Lee Glickstein, Speaking Coach

For over twenty years Lee Glickstein has been an acclaimed keynote speaker, consultant, seminar leader, and speaking coach. In 1996, he was awarded the Athena Award for Excellence in Coaching and Mentoring.

Lee is author of Be Heard Now! Tap Into Your Inner Speaker and Communicate with Ease (Broadway Books) and the e-book Speaker's Guide to Authentic Connection: The Alchemy of Influence Through Relational Presence.

Early stage fright motivated Lee to develop a simple but elegant approach to break through the epidemic fear of being fully oneself in front of groups. This process of discovery led him to a thorough understanding of the principles of authentic leadership communication through the art of Relational Presence.

In 1989, Lee developed Speaking Circles® as a way to make his innovative approach available to others. Since that time he has facilitated thousands of Speaking Circles, workshops, seminars and retreats around the world. The organization he founded, Speaking Circles International, has trained over 1000 Speaking Circle facilitators globally.

He also serves as a ProTrack program workshop leader for the National Speakers Association (NSA), and has presented his unique programs at NSA annual conventions, regional workshops, and at more than 30 local chapters.

In the early 1990's, Lee performed stand-up comedy in San Francisco before becoming an innovator in the field of "humor as healing," eventually serving as Director of the Humor in Medicine Program at the California Pacific Medical Center.

Lee graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in Sociology in 1966. He was a social worker in New York City for eight years before moving to California to "follow his bliss."