Small Moments Build Loyal Customers.
Customer service conferences, all-staff service days, contact center meetings, frontline kickoffs, and recognition events.
People remember one person, in one moment, who noticed something nobody asked them to notice. That instinct is teachable, it costs nothing, and it is the most durable advantage a service organization has. It grows out of how that employee is led, whether their work gets seen, and what they have left to give by two in the afternoon. Chris Sund speaks to the service experience from the inside out, which is the only place it has ever actually come from.
Treat your team well and they will treat your customers exactly the same way.
That is not a slogan. In its first year surveying with ClearlyRated, Uniti Med, the healthcare staffing company Chris leads as President and COO, posted an 86.6 Net Promoter Score, a world-class result for customer experience that typically takes years to reach. He walks through how feedback became a habit rather than a scorecard on the ClearlyRated Survey Says podcast.
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Five things a team uses on the next call.
No scripts, no phrases to memorize, no five-step greeting. Those get abandoned by Thursday. This is the part underneath, which is whether a person still has it in them to care about the next interaction.
On what the customer service session is about
- The small moment is the whole thing. Nobody remembers being processed efficiently. They remember the person who caught something nobody asked them to catch. That instinct is teachable and it costs nothing.
- Service quality is a leadership output. A team treated like it is replaceable will treat customers like they are interchangeable. That is not a training problem, and no amount of secret shopping fixes it.
- The difficult customer, handled honestly. Most people were never taught what to do with somebody who is angry at a situation rather than at them. It is a specific skill, and it lowers turnover as much as it raises satisfaction.
- What burns out frontline people. Not volume. Repetition without recognition, and being the one who absorbs everything while nobody asks how it went. Naming it in the room does more than a wellness email.
- One move, not a program. Every session closes on a single specific action, sized for people who go back on the phones or on the floor the same afternoon.
Eight ways organizations book the service session.
Companies usually run it once for the whole organization, or repeat it so every shift and location hears it live. Conferences pair the general session with a breakout.
The Power of Small Moments
The signature service keynote, built on the CARE framework. This is the named program most organizations book. Full details.All-Staff Service Day
The whole organization together. Frontline, support, and back office in one room, built to work for all three.Contact Center Meeting
Phone and chat teams working queues, metrics, and difficult callers all day. Repeatable across shifts.Conference Keynote
General session at a customer service, customer experience, or member experience conference.Frontline Supervisor Session
The people who set the tone every shift. Promoted for being great on the floor, rarely trained to lead it.Service Recognition Event
Service awards and appreciation nights. Sized to fit a program that already has recognition in it. Recognition events.Take Back Your Time With AI
A live working session. Teams bring the follow-ups, summaries, and admin eating the time they would rather spend with customers. Full details.Conference Breakouts
Repeatable concurrent sessions alongside a general session at a conference or association event.Built for anyone whose people face people.
The framework holds across all of them. What changes is who is in the room and who they are serving tomorrow.
Healthcare & Patient Experience
Hospitals, clinics, and health systems. See patient experience speaking.Banks & Credit Unions
Branch teams, tellers, and member service. See credit union speaking.Contact & Call Centers
Inbound and outbound teams, support desks, and shared service centers running multiple shifts.Senior Living & Care
Resident experience, dining, and care teams. See senior care speaking.Utilities & Co-ops
Member services, billing, and field crews who represent the organization at the door. See utility speaking.Municipal & Public Service
City and county staff serving residents at counters, on phones, and in the field. See government speaking.Home & Field Services
Technicians, installers, and route drivers whose one visit is the entire brand impression.Associations & Membership
Member services teams where renewal depends on how people are treated. See association speaking.Sales & Account Teams
Client-facing teams where service and retention are the same job. See sales speaking.Four movements. Ten principles.
Every session runs the same architecture as the book, which is what lets a frontline session and a supervisor session land as one message rather than two.
The Foundation
Ownership and time. What is inside your control when the queue, the policy, and the customer's mood are not.The Breakthrough
The comfort ceiling and the inner voice. The section a twenty-year service veteran goes quiet for.The Standard
Truth over praise, and the hidden gear. What a team does when somebody finally says the real thing out loud.The Purpose
Finishing, and leaving people better. The close, and the reason this work matters to whoever is standing in front of you.A copy for every person on the front line.
A keynote gives a team an hour. A copy gives everyone the same ten principles and the same language, which is how a message survives past the week the posters go up.
You Are Capable of More: A No-Excuses Guide to Becoming Your Best Self. An Amazon bestseller from Game Changer Publishing, with a foreword by Ben Newman.
Ten chapters across four movements, written plainly and short enough that somebody working a full shift will finish it. The free companion toolkit includes a discussion guide sized for a team huddle, a self-assessment, and a thirty day challenge. Nothing is gated behind an email address.
The feedback speaks for itself.
Chris consistently brings knowledge, insight, and practical advice. He led two impactful sessions and left everyone with tools they could use immediately.
Chris was an outstanding speaker and a highlight of our event. He took the time to deeply understand our organization and thoughtfully personalized every moment.
Chris is a thoughtful, intentional leader who understands the influence he carries. His message challenged me to think differently about how I lead, serve, and influence others.
Chris would be an incredible addition to any live audience. Each time he finds a unique way to connect on both a personal and professional level, keeping everyone engaged and attentive.
His engaging style draws the audience into the conversation, creating a relaxed atmosphere that encourages learning and reflection. You leave not only inspired but equipped.
Chris consistently brings knowledge, insight, and practical advice. He led two impactful sessions and left everyone with tools they could use immediately.
Chris was an outstanding speaker and a highlight of our event. He took the time to deeply understand our organization and thoughtfully personalized every moment.
Chris is a thoughtful, intentional leader who understands the influence he carries. His message challenged me to think differently about how I lead, serve, and influence others.
Chris would be an incredible addition to any live audience. Each time he finds a unique way to connect on both a personal and professional level, keeping everyone engaged and attentive.
His engaging style draws the audience into the conversation, creating a relaxed atmosphere that encourages learning and reflection. You leave not only inspired but equipped.
Events already on your calendar.
He built a service business on it.
Chris Sund is the bestselling author of You Are Capable of More, a keynote speaker, and an executive leader.
As President and COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare and Nebula, he helped grow Uniti Med 10x in revenue in two years and earn the number three ranking on the Inc. Regionals list among the fastest growing companies in the Midwest, while the organization earned Fortune Best Workplaces recognition and Great Place to Work certification three years running.
He is a father of three, based in Nebraska, a Maxwell Leadership Certified speaker, trainer, and coach, Vice President of the NATHO Board of Directors, and the founder of Amplify Speakers. He has spent two decades in a business where the entire product is how people are treated on the phone, and where the difference between a good year and a bad one is a handful of seconds repeated a thousand times a day.
Details your team will ask for.
Service leaders and planners ask these.
How is this different from The Power of Small Moments?
How much does a customer service keynote speaker cost?
Do you teach scripts or service standards?
Will this land with frontline staff, not just managers?
Can you repeat it for every shift?
What about our frontline supervisors?
Does it cover difficult customers?
Can he speak at our service awards night?
How do we start?
Other ways organizations book him.
Same framework, built for the specific room you are filling.