Elevate Is Already in the Framework.
If your theme is Elevate, Chris Sund’s framework already speaks your language. Elevate Others is one of the four principles behind his book and his programs, alongside Embrace Ownership, Dare to Stretch and Generate Momentum. He delivers it as the signature keynote, You Are Capable of More, or for leaders as You Are Capable of More: Leadership.
Where Elevate Conferences Book Chris
Elevate can mean raising your own game or raising the people around you. Chris covers both, and the second one is where most leaders fall short.
Leadership Conferences
Elevate Others as the real job of a leader.
Association Annual Meetings
Raising the bar for a whole profession.
Healthcare Conferences
Elevating care through the people who give it.
Professional Development Events
Elevating your own standard first.
What Does It Take to Elevate?
Most people want to rise; fewer know how. In Chris’s research, 92% of working adults said they were capable of more than they were doing. Elevating starts with ownership and stretch, and it is sustained by momentum.
For leaders, the fourth principle is the point: develop people so well that they become capable of more than you are. That is the measure Chris uses in the companies he runs.
- The four principles: Embrace Ownership, Dare to Stretch, Generate Momentum, Elevate Others
- Raising your own standard before asking others to
- Developing people so they outgrow their role
- Recognition that lifts people instead of flattering them
- Momentum habits that keep a team rising
- One person each attendee will elevate this month
Proof: The Framework on Stage
The framework comes from the bestselling book You Are Capable of More, winner of the How-To category at the 2026 Paris Book Festival, and The Untapped Potential Report.
Chris has delivered it at the Iowa Health Care Association, Montana Health Care Association, the California Staffing Professionals conference and the POWER Conference.
Chris is a thoughtful, intentional leader who fully understands the influence he carries and uses it to positively impact everyone he encounters. His message challenged me to think differently about how I lead, serve, and influence others.
I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing Chris Sund’s speaking engagements firsthand — and they are truly powerful. You leave not only inspired but equipped with practical leadership insights you’re eager to implement.
Programs That Fit an Elevate Theme
Chris keeps his program titles and builds your theme into the session.
You Are Capable of More
The signature keynote: people are capable of far more than they realize, and the gap closes when they stop waiting and take ownership.
You Are Capable of More: Leadership
How great leaders unlock the people around them. Chris’s leadership workshop, also available as a keynote.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Build a workplace people never want to leave, with the five SPARK drivers.
Servant Leadership
The real job of a leader is to elevate others.
Formats
The signature keynote fits the general session; the leadership program also runs as Chris’s leadership workshop.
Keynote
The signature or leadership keynote for the whole room.
Workshop
The leadership workshop for managers.
Virtual
The keynote or workshop delivered live online.
Who Books This Session
Related pages: Conference Theme Ideas for 2027 · Healthcare Conference Themes 2027 · Servant Leadership Speaker · Leadership Keynote Speaker · You Are Capable of More · Personal Development Speaker
What Planners Ask About a Elevate Keynote
Will Chris retitle his session to match our theme?
Chris keeps his program titles as they are, and builds the theme into the session itself: the opening, the stories he chooses and the closing call to action. Your program book can list the session under your theme heading.
Is Elevate part of Chris’s framework?
Yes. Elevate Others is the fourth of the four principles in his book and programs.
Does Chris speak virtually?
Yes. In-person sessions are his preference, and he also delivers keynotes and breakouts virtually.
How much does it cost to book Chris?
Chris quotes the speaking fee and travel together in one proposal, so the total is clear up front. Send your date, city and audience through the contact form and you will have availability and a quote within one business day.
You Are Capable of More
The bestselling book behind the keynote, and the 2026 Paris Book Festival winner in the How-To category. Ten principles for closing the gap between what a team is producing and what it is actually capable of.
Many hosts give every attendee a copy of You Are Capable of More so the message keeps working after the event. Bulk pricing and signed copies are available.
He Still Runs the Companies
Chris is President and COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare and Nebula. He has spent the past decade in healthcare staffing, a business that runs on people, pace and morale, and he speaks two to three times a month alongside running his companies.
He took Uniti Med from startup to one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the US: 10x revenue growth on the core brand, #3 on the Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest, and a Fortune Best Workplaces award along the way.
He is the bestselling author of You Are Capable of More, winner of the How-To category at the 2026 Paris Book Festival and built on original research with more than 200 working adults, 92% of whom said they were capable of more than they were doing. He writes for Inc. and Forbes.
Stages I Have Spoken On
Where Audiences Have Heard Chris
Conferences, company meetings and kickoffs where Chris has spoken.
NAHCR 2026 Annual ConferenceMilwaukee, WIPOWER ConferenceOmaha, NELeadingAge IllinoisPublished the LAARC MethodNAHCR 2025 Annual ConferencePalm Springs, CASIA Healthcare Staffing SummitArlington, TXDefinitive Healthcare SKOBoston, MA · 800+ sellersAlso: Conference Theme Ideas for 2027 · You Are Capable of More: Leadership · All Speaking · See all speaking engagements →
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