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Chester Elton

Bestselling Leadership Author

Chester Elton
The Guru of Gratitude
High Performance Cultures Have an Emotional Attachment to Work
Key Relationships
Rewarding Work
Chester
Chester Elton
The Guru of Gratitude
High Performance Cultures Have an Emotional Attachment to Work
Key Relationships
Rewarding Work

Chester Elton has spent two decades helping clients engage their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. In his provocative, inspiring, and always-entertaining speeches, the #1 bestselling leadership author provides real solutions to leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation, and lead a multi-generational workforce. Elton’s work is supported by research with more than 1 million working adults, revealing the proven secrets behind high-performance cultures and teams.

Elton has been called the “apostle of appreciation” by the Globe and Mail, “creative and refreshing‚” by the New York Times, and a “must read for modern managers” by CNN. He is the co-author of the multiple award-winning #1 bestselling leadership books, All In, The Carrot Principle, and The Best Team Wins. Elton is also the co-founder of The Culture Works, a global training and consulting company.

In 2018, Elton was ranked among the top 30 experts in leadership and organizational culture by Global Gurus, and he is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s MG100 “Pay it Forward” coaching project. He serves as a leadership consultant to firms such as American Express, AT&T, Avis Budget Group and Procter & Gamble.

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Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

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  • Chester was outstanding and delivered a message that fully aligned with our vision. The audience engagement was off the charts. He incorporated specific Fannie Mae examples into his session to make the menage relevant to our employees. His energy and engagement style elicited many emotions from the audience, but mostly laughter. They are still talking about how motivating Chester was! He was a fantastic ending to our annual conference.

  • Chester was a huge hit and personally inspired me to be a better leader! Not only did he bring relevant, factual data into his presentation about driving business results through engaging the workforce, he used humor and audience participation to keep the team motivated and invested.

  • Chester’s extremely high energy is contagious with audiences as he inspired and motivated our attendees. He really took the time to get to know Golden Corral and customized his remarks to be relevant for our restaurant managers and franchisees. He continues to rank among our best speakers ever and I highly recommend Chester.

  • You were simply outstanding. Specifically, your suggestions on low-cost-no-cost appreciation were well-worth stealing – the car wash in particular. Thank you for inspiring us and entertaining us, for making us laugh and for making us sing. We have been talking about how much we thoroughly enjoyed the show, for you are quite a performer — delivering both steak and sizzle. Thank you forever, on behalf of all who were inspired.

  • You were simply outstanding. Specifically, your suggestions on low-cost-no-cost appreciation were well-worth stealing – the car wash in particular. Thank you for inspiring us and entertaining us, for making us laugh and for making us sing. We have been talking about how much we thoroughly enjoyed the show, for you are quite a performer — delivering both steak and sizzle. Thank you forever, on behalf of all who were inspired.

  • You did more in one hour to bring rewards and recognition to life than any of the rest of us could do over months and months of trying. Thank you! I’ve heard many comment that you were the best speaker they’ve heard at any HSBC conference ever, anywhere in the world.

  • Adrian and Chester. I have to thank you for the fabulous presentation you made to Memorial Hermann middle managers. Your book is great; however hearing you deliver your message in person has so much more impact. You connect all the dots from living the culture of an organization, knowing individual employees and their contributions and efforts, and creating recognition/award opportunities that honor and value employees. Halleluiah, Brothers!

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