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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.

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.

You can download Dorie's speaker info sheet with information on fees and logistics, and access her bio and photos/headshots here.

Below are sample topics; please feel free to contact us if you'd like to schedule a talk or discuss a customized presentation.

You can also see a list of her upcoming and past speaking engagements.

Dorie Clark’s Speaker Reel

HOW TO BE A LONG-TERM THINKER IN A SHORT-TERM WORLD

It's no secret that today's leaders and professionals feel pulled in too many directions. We want to be long-term thinkers, but we're constantly putting out fires and dealing with short-term challenges. In this talk, Dorie Clark - Harvard Business Review author and Columbia Business School executive education professor — will share concrete strategies to help you sharpen your strategic thinking and balance competing short- and long-term priorities.

You will learn how to:
  • Identify areas with unique potential for leverage
  • Understand what we're optimizing for
  • Make the right kind of tradeoffs
  • Achieve 'strategic patience'
  • Place little bets to find promising leads and emergent possibilities

    • CULTIVATING MENTAL AGILITY IN A COMPLEX WORLD

    Now more than ever, we have to be ready to adapt to rapid change – and, even better, predict it. Columbia University executive education professor Dorie Clark – named three times as one of the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the World - will share strategies to help you nimbly adjust when the situation changes, learn from the past, and get smarter about planning for the future. 

    You will will learn how to:
  • Create 'smart networks' that enable you to predict changes ahead of others
  • Analyze bad outcomes - before they happen, so you can prevent them
  • Seize opportunity by leveraging your unique advantages
  • Harness the forces that create serendipity

    • BUILDING YOUR BRAND AS A LEADER

    Being recognized as a compelling leader can dramatically accelerate your professional success. Columbia Business School executive education professor Dorie Clark will show you how to cultivate a powerful professional reputation that enables you to persuade others and obtain buy-in more easily for your best ideas.

    You will learn how to:
  • Increase your influence within and outside your organization
  • Communicate your brand effectively to others
  • Establish and cultivate your reputation over time
  • Ensure others understand your true leadership abilities

    • REINVENTING YOU IN THE AGE OF AI

    Between the post-pandemic shifts in the workplace (including hybrid and remote work) and the rise of artificial intelligence (including ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies), we're facing rapid, profound disruption. In this talk, Dorie Clark - author of Reinventing You (Harvard Business Review Press) - will discuss practical strategies to help you stay ahead of the curve in your career, take charge of your professional development, and ensure your skills and abilities are fully recognized at work.

    You'll learn how to:
  • Discover how you're currently perceived
  • Strategically position yourself for the future
  • Leverage your unique strengths
  • Powerfully demonstrate the contribution you can make at work
    • UPCOMING

    Upcoming speaking engagements

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