Dorie Clark

Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME  and the World Economic Forum blog. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Fortune, and Inc. magazine, she is the author of Entrepreneurial You (Harvard Business Review Press,), Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine and one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year by Forbes. It was also a Washington Post bestseller. Her books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Polish, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese, and Thai. Known for her engaging and insightful talks, Dorie’s audiences learn how to become recognized for the leaders they are and leave the room feeling empowered to take action and make an impact.  

“Dorie Clark’s message about professional reinvention and building a following around your ideas is essential in today’s rapidly changing corporate environment. She’s a compelling speaker who inspires audiences to take action, embrace innovative thinking, and take ownership over their professional lives.” -Diana O’Brien, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Deloitte

  She consults and speaks for a diverse range of clients, like Google, Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Yale University to name a few. Dorie Clark has lectured everywhere from Harvard Business School to the World Bank to Google HQ. She speaks on personal branding, professional reinvention, leadership, networking, and social media.  

Dorie’s most sought-after keynote topics include:

How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World Building Your Brand as a Leader Stand Out: How to Develop Breakthrough Ideas

The Real Reason You Feel So Busy (and What to Do About It)

  Dorie Clark has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School.  

“Dorie has a unique ability to take what can be an esoteric topic – leadership brand – and make it both practical and meaningful. She gave our employees useful tools to build their brand throughout their career and did it in a fun way.” –Mark Lagestee, VP, Global Talent and Organization Development, Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut)

  A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has also taught for Spain’s IE Business School, HEC-Paris, Babson College, Smith College Executive Education, UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, and more. She has guest lectured at universities including Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, the University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Georgetown, NYU, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the University of Michigan. Her work has been published in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Job and the Harvard Business Review Guide to Networking, and she is quoted frequently in the worldwide media, including NPR, the BBC, and MSNBC. She has been a regular commentator on Canada’s CTV and was named one of Inc. magazine’s “100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference.” A former New England Press Association award-winning journalist, Clark directed the environmental documentary film The Work of 1000, and was a producer for a multiple-Grammy-winning jazz album. She is a Broadway investor, as well as a participant in BMI’s Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, widely considered the premiere training ground for musical theater lyricists and composers. At age 14, Clark entered Mary Baldwin College’s Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. At 18, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College, and two years later received a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School.   Teemat: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World | Building Your Brand as a Leader | Stand Out: How to Develop Breakthrough Ideas | How to Build a Following Around Your Ideas | Stand Out Networking | How to Think Entrepreneurially Inside Your Company | Reinventing You | Business Management | Leadership | Marketing