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Communication & Influence

Ideas only create change when people can communicate them with clarity and credibility. Stellant’s communication speakers explore the skills that help leaders persuade, listen, tell better stories and navigate difficult conversations. Emotional intelligence speakers add insight into self-awareness, empathy and the relationship dynamics behind effective influence. Whether the audience is leading a team, aligning stakeholders or speaking across differences, these experts offer practical tools for stronger connection. They are especially effective for leadership programs and executive gatherings.

Speakers

Communication & Influence Speakers

Alison Fragale

Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolNational bestselling author, Likeable BadassFormer McKinsey & Company consultant

Zoe Chance

Zoe Chance

Professor, Yale School of ManagementBestselling author of Influence Is Your SuperpowerThinkers50 Radar list of emerging management thinkers

Megan Reitz

Megan Reitz

Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of OxfordAuthor, Speak Up and Mind TimeThinkers50 Top 50 Management Thinker, 2025, 2023, 2021

Hal Gregersen

Hal Gregersen

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor, Questions Are the Answer and The Innovator's DNAThinkers50 top 50 management thinker since 2015

Andrew Gordon

Andrew Gordon

Former head of animation, Pixar and DNEGChief storyteller, EyeTellVisual Effects Society Award winner, Finding Nemo

Heidi Brooks

Heidi Brooks

Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior, Yale School of ManagementDirector, Program for the Practice of Everyday LeadershipHost of the Learning Through Experience podcast

Rupert Younger

Rupert Younger

Founding Director, Oxford University Centre for Corporate ReputationCo-author, The Reputation GameChair, Enacting Purpose Initiative

James Detert

James Detert

John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessAuthor, Choosing CourageContributor, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review

Matt Abrahams

Matt Abrahams

Lecturer in Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of BusinessAuthor, Think Faster, Talk Smarter2025 Thinkers50 Radar List Honoree

Natalie Monbiot

Natalie Monbiot

Founder, Virtual Human EconomyCo-Founder, Hour OneSpeaker, Web Summit, SXSW and Fortune Brainstorm AI

Mark Roberge

Mark Roberge

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolBestselling Author, The Sales Acceleration FormulaFounding Chief Revenue Officer, HubSpot

Heidi K. Gardner

Heidi K. Gardner

Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law SchoolAuthor of Smart Collaboration and Smarter CollaborationThinkers50 top 50 management thinker, 2023

Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, MITNew York Times bestselling author of Reclaiming ConversationFounding director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self

Amy Gallo

Amy Gallo

Contributing editor, Harvard Business ReviewAuthor of Getting AlongContributing editor at Harvard Business Review

Karthik Ramanna

Karthik Ramanna

Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of OxfordAuthor, The Age of Outrage and Political StandardsWinner, Harvard Business Review McKinsey Award

Dava Newman

Dava Newman

Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, MITFormer NASA deputy administrator and MIT Media Lab directorCo-chair, WEF Global Future Council on Space Technologies

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner

John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationAuthor, Frames of Mind and A Synthesizing MindMacArthur Prize Fellow and Grawemeyer Award recipient

Christa Gyori

Christa Gyori

Co-Founder and CEO, Leaders on PurposeFounding Member, Unilever North American FS Sustainability CouncilShortlisted, Thinkers50 Ideas into Practice Award (2023)

Tova Friedman

Tova Friedman

One of the youngest living survivors of AuschwitzNew York Times bestselling author, The Daughter of AuschwitzHolocaust educator with more than 500,000 TikTok followers

Elizabeth Bramson

Elizabeth Bramson

CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology ReviewFormer Global Managing Director, Economist Corporate NetworkChair, MIT Enterprise Forum

Jeff Hancock

Jeff Hancock

Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, Stanford UniversityFounding Director, Stanford Social Media LabCo-Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center

Henry Timms

Henry Timms

Chief Executive Officer, Brunswick GroupCo-Author, New PowerCo-Founder, #GivingTuesday

Elaine Lin Hering

Elaine Lin Hering

Author of Unlearning Silence, USA Today bestsellerFormer Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law SchoolThinkers50 Radar 2025, Top 30 Global Management Thinkers

Jeremy Heimans

Jeremy Heimans

Co-Founder and Chairman, PurposeCo-Author, New PowerRecipient, Ford Foundation 75th Anniversary Visionary Award

Paul Nielsen

Paul Nielsen

Director and CEO, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering InstituteFormer Commander, U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryMember, U.S. National Academy of Engineering

Tommy Amaker

Tommy Amaker

The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's BasketballWinningest head coach in Harvard men's basketball historyNCAA Champion of Diversity and Inclusion honoree (2021)

Shalene Gupta

Shalene Gupta

Former Research Associate, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Author, The Power of Trust and Author, The CycleThinkers50 Radar List (2022)

Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes

Navy SEAL commander and White House FellowManaging Director, Insight PartnersBestselling author of Never Enough and Mission Driven

Books

Books on Communication & Influence

Keynotes

Conversations on Communication & Influence

Matt Abrahams

Speaking Up Without Freaking Out | Matt Abrahams | TEDxPaloAlto

  1. Matt AbrahamsSpeaking Up Without Freaking Out | Matt Abrahams | TEDxPaloAlto
  2. Alison FragaleSXSW 2026 – Why it Pays to be a Status Seeker
  3. Amy GalloThe Gift of Conflict | Amy E. Gallo | TEDxBroadway
  4. Andrew GordonInside Pixar with Andrew Gordon
  5. Matt AbrahamsThink Fast. Talk Smart | Matt Abrahams | TEDxMontaVistaHighSchool
  6. Alison FragaleLikeable Badass: The Science of Winning the Status Game
  7. Amy GalloSpill the Tea: A Strategic Guide to Office Gossip with Amy Gallo