander, corporate executive

Alexandra Cavoulacos

Co-founder and COO of The Muse and co-author of The New Rules of Work

Dr. Tasha Eurich

Organizational psychologist, New York Times-bestselling author

Dave Evans

Co-founder of Electronic Arts and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Chris Guillebeau

New York Times-bestselling author of The $100 Startup and host of the podcast Side Hustle School

Scott Harrison

Founder and CEO of charity:water and social entrepreneur

J. Kelly Hoey

Networking expert and author of Build Your Dream Network

Dave Kerpen

New York Times-bestselling author and Founder/CEO of Likeable Local

Robin Koval

CEO of Truth Initiative —creators of the award-winning truth® youth tobacco prevention program—and bestselling author (Power of Nice, Grit to Great), social change marketing and advertising expert

Anne Kreamer

Journalist, media expert, and author of Risk/Reward

Sherry Lansing

First woman to lead a major motion picture studio, former President of 20th Century Fox, and former Chairman of Paramount Pictures

Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur

Of a Kind co-founders and authors of Work Wife

Angie McArthur

Co-author of Collaborative Intelligence and speaker on intellectual diversity

Greg McKeown

Author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, CEO of THIS Inc., and Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum