Dorie Clark

Harvard Business Review

Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives. We need to reorient ourselves to see the big picture so we can tap into the power of small changes that, made today, will have an enormous and disproportionate impact on our future success. We need to start playing The Long Game.

Author, The Long Game

I'm the author of Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Revenue Streams, and Thrive, from Harvard Business Review Press. It's a book about how to think more entrepreneurially and prepare yourself for success in the modern economy. Inc. was kind enough to call it "one of the most important books of the year" and Forbes named it one of their Top 5 Business Books of the Year.

Author, Entrepreneurial You

I write frequently for the Harvard Business Review and have contributed well over 200 articles since 2010. My posts and articles are available here: https://hbr.org/search?term=dorie+clark

Contributor

I'm the author of "Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future" ((Harvard Business Review Press, April 2013). Reinventing You talks about personal branding, professional reinvention, and how to take charge of one's reputation in the workplace. It has been translated into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Polish, and Thai.

Author, Reinventing You

Thinkers50

I've been named one of the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the World three times in a row by Thinkers50, which creates a biennial ranking of the world's leading management experts. I was also honored to be named the #1 Communication Coach in the World by the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Leading Global Coaches Awards.

Top 50 Business Thinker in the World

Fast Company

Write for FastCompany on topics including entrepreneurship and side gigs, effective communication, building political capital, and more.

Columbia Business School

I teach "Building Your Brand as a Leader" as part of Columbia's Advanced Management Program (AMP), as well as to leading corporate clients. I've also taught innovation strategies to senior executives.

Executive Education Faculty

Penguin Books Ltd

I'm the author of "Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It," a book about how to become a recognized expert in your field, gain momentum for your idea or business, and make a greater impact. Stand Out was a Washington Post bestseller and 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 has also been translated into Korean.

Author, Stand Out

LinkedIn

I've created and taught numerous online courses for Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning, including Personal Effectiveness Tips, Holding Yourself Accountable, Defining and Achieving Professional Goals, Acting Decisively, Interpersonal Communication, Persuading Others, Managing Office Politics, and Professional Networking (the last one has been translated into German, as well!).

Instructor

Westville Capital LLC

Invest in theatrical productions, including:
- The Broadway production of The Inheritance, winner of the 2021 Tony Award for Best Play
- The Broadway production of Tootsie, Spring 2019 (nominated for 11 Tony Awards & winner of two) 
- Magic Mike Live, Australia-New Zealand Tour, 2020-2021
- Magic Mike Live, North American Tour 2022
- The Broadway production of The Lifespan of a Fact (featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Cannavale) - 2018

Investor

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

Member of the music publishing company BMI's Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop, the premier training ground for Broadway composers and lyricists. I also participated as a lyricist in the 2019 NYMF (New York Musical Festival) Songwriting Workshop.

Musical Theater Lyricist

HEC Paris

I teach a multi-part webinar series on Personal Branding for HEC-Paris.

Executive Education Instructor

UNC Kenan-Flagler

I've taught Crisis Communication for Kenan-Flagler.

I'm a strategy consultant, executive coach, and keynote speaker (with deep experience in virtual presentations) who has worked with clients including Google, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, Yale University, the IMF, and the World Bank. 

I've been named one of the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the World 3x by Thinkers50, and the #1 Communication Coach in the World by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards, as well as one of the Top 10 Communication Professionals in the World by Global Gurus. 

I write regularly for the Harvard Business Review, FastCompany, and Business Insider, and am the author of several books, including the WSJ bestseller "The Long Game" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021), as well as "Entrepreneurial You," which was named "one of the most important business books of the year" by Inc. magazine and one of the Top 5 Books of the Year by Forbes. 

I also wrote "Reinventing You" and "Stand Out," which Inc. magazine declared the #1 Leadership Book of the Year and Forbes named one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year. 

The New York Times was kind enough to call me an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” 

For three years, I hosted a weekly video interview show for Newsweek. I also teach for Columbia Business School's executive education program, and in the past have taught for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, IE Business School (Spain), HEC-Paris, Smith College Exec. Education, Babson College Exec. Education, and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business. I'm a member of Marshall Goldsmith's MG100 program, which brings together the world's top executive coaches, as well as an angel investor and startup advisor. 

Previously, I worked as a journalist, where I was delighted to win two New England Press Association awards; a presidential campaign spokesperson; and a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album. I also invest in Broadway productions, and am a lyricist in BMI's Tony-Award winning Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop. Download my free Long Game strategic thinking self-assessment at dorieclark.com/thelonggame. 

Specialties: Marketing, branding, management consulting, strategy consulting, communications, speaking, keynote speaking, professional speaking, professional speaker, personal branding, executive coaching

I'm the author of "Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future" ((Harvard Business Review Press, April 2013). Reinventing You talks about personal branding, professional reinvention, and how to take charge of one's reputation in the workplace. It has been translated into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Polish, and Thai. 

I am trying something different this week.

Each day I am highlighting a set of books that I genuinely recommend for professionals who want to grow, lead, and navigate their careers with more clarity.

Today’s theme: visibility at work and how to show up with confidence.
Visibility is not about being loud.

It is about being intentional with how you communicate your strengths and how you participate in the rooms that matter.

Here are three authors and three books I trust on this topic:

Goldie Chan — Personal Branding for Introverts
A thoughtful guide for anyone who finds traditional visibility advice draining or misaligned with their natural style. Goldie shows how to build presence in a way that feels real and sustainable.

Lorraine K. Lee — Unforgettable Presence
A practical roadmap for showing up well on video, in webinars, and in every online setting where impressions count. Lorraine understands digital communication on a deep level and breaks it down clearly.

May Busch — Visible
May rose to senior leadership and now teaches others how to communicate their impact with confidence. Her insights are especially useful for anyone ready to step forward in their role.

If you or someone you know is focused on professional growth this year, these books are an excellent place to start.

WSJ & USA Today Bestselling Author; HBR & Fast Company contributor; Top 50 Business Thinker in World - Thinkers50 & Inc. magazine

Thanks for resharing my talk, TED Conferences! We can all benefit from thinking more critically about what we get out of being so busy - and how to disrupt that cycle.

Feels like you’re always busy? You might be making choices that keep it that way. Here’s how to break the pattern: http://t.ted.com/y9I6NAy

Michelle Pecak

MY VIBE COMMUNITY

Founder

Simple Smart Consulting

Quantum Operations Expert.

When you are capable of exponential improvement in your performance through knowing that everything is interconnected, we help founders & their business become unlimited with far less effort.

Quantum Breakthroughs + Operational Excellence = Unlimited Growth

We guide founders & executives $10M+, teaching how to scale your company through a proprietary 5D Matrix:
1) Quantum Entanglement Specialist: Everything is connected. Through my 5D approach, we untangle the layers of process from a top down approach to align KPI, strategies, initiatives, and motivation to turn the organization into a vortex of unstoppable growth.

2) Conscious Teamwork Magnetism: Interconnectedness throughout the organization leads to greater sense of accomplishment, empathy, responsibility, and accountability that strengthens the foundation of our most valuable asset: our people.

3) 5D Problem-Solving: Teamwork leads to an appreciation that our actions impact those around us, fostering a deeper understanding of impact & root causes that solidifies decisions to the most granular level necessary for transformational change. 

4) Operations Alchemist: Change leads to all areas of operations humming in perfect unison. This superposition where all pieces of a the process fit together in the right timing, regardless of how fast the inputs are flowing & changing, is how you create operational magic. Problems fix themselves because the inputs are allowed to alchemize and empower team members to do the right thing. 

5) Visionary Intuitive: The last piece of the quantum leap is knowing the value you provide to your customer and the problems you solve uniquely from anyone else.  From this place you can build a transformational 3D pricing matrix to blend the value + costs + solutions for exponential profitable growth.

This 5D growth is almost unimaginable in your current state, but with Quantum Operations, anything is possible because we are stronger together.

Founder & CEO

MVP Events

Chief Growth Officer

The Bold Leaders Collective

The The Bold Leaders Collective & Leigh Burgess has changed my life. This group has been the MIRROR that allows me to be the most authentic version of myself - all while pushing me to be the BEST version of myself through the B.O.L.D. Framework: Believe + Own + Learn + Design.

Founding Member

Chief

Chief is a private network focused on connecting and supporting women leaders. Chief was founded to drive women forward into positions of power — and keep them there. At the current rate of change, it will take over 200 years for women to reach parity in business. We’re not waiting eight generations.

Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior woman leaders - VPs through C-level executives - to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas ascross industries, and affect change from the top down.

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Invited Founding Member

Mindvalley

Get $100 OFF as my GIFT to you:
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Member

The Outlier Project

The Outlier Project is a unique membership community for professional development (personal development IS professional development) and is for anyone who believes success is found by showing up differently.  We are fond of saying, “anyone can be ordinary”.  A special focus of The Outlier Project is to develop leaders who believe that companies and individuals alike succeed or fail based on the quality of the teams they build and the relationships they invest in.  We call this having a “People Over Everything” mindset.

Secta Labs

SectaAi Headshots turn your selfies into professional headshots!
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What I love the most if having different "looks" and outfits and even styles in my headshots for different events! It's awesome being able to touch up an appearance, change an outfit to match the event theme and use for different posts!!

Ambassador

Base

Base brings together the most interesting people in cities around the world through unique experiences. The innovators, the artists, the eccentrics, from all backgrounds and industries – Base matches the right people at the right time to spark conversations, generate collaborations, and start life-changing friendships. Join waitlist: www.base.club

Chicago Founding Member

Connector | Visionary Leader | COO | Pricing Expert | Advisory Board | CHIEF Founding Member

I am a Quantum Operations Expert
When you are capable of exponential improvement in your performance through knowing that everything is interconnected, you & your business can be unlimited with far less effort. 

I solve complex problems through visionary intuition that sees unwanted constraints as opportunities for simplification. Simple solutions that connect the dots effortlessly between where you are & where you want to be, leaves you to create the unlimited possibilities. 

I work with $10M+ & $100M+ Founders & Executives to heal from the inside out through operational excellence and breaking the energetic boundaries you have put on yourself.

Collaboration & Empathy is at the heart of my work. I believe every team member brings innate skills that, when positioned correctly, contribute to the best possible outcome.

I’m not just about thinking outside the box—I redefine the box itself, and added some sparkle!

My unique 5D Process leads you to Quantum Operations:
1) Quantum Entanglement Specialist: Everything is connected. Through my 5P methodology, we untangle the layers of process from a top down approach to align KPI, strategies, initiatives, and motivation to turn the organization into a vortex of unstoppable growth.

2) Conscious Teamwork Magnetism: Interconnectedness throughout the organization leads to greater sense of accomplishment, empathy, responsibility, and accountability that strengthens the foundation of our most valuable asset: our people.

3) 5D Problem-Solving: Teamwork leads to an appreciation that our actions impact those around us, fostering a deeper understanding of impact & root causes that solidifies decisions to the most granular level necessary for transformational change. 

4)Transformational Operations: Change leads to all areas of operations humming in perfect unison. This superposition where all pieces of a the process fit together in the right timing, regardless of how fast the inputs are flowing & changing, is how you create operational magic. Problems fix themselves because the inputs are allowed to alchemize and empower team members to do the right thing. 

5)Visionary Intuitive: The last piece of the quantum leap is knowing the value you provide to your customer and the problems you solve uniquely from anyone else.  From this place you can build a transformational 3D pricing matrix to blend the value + costs + solutions for exponential profitable growth.

This growth is almost unimaginable in your current state, but with Quantum Operations, anything is possible. 

Are you ready for your Quantum Operations Upgrade?

Senior Director of Strategic Pricing

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BOLD LEADER is here!!!
2 books in 2 years?!?! 

This book is beautifully functional and a new “must carry” with me all the time!!

I can’t wait to read it and celebrate this incredible milestone!!!

Congratulations Leigh B. !!! BOLD frameworkhas changed my life!!

Buy now: https://amzn.to/43DTUvU

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HOW TO SURVIVE THE HOLIDAYS... WITH MORE JOY!! 

If you follow your Human Design - you will be successful, successful, and have more JOY.

Let's lighten the load before Thanksgiving and show you YOUR PERSONAL roadmap to surviving the in-laws, the crazy uncle, and even those annoying kids that you wish would just sit still... those triggers are ON YOUR... and if you KNOW how you are triggered and HOW to store your energy and see their triggers as CURIOSITY on what lessons they are here to TEACH YOU - the script is flipped back to YOU being in control of your JOY.

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There is a shift this season. Can you feel it?
The VIBE is changing — fast.

Expectations are rising while resources shrink.
Patience is thin. Rewards are delayed.
And kindness? Some days it feels like it evaporated overnight.

So what does the future of leadership look like?
It looks nothing like the old model.

Here is the truth no one says out loud:
💙 You’re already a high performer.
💜You’re already carrying more than most people can imagine. 
💙You already know how to push, hold, lift, deliver, achieve, and do it all on 4 hours of sleep. 
🤩 You're a badass. 

But the real question is: At what cost? This is where everything shifts.

Human Design changed my life — not by adding more to my plate, but by showing me the mechanics of who I actually am… and how to lead from a place that doesn’t drain all of my Projector energy.

S.O.S.? If you’re reading this, you feel that same pull toward a new operating system. More JOY, less hustle.

On January 15 & 16, 2026, we’re opening a transformational 4-week experience for only for 10 executive women.

Women who know it’s time to recalibrate their leadership from the inside out — because the next era demands it.

This is for the woman who knows:
 ✨ she’s meant for legacy-level impact
 ✨ she’s carrying complexity beyond normal capacity
 ✨ her nervous system needs a different strategy
 ✨ her next era requires a new level of support
 ✨ it’s time to stop compensating and start aligning

This is the work of leaders who are being initiated into their next frequency of POWER. This kind of work doesn’t just change your career — it changes your entire operating system.

Full details drop next week. Stay close.
 — Michelle Pecak & Carole Jean Whittington

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