Chris Westfall

Chris Westfall helps organizations thrive in the age of AI by activating the human operating system through engagement, communication and connection.

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Chris is not only a masterful presenter; he can teach the skills to others. I was blown away by how quickly he analyzed my presentation and suggested a better way to deliver it. See Chris live if you get the chance. Otherwise get his book, Easier – it lives up to its title!

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Why book Chris Westfall for your next event

Chris delivers science-based keynotes that turn AI disruption into practical action, helping teams improve engagement, sales and service immediately.
With experience across four continents, Chris has helped raise over $500 million USD for entrepreneurs, founders and innovative business ideas.
His interactive, high-energy sessions create peer-to-peer learning that sticks, delivering Monday-morning results long after the keynote ends.

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Mastering the Art of Leadership Communication, in the Age of AI

In the age of AI, success depends less on technology and more on the human operating system. Chris Westfall shows organizations how to thrive alongside AI by rethinking how people connect, communicate and engage. While others focus on what AI can do, Chris focuses on how humans work. With experience across four continents, Chris has helped create multi-million-dollar results and raise over $500 million USD for entrepreneurs, founders and innovative business ideas. His high-energy keynotes blend science, storytelling and strategy to turn complex ideas into clear, practical actions teams can use immediately in a hybrid, disrupted world.

Chris Westfall & the human operating system

In a world where AI is your newest team member, communication demands more than efficiency. It demands connection. Chris Westfall’s work centers on the human operating system, how people are wired to engage, trust and take action. His Strategic Engagement Architecture helps leaders understand how communication truly works in the brain, and how that understanding creates better outcomes in sales, service and leadership.

Rather than competing with AI, Chris shows organizations how to work alongside it. His approach reframes disruption as opportunity, helping teams increase clarity, alignment and momentum in fast-changing environments.

Strategic engagement in the age of AI

Chris Westfall has created a science-based framework that explains the physics and engineering of results. Physics explains how things work. Engineering shows how to make them work for you. Inside his keynotes, Chris breaks down both, translating neuroscience, behavioral science and communication strategy into practical tools leaders can apply immediately.

This framework has driven measurable change for hundreds of high-profile organizations around the world. From boardrooms to frontline teams, Chris helps audiences rethink engagement at every level.

Interactive keynotes that activate learning

Chris’s keynotes are immersive, interactive and designed for action. Through innovative storytelling, live interaction and tangible guidance, learning becomes a shared experience. Peer-to-peer engagement is sparked in real time, creating insights that feel personal, relevant and memorable.

This is where Chris stands apart. His sessions don’t end when the keynote ends. They continue in conversations, decisions and behaviors long after the event.

Trusted by global organizations

Chris Westfall’s clients span industries and continents, including HP, Cisco, Bank of America, Unilever, DISCOVER, Roche, Salesforce, EY, Experian, Clemson University, Texas A&M and the US NAVY SEALs. Sales leaders, marketing teams, innovators, scientists, finance professionals and healthcare organizations turn to Chris for a new way of thinking about engagement in the age of AI. His work consistently delivers results because it aligns human behavior with strategic goals.

Author, thought leader & recognized voice

A regular contributor to Forbes for more than seven years, Chris is the best-selling author of four books, including Easier and Leadership Language. Recognized as the US National Elevator Pitch Champion, he brings clarity, confidence and precision to every stage.

Chris Westfall is the keynote speaker changing the conversation around AI, engagement and communication, so your organization can change its results.

Customer Reviews

Kurt Shaver Entrepreneur and Speaker – LinkedIn and Social Selling Expert

I contacted Chris when I was struggling to explain, quickly and easily, what RNC does and how we can help. I was amazed at his ability to grasp concepts and reframe them. He was brave and straightforward in his advice but never didactic or pushy. A true pleasure to work with – the results have increased my results and those of others I’ve suggested seek his help. I can’t speak highly enough of his work!

Diane Dromgold Managing Director – RNC Global Projects, Australia

Chris provided a dynamic and informative webinar on how to "Make Your Message Matter" during a recent career week I organized at Cisco. If you need a creative preparation, thought-provoking content and interactive delivery – Chris is your choice!

Dubravka Novkovic Head of Talent Management, Worldwide Sales Enablement, Cisco Systems

“These days asking for someone’s attention for more than 10 seconds is asking a lot! Doing so in the TV series Shark Tank, in front of 5 very successful business people is something more than challenging. Maya Angelou said that ‘People will forget what you said, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ From Chris Westfall I learned how to do that with my presentations, and I learned that by focusing on the high concept and by saying something surprising, unexpected, innovative and counter-intuitive. The New Elevator Pitch is not ‘pitch’, it is a method for starting important conversations. Reading Chris Westfall’s book was a mind blower on how to engage and drive a persuasive conversation. At the end of every presentation the only thing that matters is what your listener does once you’re finished. Chris Westfall helped me prepare and deliver sales presentations that changed my life! Thumbs Up for Chris!!”

J. Emilio Cano Free-range Entrepreneur – Manufacturing & Distributing the Mexican Gourmet experience for Australian Supermarkets & Delis

“When your critics and your competition come at you with guns blazing, you need the best protection for your brand. Here’s a guy who knows his message! There’s nothing more important than a great elevator pitch, and Chris understands and demonstrates the best of the best!”

Jeffrey Hayzlett Primetime TV and Radio Host, Best-selling author

“In today’s environment of overstimulation, sometimes the most challenging task is simply to capture someone’s attention. Whether you are seeking a job or even a first date, creating a compelling first interaction with someone is deceptively difficult. The NEW Elevator Pitch is a critical resource to help you create breakthrough communications when it matters the most.”

Carol Roth CNBC Contributor, Radio Host, Best-selling Author of The Entrepreneurial Equation

Keynotes

Keynote by Chris Westfall:

What Could Make This Easier?

The business fable that’s changing the way we think about work. Now, these easier principles of influence and impact are packaged into a powerful and energetic keynote – delivered by one of the most sought-after business coaches in the world. With clients like Meta, The US NAVY SEALS, Cisco, HP, DISCOVER, Franchise Solutions, The Jewish Federations of North America, Great American Insurance and dozens of others, Forbes contributor Chris Westfall brings new concepts to bear in a fresh and engaging presentation – where your organization will discover how to make everything (that’s right: everything) Easier.

Inside the keynote presentation, you’ll discover:

The way to really improve retention and engagement for your team – because the Great Resignation isn’t all that great
Insights into attracting the brightest and best to your organization
Self-leadership skills, so that you can access peak performance
Beating back burnout to find resilience, resourcefulness – and personal freedom

In this highly-interactive keynote, Chris Westfall looks at the nature of self-leadership – so that your team can find new roads to growth. What Could Make this Easier? is filled with opportunities for turning new reflection into new action. So that your organization and your team members can go from “How are we gonna get through this?” to “What are we gonna get from this?”

The takeaways here are crystal-clear:

Discover greater resilience
Improve your understanding of what self-leadership looks like – and learn how to demonstrate empathy to your peers
Unpack the power of listening, so that you can make this maxim come to life: none of us is as smart as all of us

This workshop is focused on personal and professional development, for high-growth organizations that understand how a powerful culture grows from the inside out. That’s right: new growth begins one person, and one conversation, at a time. Here’s the conversation that makes your new goals and objectives Easier.

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Keynote by Chris West:

Leadership Language

Find out what you haven’t heard about leadership, in this myth-busting journey of new discovery – and new outcomes – for the leaders in your organization. Connect with the only language you need to know in order to change your results. Engaging, personal and inspiring, Leadership Language shows your team how to tap into leadership potential from the moment Chris Westfall begins speaking.

When you understand Leadership Language, you know how to:

Lead your team to greater results, with an unstoppable contagious energy
Elevate your customer relationships, and launch ideas with new impact
Overcome the challenge of change through greater understanding of how people think, connect and engage
Discover innovation, leadership and creativity on your own terms – and turn those concepts into a competitive advantage

Leadership Language tackles the number one challenge facing your organization today: effective communication. We’ve got more ways than ever to connect – but are you making the connections that matter? At the heart of every business issue, every new initiative and every customer service interaction is communication. Are you ready to change the conversation, and change your results?

With Chris Westfall’s keynote, your employees, owners and team members will explore these powerful leadership communication questions:

What makes a leader effective, and why?
What’s beyond psychology and personality, when it comes to leading others to new results?
What’s your vision, and how can you share it in a way that’s compelling, engaging and actionable?
Finding lasting motivation: what’s beyond “flow states” and getting “psyched up” that causes behaviors to really change?

Make your organization’s culture your competitive advantage, with Leadership Language.

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Keynote by Chris Westfall:

The Secrets of the NEW Elevator Pitch

Can you tell your story in a way that’s concise, clear and compelling…even if your client decides to take the stairs? There’s a new way of looking at the perfect “elevator pitch” – and, according to the US National Elevator Pitch Champion, it’s not a pitch at all! Leading clients around the globe to change from a “pitch” to a conversation has helped Chris Westfall launch over four dozen businesses and propel clients onto Shark Tank, Dragons’ Den in Canada and Shark Tank – Australia. Interested in creating multi-million-dollar revenues, attracting new customers and generating world-class customer service? Step off the elevator platform – and leave those outdated sales strategies in the dust.

The publisher of seven books, Chris Westfall has helped raise over $50 million in new investment, while launching dozens of successful businesses. He has coached the winners of the Harvard Executive MBA Pitch Competition, the Intel Global Capital Conference, SEC New Ventures, and the Rice Business Plan Competition – the largest and most lucrative of its kind in the world. What could your organization discover in this interactive pitch workshop from one of the world’s top experts on compelling communication?

Teams and organizations will discover new insights into engagement, persuasion and action – without having to sound “pitch-y,” “sales-y,” or fake. Takeaways include:

Insights into instant interest: how to build rapport without being manipulative
What mistakes your team is making right now when pitching for new business
How to overcome the natural resistance to a “pitch” – and how to create the authentic conversation that replaces it

This interactive keynote can include audience participation – giving your team the chance to be coached by the best of the best. Learn how to grow your business, and why you’ve got to stop “pitching,” with advice from the National Champ!

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