Chris Widener combines wit, wisdom and practical strategies to help leaders, sales teams and individuals turn ambition into meaningful results.
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Top rated!Chris Widener is a globally recognized keynote speaker specializing in leadership, sales and personal development. Combining wit, wisdom and practicality, Chris has delivered more than 2,500 speeches worldwide for audiences including General Electric, AT&T and Microsoft. His experience is complemented by 24 books translated into 14 languages, giving audiences a wealth of ideas for personal and professional growth. Named among SUCCESS Magazine’s top 10 sales speakers and included among Inc Magazine’s top 100 leadership speakers, Chris brings decades of experience to the stage. His engaging keynotes help audiences strengthen leadership, improve sales performance and develop the mindset and behaviors needed to pursue lasting success.
Chris Widener is a globally recognized keynote speaker whose work focuses on leadership, sales and personal development. With more than 2,500 speeches delivered around the world, Chris brings extensive experience to audiences looking for practical ideas that can strengthen performance and support meaningful growth.
His speaking style combines wit, wisdom and practicality. Rather than relying on inspiration alone, Chris brings his experience and insights together in presentations designed to motivate audiences while giving them ideas they can apply to their own work and development.
Over the course of his career, Chris has spoken for organizations including General Electric, AT&T and Microsoft. His ability to connect personal development with professional performance has made his message relevant to leaders, sales professionals and organizations seeking to create stronger cultures of achievement.
Chris’s own journey has been shaped by determination and dedication. Through years of experience, he has developed the insights and wisdom that now form the foundation of his work on stage, in his books and beyond.
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Our trade association has had the privilege of hearing Chris Widener’s presentation on leadership and influence twice. His shared insights provoke thought and motivate the listener to action to become more effective in their business and personal endeavors. I highly recommend Chris to any company or organization that wants to bring actionable value to their teams.
Rod KauffmanPresident BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) Seattle King County
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We hired Chris Widener to Keynote our national Bitcoin Live Event and he was a smashing success. Our audience loved Chris and his dynamic speech. He is funny, engaging, and really knows how to drive home a point. And to top it off, he was the easiest speaker I’ve ever worked with! We will definitely be having him back!
Anthony SkinnerPresident, Bitcoin Live Events
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Chris speaks from the heart, his stories are his and yet somehow, they are relative to me. He has the ability to draw you into the conversation, make you feel an emotion, then drop a line or quote that grabs you and shakes you to the core. I laugh and cry at his speeches. His words are incredibly powerful! I highly recommend Chris as a speaker to groups of all makeups, size and position in life or work!
Kelsie HughesVP of Women of AT&T
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We recently had the opportunity to work with Chris Widener as a guest speaker for our company’s annual Leadership Retreat, and it was well worth the investment for our leaders to hear and learn from Chris. He brings a practical, engaging approach to his content that resonated strongly within our group. The ideas and message that he delivered were exactly what we wanted to give to our leaders, to not only help them grow as managers and executives, but also as people. No doubt this investment in training for our group will help strengthen and grow our business as well. I highly recommend Chris for your next event!
Aaron WilliamsPT, DPT, CEO and Owner, OSR Physical Therapy
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In my capacity as a faculty member of the US Air Force’s Air War College in the department of Leadership and War fighting, I develop the curriculum for an instructional period entitled ‘Influence.’ He provided a dynamic, interactive and insightful presentation to our students and faculty members which yielded an overwhelmingly amount of positive feedback from all of the individual seminar directors. His presentation, based on survey feedback results, was well-received by the audience and both the content and delivery of his message recurrent, relevant and on target. His experience and expertise make him uniquely suited to speak authoritatively on the topic and that resulted in a resoundingly successful event.
Scott AskinsCaptain, United States Navy, Air War College
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Chris Widener is one of the most genuine, energizing and compelling speakers in America. Chris, with his engaging wisdom and wit, is carrying on the tradition others set in educating and challenging people.
Richard BrookeCEO Oxyfresh
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Chris Widener is an Arbonne favorite. Over the last seven years, Chris has spoken nearly 100 times all over the US to conferences put on by our leaders. Whether it is a group of 100 or 7000, Chris’ focus is on helping our consultants get the information they need to take their business to another level. Chris is real and down to earth. His straight-shooting style earns him the respect of the audiences he speaks to. Unlike many speakers, Chris goes the extra mile to make sure that he knows your business so he can articulate the message you are trying to get across to your consultants.
Rita DavenportPresident, Arbonne International
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It’s not every day that we find leaders like Chris – a leader who possesses a true servant mentality, who has committed his entire adult life to helping individuals find success, a leader who understands the human spirit and, more importantly, knows how to lead others to perform beyond what they thought was possible. Chris Widener is that leader. He understands that in life, it’s more than just the destination that counts; it’s the journey that matters most. Chris is committed to making your journey the absolute best it can be.
Greg ProvenzanoACN President and Co-Founder
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We are selective about which speakers we utilize at our events. Chris Widener has spoken to our sales field at our corporate events and for our leaders at their regional events. Chris connects well with the audience. He tells engaging stories, teaches leadership lessons and uses humor to interact with all in attendance. Chris does a great job.
Angela ChryslerPresident & CEO Team National
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Chris spoke for us at our annual Ignite-U leadership conference. As someone watching him speak all I can say is Chris is awesome. He connects, inspires and entertains. As an event host he was amazingly easy to work with. Our decision to work with Chris was one of the best we’ve ever made. He made us look good to our attendees and he performed at the highest level. If you are an event planner looking for a speaker…Chris is the guy!
Kieran Murray
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Chris was our speaker at a large AT&T recognition event of our top 2% leaders. He had all of us on the edge of our chairs. I highly recommend engaging Chris in any size forum to be a speaker at your next event.
Jody GarciaVice-President, AT&T
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