Brian Burkhart

Brian Burkhart helps leaders and teams communicate with clarity, authenticity, and influence to create lasting business impact.

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Why book Brian Burkhart for your next event!

Learn how to build trust, influence decisions, and communicate with conviction through Brian’s proven Effortless Authority framework.
Gain practical strategies used by global brands like Google, Amazon, and Red Bull to create clarity, differentiation, and impact.
Discover how authentic storytelling strengthens leadership, elevates brands, and drives measurable business growth in competitive markets.

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Authentic Leadership, Powerful Communication & Effortless Authority

Brian Burkhart helps leaders, teams, and organizations communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and authenticity. As the founder of SquarePlanet and author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Stand for Something, he has spent decades helping some of the world's most recognized companies, including Google, Amazon, Red Bull, and McDonald’s, strengthen their messaging and influence. Through his signature concept, Effortless Authority, Brian equips audiences with practical tools to build trust, tell compelling stories, inspire action, and create meaningful business impact through authentic communication.

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What makes leaders, brands, and organizations truly memorable? According to Brian Burkhart, it starts with clarity, conviction, and the courage to stand for something meaningful. In a world filled with noise, competing messages, and constant change, the ability to communicate with authenticity has become one of the most valuable business skills. Brian helps audiences develop that skill and turn it into a lasting competitive advantage.

Brian Burkhart is a keynote speaker, communication expert, and founder of SquarePlanet. For decades, he has helped organizations strengthen leadership communication, build stronger brands, and create meaningful connections with employees, customers, and stakeholders. His clients include globally recognized companies such as Google, Amazon, Red Bull, and McDonald’s, and his expertise has made him a trusted advisor to leaders across industries.

Effortless Authority

Brian is widely recognized for his concept of Effortless Authority—a practical approach to leadership and communication that helps people earn trust, influence decisions, and inspire action. Rather than relying on corporate jargon, rehearsed scripts, or polished presentations, Brian teaches audiences how to communicate with confidence by being clear, authentic, and purposeful.

His keynotes challenge leaders to move beyond safe communication habits and embrace a more genuine approach that resonates with people. Through practical frameworks and real-world examples, attendees learn how to communicate ideas more effectively, build credibility, and create stronger professional relationships.

Whether speaking to executives, sales professionals, entrepreneurs, or leadership teams, Brian provides tools that audiences can immediately apply in their daily work.

Helping Leaders and Brands Stand Out

As the Amazon #1 bestselling author of Stand for Something, Brian has become a leading voice on brand clarity and differentiation. His philosophy is simple: successful brands are built on what they believe, not on marketing tricks or empty slogans.

Brian helps organizations identify what makes them unique and communicate it in a way that people remember. He shows leaders how a clear sense of purpose strengthens decision-making, improves communication, and creates stronger connections with both customers and employees.

His work goes beyond traditional branding. Brian believes every leader has a personal brand and every organization has a story worth telling. When those stories are communicated with clarity and conviction, they become powerful tools for growth, engagement, and long-term success.

From TED Stages to Shark Tank

Brian's expertise has been trusted by some of the world's most influential speakers and entrepreneurs. He has coached more than 35 TED speakers, helping them refine their messages and connect with audiences in meaningful ways. He has also worked with 10 Shark Tank companies, helping founders communicate their ideas more effectively to investors, customers, and stakeholders.

These experiences have given Brian a unique perspective on what makes communication truly impactful. Whether presenting to a boardroom, a conference audience, or millions of viewers, the principles remain the same: clarity builds trust, authenticity creates connection, and great storytelling inspires action.

Audiences appreciate Brian's ability to translate these lessons into practical strategies that work in any industry or organizational setting.

Why Book Brian Burkhart?

Organizations book Brian Burkhart because he delivers more than motivation. His presentations combine business insight, storytelling expertise, and actionable takeaways that audiences can immediately put into practice.

Participants leave his sessions with strategies to:

Communicate with greater confidence and clarity
Build trust and credibility faster
Strengthen leadership presence
Create more compelling presentations and messages
Differentiate their brand in competitive markets
Inspire teams and engage stakeholders
Use storytelling as a tool for influence and growth

Brian's energetic and engaging style keeps audiences involved while ensuring every session delivers real value.

A Keynote That Creates Lasting Impact

Brian Burkhart's presentations are designed for organizations that want to strengthen leadership, improve communication, and create a culture built on authenticity and trust. His message is relevant for companies navigating change, leaders seeking greater influence, and teams looking to communicate more effectively in today's fast-moving business environment.

Through powerful stories, practical insights, and immediately applicable tools, Brian helps audiences discover how authentic communication drives stronger relationships, better business outcomes, and lasting success.

Book Brian Burkhart for your event to give your audience the confidence, clarity, and communication skills needed to lead with impact, build stronger brands, and stand out for all the right reasons.

Customer Reviews

Stephanie Clerge, SVP, Training & Consulting Kolbe Corp

“Our group gave Brian a standing ovation, but even that wasn’t enough. I’m so glad we asked Brian to be part of our event.”

Carolyn Fraser, Head of Inside Sales Ascensus

“Brian is a savage! And a brilliant mind. I’d highly recommend him to anyone looking to transform their messaging and find their story. He’s the best.”

John ‘J’ Schwan, Founder & CEO Kin & Carta (formerly Solstice)

“Brian’s presentation was exactly what our organization needed, and at the time we needed it the most. Smart, engaging and deep; what I learned in his presentation is going to stay with me for a long time.”

Paulo Goelzer, PhD, MBA IGA / Coca-Cola Institute

Keynotes

Keynote by Brian Burkhart:

The Art of the Brave

“All the world’s a stage…” Shakespeare got that right. But let’s be honest, most people never fully step into the spotlight. They sit in the wings, crafting well-worn excuses, paralyzed by fear, watching braver souls take the proverbial stage.

That’s the tragedy of today’s corporate world: brilliant ideas, powerful voices, and authentic leaders remain hidden, not because they lack talent, but because they lack courage. Fear of judgment. Fear of failure. Fear of being truly seen.

Meanwhile, artists—the bravest people alive—choose a different path. They create, they iterate, they perform, and then they say to the world: “Judge me. Go ahead.” They don’t shrink. They don’t hide. They risk it all to be fully expressed.

That’s the mindset business desperately needs.

This keynote is not a motivational pep talk. It’s a wake-up call. A gauntlet thrown down. A challenge to stop hiding behind buzzwords, PowerPoints, and “best practices” and instead:

Lead like an artist: courageous, fully expressed, real.
Speak with conviction: know your core beliefs and use them as fuel.
Connect on a human level: because no app, algorithm, or AI will ever replace real trust.
Create with audacity: bring your ideas forward, connecting you to those who think and feel in similar ways.

In sixty fast, funny, hard-hitting minutes, Brian will shake audiences awake. Expect laughter, a little discomfort, and a lot insight that leads to breakthrough. Expect practical tools that actually work in the boardroom, in sales conversations, and with teams.

Because here’s the truth: hiding is not only self-sabotage, it’s business-sabotage. Playing it safe is failure. Technology won’t fix the human problems we face, but bravery will. Art will.

So the choice is simple. Stay small, safe, and silent.

Or…embrace the Art of the Brave.

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Keynote by Brian Burkhart:

Create Effortless Authority

It’s estimated that we spend 80% of our work lives communicating: board presentations, industry keynotes, job interviews, sales pitches, social posts. And yet, most of us get it wrong, burying the point in complexity, working in isolation, and ultimately losing our audience.

But those who get it right? They create Effortless Authority. They make the difficult look easy, and in doing so, they pull people in.

If the keynote is about the mindset of bravely creating, this workshop is about the method. Brian’s proprietary 10-step framework is a practical, repeatable system battle-tested by modern leaders, teams, and global brands so they can communicate with Effortless Authority, every time.

In this hands-on session, attendees will:

Experience all 10 steps of the framework in action.

See it broken down, step by step, until it’s second nature.

Learn how to apply it in their own real-world applications.
Walk away with a repeatable playbook they can use in any communication situation.

This is where inspiration turns into implementation.

Leaders gain clarity. Sales teams gain confidence and deliver conversions. Teams gain alignment. Everyone leaves knowing how to stop laboring over communication, and instead, deliver it with effortless authority.

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