Karl D. Speak is an executive brand management consultant, personal brand pioneer and internal brand thought leader.Karl is a thought leader known for his pioneering work in brand repositioning, corporate brand building, personal brand and internal brand building. For more than 35-years Karl’s innovative work on corporate brand strategy, personal brand and internal brand building has been implemented in companies around the world.  His best selling book, Be Your Own Brand, has been translated into 12 languages. Karl is also an author of Leading Authorities On Business, Winning Strategies from the Greatest Minds in Business Today. In addition, Karl has written several seminal articles on various topics that are being read and cited in academic articles published around the year.As a respected thought leader, Karl’s perspective has been reported in many different media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Men’sHealth, BrandChannel, NPR, NBC, CBS, ABC, The New York Times, StarTribune. Leadership Excellence, La Gaceta, Irish Times, Lavanguardia among many other publications. For more than 25 years as a keynote speaker, Karl has delivered fresh, new content on internal brand, leadership presence, personal brand, leveraging the power of perception management as a powerful development strategy for women leaders. Karl has worked with many of the most well-known brands, such as 3M, LeadingAge, American Express, AT&T, BASF, BMW, Cabela’s, Cargill, CenterPoint Energy, Consumers Energy, FedEx, Honeywell, Securian, Target, The Wall Street Journal, and Walgreens among many others Karl has taught in the MBA programs at University of Minnesota, Saint Thomas University, and has been guest lecturer at University of Westminster in London, Capella University, ESADE University in Madrid, among others.