Speechwriting for Leaders with Simon Lancaster
TEDx Speech with 5+ Million views : 4x Author : The U.K.'s No.1 Speechwriter
Join this LIVE with Simon Lancaster on the 18th of June!
Whether you're a Founder looking to galvanise employees and investors around your mission or a Senior Leader embarking on 'The Next Big Mission' at your enterprise - this session is for you.
Simon Lancaster is one of the world’s top speechwriters. He first became a speechwriter in the late 1990s, working for members of Tony Blair’s Cabinet and has since gone on to write speeches for the CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the world, including Unilever, HSBC and Intercontinental Hotels Group.
He is the author of four best-selling books on communication including the award winning ‘Winning Minds: Secrets from the Language of Leadership’.
He is an executive fellow of Henley Business School, a guest lecturer on Creative Writing at Cambridge University and a three times TEDx talker.
His ‘Speak Like a Leader’ TEDx talk has been watched more than 5 million times and he often appears on BBC, Sky and LBC. He has been repeatedly voted one of the Top 30 Global Gurus on Communication.
In this conversation we'll cover:
- Why people resist AI and how new ideas are accepted or rejected
- Why Donald Trump wins elections - and what makes messages resonate
- How leaders bring divided people together through communication
- How moral appeals shape decisions, beliefs, and behaviour
- How metaphors simplify complex ideas and make them memorable
- How storytelling creates influence, trust, and emotional connection
- How rhetorical devices make messages more persuasive and impactful
- How body language reinforces authority, credibility, and presence
"𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺."
Alison Lomax
𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦, 𝘜𝘒 & 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥
Excited to have this conversation with you Simon!
18th June
9.00 AM PDT
1.00 PM PDT
6.00 PM BST
10.30 PM IST