martin  brooks

TOPICS - • Communication • Impact • Leadership

• Nonverbal Communication • Peak Performance

• Persuasion • Pitching • Presentation Skills

martin brooks - PROGRAMS

  • Body Language for Presenting with Confidence, Credibility & Charisma
  • Top communicators know that for the best chance of success, their great messages need to be supported by great body language. This session shares specific body language tools enabling leaders to be perceived as confident, credible and charismatic communicators.
  • Body Language for Building Trust and Engaging others.
  • To be able to influence customers and peer colleagues, the ability to be able to build trust is essential - especially in an age where AI has made people more sceptical. This session shares specific body language tools to show listening, engagement, and empathy that builds trust. 
  •  Body Language for Detecting Deception.
  • The ability to read deceptive tells helps businesses avoid losses or delays due to promises that couldn’t be kept, or deadlines that couldn’t be met. This keynote will better enable you to spot and therefore avoid, the pitfalls of being deceived.

martin brooks - Biography

Strapline - Martin is a leading expert on how to use body language more effectively in business

Through understanding of body language, Martin helps people build trust, read deception and communicate with more confidence, credibility and charisma.


He is a keynote speaker, communications coach, and author of the critically acclaimed Body Language Decoder, published in 2021.


Martin is insanely curious about how top communicators use body language to convince, influence, and inspire. And with good reason. Research from Erasmus University, cited in the Harvard Business Review, shows that effective gestures can boost audience engagement by up to 12%.


Martin brings his insights to life in every session igniting the curiosity of his audiences into thinking about how they can use their body language more effectively. Martin then equips audiences with practical tools they can use immediately. His 20+ years of experience as a communications trainer ensure his sessions go way beyond entertainment. Delegates walk away with skills they can apply straight away which boosts their confidence and ultimately, their impact.


This ability to give people a real competitive edge is a key reason behind Martin’s success as a speaker. His sessions consistently add lasting value to conferences and corporate events.


Martin launched his communication consultancy in 2002 after a successful career in sales and sales leadership. Since then, he has advised business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world. His focus: helping them use body language to connect and communicate more powerfully.


He also teaches at top business schools. At Henley Business School, his course, Body Language for Leaders, has earned outstanding reviews from participants. His media work is equally respected. Martin is frequently asked to analyse business and political figures on platforms such as BBC Radio, LBC, and BBC2 during election coverage. He has also appeared on the Discovery Channel, in The Times newspaper and reviewing the top BBC program, Traitors, for The Standard newspaper.

Martin has received rave reviews from his clients at IBM, PWC, KPMG, Proctor & Gamble, The Financial Times and many others. 

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martin brooks - MEDIA

Learning to decode nonverbal communication can help us understand other people's thoughts and feelings, and it can help us make ourselves better understood too. Whether it's friends, family or lovers, colleagues or strangers, there is a wealth of meaning in the body language of those around us and most of us aren't even aware it exists – Body Language Decoder can help you tap into it. Being able to gauge more easily what a client or colleague is truly thinking or your partner is truly feeling will open up a world of understanding and communication.