Chester Elton

#1 Bestselling Business Author, Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement and Teamwork Expert

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. 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, Leading With Gratitude and Anxiety At Work, and The Best Team Wins.

Keynote Speeches

All In: How the Best Leaders Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results

In this interactive and engaging session based on the New York Times bestselling business book All In—which includes research from more than 300,000 people in high-performance organizations — Gostick & Elton teach leaders how to Engage, Enable and Energize their workforces.

The presentation outlines how high-performance organizations deliver extraordinary results by creating a vibrant, productive culture where people believe that what they do matters and that they can make a difference. In this presentation, the authors relate stories of leaders in action that vividly depict just how these powerful methods can be implemented.

Key Learnings

The 3 characteristics of the world’s mostprofitable, productive organizational and teamcultures.
The 7 steps today’s most successful managersuse to generate buy-in and belief.
How managers at any level can build aproductive workgroup culture of their own–whereemployees commit to the culture and give thatextra push of effort.

Build Resilience & Psychological Safety

50% of workers say anxiety negatively affects their performance.
75% say the most stressful part of their job is their immediate supervisor.
60% of organizations plan to address anxiety & well-being in the next three years.

Even before the pandemic, anxiety was crippling the performance of workers—especially young employees. Today it is affecting productivity and leading to ghosting and burnout. In their bestselling book from Harper Business, Anxiety at Work: 8 strategies to help teams build resilience, handle uncertainty, and get stuff done, and in their keynotes/workshops, Gostick & Elton offer 8 tactics for managers to help their employees build resilience.

They teach leaders:

How to spot the signs of employees hiding anxiety
Solutions to alleviate stress
Ways to help team membersmanage uncertainty
How to help people speak upwhen feeling overwhelmed
Ways to beat perfectionismand get things done
How to instill an ethic ofinclusion and support

Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results

Leadership concepts that can increase employee engagement and will help you attract and keep great talent.

In their powerful keynote, the authors introduce research that shows how a few vital leadership skills—when done right—can boost employee engagement and reduce turnover. They also share the fascinating science behind why so many managers resist (aka: suck at) something so seemingly simple as gratitude.

Your attendees will learn:

How gratitude helps managers understand the value their people are contributing—and what more their team members may have to give
How appreciation of employee efforts can enhancemotivation & productivity, especially during times ofchange—81% of people say they’d work harder if theirboss were more grateful
How leaders can master this skill to enhance teamperformance & trust—introducing the 8 most powerfulgratitude practices

The Best Team Wins: 5 Disciplines of the Most Effective Team Leaders

Based on an 850,000-person study of the most profitable, innovative work teams, the authors introduce the new science of teamwork

The vast majority of employees now work collaboratively, but 96% of executives cite poor teamwork as the main source of workplace failures. How can managers better lead teams to improved performance given the volatility and challenges they face today.

This session introduces solutions to address:

Enhancing speed to productivity
Working cross-functionally
The rise of the Millennials/Gen Z
Attracting & retaining great talent

Their teaching will help your leaders:

Manage to the One—Identify the unique drivers of each team member
Speed to Productivity—Help new peopleand teams work faster & smarter
Challenge Everything—Inspire innovationthrough healthy discord
Find Focus—Build bridges acrossfunctions, cultures, and distance

The 5 Disciplines of Today's Most Effective Work Groups

THE DILEMMA:

96% of executive cite poor collaboration as the main source of workplace failures. How can we lead teams to improved performance given the volatility and challenges teams face today, including: increased speed of change, the need to work more cross-functionally, the emergence of more remote, global & gig workers, and the rise of Millennials & Gen Z.

THE RESULT:

Chester’s research shows a set of disciplines makes the biggest difference. He helps manage generational differences, speed productivity, inspire innovation and robust debate, and create true alignment around customers.

THE AUDIENCE:

Designed for audiences of all levels—from individual contributors to CEOs—Chester Elton has presented on teamwork to corporate audiences and conferences worldwide. The session is always customized to an organization’s specific culture challenges based on pre-calls, interviews and research.

Building an All-In Culture, Managing Change and Enhancing Engagement

THE DILEMMA:

While most leaders understand their most reliable competitive advantage comes from their people, few know how to get their teams “all in”—convincing employees to buy into the strategy they’ve put forward.

THE RESULT:

Chester offers managers at all levels 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.

THE AUDIENCE:

Designed for senior leaders and managers (can be tailored to include all employees), Chester Elton has presented on culture and engagement to corporate audiences and conferences worldwide. The session is always customized to an organization’s specific culture challenges based on pre-calls, interviews and research.

8 Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results

THE DILEMMA:

Leadership is about people, but many managers get so busy they lose sight of those who deliver the results. The best leaders have high expectations for their team members while also creating environments where their people know the plan, are focused on areas that need attention, and feel appreciated for every step forward.

THE RESULT:

The payoffs in getting this right come not only in leaders boosting performance and morale, but in gaining a better understand of their team members, how they are contributing, and what more they have to give.

THE AUDIENCE:

Designed for senior leaders and managers (can be tailored to include all employees), Chester Elton has presented on leadership issues to corporate audiences and conferences worldwide. The session is always customized to an organization’s specific culture challenges based on pre-calls, interviews and research.