Chris Westfall

Life moves fast in the Age of AI. Disruption is everywhere – but inside the process, people come first. So how do you create a culture of innovation and impact, when tech is moving at light speed? What leadership strategies make engagement easier – even when life isn’t easy?

Forbes contributor and best-selling author, Chris Westfall, offers insights into the operating system - the human operating system – so that you can access peak performance in this brave new world.

And when AI is your newest team member, it’s time to take a fresh look at connection, collaboration and decision making – so that progress becomes easier.

The path to growth exists inside your team – and this high-energy keynote shows how a coaching culture can leverage both physics and engineering for new results.

Engage at a new level and access a fresh perspective on peak performance – a perspective that drives employee engagement, collaboration and innovation. Key takeaways and Outcomes:

• EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: The physics and engineering of greater efficiency – it’s science!
• PURPOSE-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP: Breakthrough strategies for turning change into progress
• SALES GROWTH: Removing barriers to innovation and creativity, so that new performance shows up
• STORYTELLING: How to turn knowledge into impact – creating a culture of human beings, not just human doings, where peer-to-peer learning is activated
• RESILIENCE: Recognize new capabilities that are part of our DNA – and access your natural resilience

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, Leading Through Disruption shows your team how to tap into your leadership potential from the moment Chris Westfall begins speaking.

Key Outcomes Include:

• LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION: The path to greater results, with proven science that breeds high performance
• LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION: Discover how to lead through change, get comfortable with uncertainty, and turn change into progress
• STORYTELLING: Tap into greater innovation, leadership and creativity inside your organization – with the power of storytelling
• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ): Communicate with greater clarity, confidence and compassion – while creating a culture of inclusion and belonging for your team

For sales audiences, marketing pros, and branding specialists, it's time to change the conversation and change your results - with guidance from the US National Elevator Pitch Champion.

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 to launch over four dozen businesses and propel his clients onto television shows like Shark Tank, Dragons Den in Canada, and even Shark Tank – Australia. Interested in creating multi-million-dollar revenues, attracting new customers, and generating world-class customer service? Want to build a better brand? Are you curious to know how to access the lost art of the persuasive conversation - without feeling pushy, sales-y, or fake?

The publisher of seven books, Chris Westfall has helped raise over $400 million in new investment, while launching over five dozen businesses. He’s 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 competition 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?

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!