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#1 Bestselling Business Author, Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement, and Teamwork Expert.
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“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.
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.
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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.
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Elton’s research has discovered a set of leadership disciplines that make the most significant difference in building today’s best teams.
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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.
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An outstanding speaker. Chester's valuable message was punctuated with incredible energy and humor.
Kein Iriart
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
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
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
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