Set the Tone for the Year in One Session
Your annual meeting is the one time everyone is in the same room. Chris Sund gives that room a shared idea to carry into the year — delivered by a sitting President & COO who has stood in front of his own company on the same kind of morning.
What the Whole Room Walks Out With
An annual meeting is the hardest room to write for — a warehouse lead and a VP of finance in the same seats, some people in year one and some in year twenty. Chris builds around what everyone in the building shares: the gap between what they are doing and what they are capable of. Nobody gets talked past, and nobody gets talked down to.
- A single idea the whole company can carry past the parking lot
- Material that works for frontline and leadership in the same session
- Original research: 92% believe they are capable of more than they are doing now
- Recognition and momentum that support what leadership just announced
- Practices people can start the following week without a new initiative
Popular Programs for Annual Meetings
Every session is customized to your company, theme, and the year ahead.
You Are Capable of More
The signature keynote — the strongest fit for an all-company room.
The Power of Small Moments
How ordinary interactions become the company everyone describes to friends.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Five drivers of a workplace people do not want to leave.
Motivating Today’s Workforce
What moves people across generations, roles, and tenure.
Meeting Formats Chris Serves
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What Meeting Planners Ask
Where should the keynote sit in our agenda?
Usually right after the leadership update. Your team has just heard the numbers and the plan; the keynote is what turns that into something personal before you break into the rest of the day.
Will he align with what leadership is announcing?
Yes. Chris asks for your theme and your leadership messages ahead of time and builds the session to reinforce them, not compete with them.
Our audience is very mixed. Does that work?
It is the setting the material was built for. The content is behavioral rather than positional, so it lands for a first-year employee and a twenty-year manager differently but equally.
Can he stay for the rest of the day?
Yes. Chris will work the room, join breakouts, and stay for lunch when the schedule allows — and most companies find that worth as much as the session.
You Are Capable of More
The bestselling book behind the keynote — ten principles for closing the gap between what people are doing and what they are actually capable of.
An annual meeting is the natural place to hand every employee a copy. It keeps the message alive past the day and costs less per person than most of the swag on the table. Bulk pricing and signed editions are available.
He Has Stood on the Other Side of That Stage
Chris runs annual meetings for his own companies. He knows what leadership is trying to accomplish on that morning, what the room is actually thinking, and how quickly a keynote can miss if it ignores the announcement that came before it.
He took Uniti Med from startup to one of the largest healthcare staffing firms in the country — 10x revenue growth, #3 fastest-growing in the Midwest on the Inc. Regionals, a Fortune Best Workplaces award, and world-class employee NPS.
He is a Maxwell Leadership Certified coach, a bestselling author, an Inc. contributor, and a Forbes Business Council member.
As Seen & Heard
Television, national business press, and the podcasts where Chris talks culture, growth, and leadership.
Stages I Have Spoken On
Where All-Company Audiences Have Heard Chris
Company meetings, recognition nights, and business events where Chris has taken the stage.
BeatStars Company MeetingCorporateDefinitive Healthcare SKOSales KickoffCrawford Memorial Recognition DinnerDenison, IAAuthentica Connect & InspireConferenceGreater Omaha ChamberOmaha, NEemPower BreakfastOmaha, NEAlso heard on: Culture From the Heart · ClearlyRated Survey Says · You Are Capable of More · See all speaking engagements →
Bring Chris to Your Annual Meeting
Tell Chris your theme, your agenda, and what you want people carrying into the year. You’ll get a fast, straight answer on fit and availability.
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