Allison M. Shapira

Allison Shapira is a Harvard lecturer, executive advisor, bestselling author, and keynote speaker who advises senior leaders on how to build trust and influence through communication. She studies the science of believability in the age of AI. She was recently inducted into the CPAE® Speaker Hall of Fame, an award recognizing the top 1% of speakers worldwide.
For more than two decades, she has worked with Fortune 100 executives at companies from Bank of America to Intel. She has advised prime ministers, cabinet members, and newly-promoted senior leaders navigating high-stakes moments.
Her latest book, AI for the Authentic Leader, explores how executives can integrate AI into their communication without sacrificing trust, credibility, or human connection. From corporate boardrooms to roundtables in Davos, she is helping define the leadership of the future.
A trained opera singer turned executive advisor and entrepreneur, Allison brings personal experience to her work, having led teams and spoken or performed on global stages of up to 35,000 people. One of the proudest moments of her life was performing the American national anthem for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. She found her authentic voice not through performing the operatic works of others, but through becoming a singer/songwriter and writing her own music.
Allison is the Washington Post bestselling author of Speak with Impact and Speak with Impact VIRTUALLY. She writes for the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and Bloomberg.
Having studied ten foreign languages and worked across cultures worldwide, Allison helps leaders from different backgrounds communicate with authenticity and influence.
When she is not teaching or working with clients, Allison is also an athlete, sailor, and world traveler.