--- title: "Speak for Leadership: How to Be a Brilliant Speaker Who Leads" description: Ready to be a brilliant speaker in speeches, presentations, pitches, and meetings? Command every stage and motivate any audience with Speak for Leadership! image: https://www.genardmethod.com/hubfs/GG%20Images/SPEAK%20FOR%20LEADERSHIP/Speak%20for%20Leadership%20mock-00588.png --- [![Genard Method Public Speaking Training](https://www.genardmethod.com/hubfs/images/bg-brand.png)](https://www.genardmethod.com/) Search... Search ## Gary Genard's # Speak for Success! > "Be a voice not an echo." **- Albert Einstein** # Speak for Leadership: How to Be a Brilliant Speaker Who Leads Nov 21, 2021 by [Gary Genard](https://www.genardmethod.com/blog/author/gary-genard) [![Speak for Leadership -- How to Be a Brilliant Speaker Who Leads](https://www.genardmethod.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GG%20Images/SPEAK%20FOR%20LEADERSHIP/Speak%20for%20Leadership%20mock-00588.png?width=1600&name=Speak%20for%20Leadership%20mock-00588.png)](https://www.garygenard.com/speak-for-leadership) Ready to be a brilliant speaker in speeches, presentations, pitches, and meetings? Command every stage and motivate any audience with *Speak for Leadership*! Want to know how to engage, persuade, and inspire *any *audience? If you need to lead when you speak, that's the territory you need to be comfortable in. These days, it's not enough to be successful in speeches, presentations, meetings, and videoconferences. 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"*Speak for* *Leadership *is an extraordinary book! It’s a strikingly original approach to speaking strategically yet with a strong sense of performance." — Rebecca Brewster, President and COO, American Transportation Research Institute [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/124879/6b17edcf-0a15-4440-9e4c-891a5a0d53fe.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/124879/6b17edcf-0a15-4440-9e4c-891a5a0d53fe) You should follow me on Twitter** **[**here**](https://twitter.com/GaryGenard)**.** **Gary Genard** is an actor, author, and expert in public speaking training and overcoming speaking fear. His company, Boston-based The Genard Method offers [live 1:1 Zoom executive coaching ](https://www.genardmethod.com/coaching/executive-presentation-skills) and [corporate group training](https://www.genardmethod.com/corporate-training) worldwide. 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