Keynote speaker Chester Elton is a bestselling business author, motivation expert, and global guru. Speaker Chester Elton influences organizations in becoming their best selves with his prevailing theories on company culture. Chester will optimize your company/organization's work environment with outstanding results for a happier and healthier work place.

Why book speaker Chester Elton?

He is knowledgeable. Chester shares his proven theories by sharing case studies that guide, assist, and demonstrate useful employee engagement skills with his audience members.

Chester is the co-founder of a training company. “The Culture Works” is a global training company. Chester will guide your organization to happier employees and higher employee engagement with his tactful- yet proven useful- skills.

His strategies are internationally recognized. Speaker Chester Elton has a vast number of accolades showcasing his expertise; his thinking is broad, endearing, and sensational.

“There is nothing that creates a positive workplace more than the simple act of gratitude” - Speaker Chester Elton

One of today's most influential voices in workplace trends, Chester Elton has spent two decades helping clients engage their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values.

How do today's best leaders accelerate business results? By engaging their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. In his challenging, information-packed, and always entertaining talks, business author Chester Elton provides real solutions on developing robust cultures, increasing employee engagement, and leading high-performance teams.

Elton provides solutions to leaders looking to increase engagement, manage change, and lead a multi-generational workforce. His work is supported by research with more than 850,000 working adults, revealing the proven secrets behind high-performance cultures and teams.

Dubbed the “Apostle of Appreciation” by Canada's
Globe and Mail
, Elton has been called “fascinating” by
Fortune,
“creative and refreshing” by the
New York Times
, and a “must-read for modern managers” by CNN. Elton is the author of multiple award-winning #1
Wall Street Journal
and
The
New
York Times
best-selling leadership books,
All In
,
The Carrot Principle,
and
The Best Team Wins.
His books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Elton has appeared on NBC's
The Today Show
, CBS
60 Minutes
, and is often quoted in
Fast Company, Newsweek
and the
Wall Street Journal.
He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's #MG100 Global Coaches, 2019 Global Guru in Leadership and Organizational Culture, member of
Fast Company
Impact Council, and he serves as a board member for Camp Corral, a non-profit for the children of wounded and fallen military heroes

He has been called the “apostle of appreciation” by Canada's Globe and Mail, “creative and refreshing‚” by the New York Times, and a “must-read for modern managers” by CNN. Elton is co-author of the multiple award-winning New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership book, All In, The Carrot Principle, and The Best Team Wins. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Elton also serves as a leadership consultant to firms such as American Express, AT&T, Avis Budget Group, and Procter & Gamble.

Customer Reviews

An outstanding speaker. Chester's valuable message was punctuated with incredible energy and humor.

Kein Iriart EVP of Human Resources| In-N-Out Burger

Chester did a terrific job energizing the crowd of 500-plus at our National Sales Meeting. He is very accessible and charismatic, his messaging is clear and easy to understand, and our team appreciated his inspirational message. He was the meeting highlight

K.C. Danzansky Pricing Director| General Mills

OMG, I have to stay Chester has been our BEST speaker!!!! He was engaging, funny and had a concrete message. He was well received. His interaction with the audience was the best. I deftinitely recommend Chester to others at J&J!

Gina L. Bilotti Global Head, Project Management Organization| Johnson & Johnson

Chester is an amazing speaker. He is engaging, entertaining and delivers a powerful message about how to create a culture of work employee engagement. Our staff and leadership team left inspired and put what we learned to work!

Lerzan Aksoy Associate Dean| Fordham University

The Most Inspiring Keynote You'll Ever Hear

Watch Chester Elton in action

Keynotes

Keynote by speaker Chester Elton : Leading with Gratitude

In this keynote speakers Chester and Adrian are introducing groups to their new research that shows how gratitude, done right, can boost employee engagement and reduce turnover- they also show how few leaders effectively utilize this simple tool.

Key take-aways:

How gratitude for employees' efforts- when the acknowledgment is authentic, specific and timely- can be a huge motivation and productivity booster, especially during times of change

Why there is a management gap between knowing that gratitude works and the failure of so many leaders to actually practice it... or do it well ( the myths that are holding leaders back)

How leaders can master this critical skill to enhance their team performance and trust, and develop their personal leadership credibility (the 8 most powerful gratitude practices).

Request a quuote

Keynote by speaker Chester Elton: All In - How Great Leaders Develop a Culture of Belief and Deliver Big Results

Elton offers specific how-tos for each step and tells fascinating stories of leaders in action that vividly depict just how these powerful methods can be implemented.

Key take-aways:

The 3 research-based characteristics of the world’s most profitable, productive organizational and team cultures

The 7 steps today’s most successful leaders use to generate buy-in

How managers at any level can build a productive work-group culture of their own where employees commit to the culture and give an extra push of effort.

Request a quote

Keynote by speaker Chester Elton: The Best TEAM Wins: The 5 Disciplines of Today’s Most Effective Team Leaders

Elton’s research has discovered a set of leadership disciplines that make the most significant difference in building today’s best teams.

Key take-aways:

Manage to the One—Identify the drivers of each team member for maximum engagement

Speed Productivity—Help new people and teams work faster & smarter

Challenge Everything—Inspire greater innovation through healthy debate

Focus on Customers—Build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance

Request a quote

Keynote by speaker Chester Elton: Carrots 2.0: How today’s managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance

Elton introduces audiences to new generational and industry-specific data from his 2016 proprietary survey of 14,000 working adults—helping managers link recognition to what is most meaningful to their employees. He introduces practical concepts that help managers encourage excellence, including ideas such as appreciation vs. recognition, effort vs. achievement, and praise vs. rewards. Chester shows how great managers lead with carrots, not sticks, and in doing so, achieve higher.

Key take-aways

Productivity

Engagement

Retention

Customer Satisfaction

Request a quote