Culture Is What People Experience Every Day.
Chris Sund speaks on employee experience for HR and people leaders who are tired of programs that look good on paper. His culture keynote, You Are Capable of a Better Culture, turns five SPARK drivers into daily behavior, from a leader whose cultures have been named Fortune Best Workplaces.
Where Organizations Book Chris on Employee Experience
Employee experience is decided in small moments with a direct manager, not in a benefits guide. Chris works on those moments.
SHRM and HR Conferences
A culture keynote for people leaders. See SHRM speaking.
Employee Recognition Events
For organizations celebrating the people who make it work. See recognition.
Annual Company Meetings
A culture message for every employee, not just HR.
Healthcare Organizations
Where staff experience drives patient experience.
Why Do Employee Experience Programs Fall Flat?
Most employee experience work focuses on what the company offers. People judge it by how they are treated on a Tuesday afternoon. When the manager does not notice, the perks do not matter.
Chris’s SPARK drivers, Support, Purpose, Appreciation, Relationships and Knowledge & Growth, give leaders and HR a shared language for the experience people actually have, and practical moves to improve it. See also What Actually Keeps People and You Cannot Win on Pay.
- The five SPARK drivers of a workplace people stay in
- Why people quit people, not companies
- Recognition that feels personal instead of performative
- Moving culture out of HR and into daily behavior
- A 30-day engagement plan leaders can run
- One visible culture commitment for every attendee
Proof: From the People Who Booked Him
Chris has delivered the culture material at the POWER Conference for HR professionals, at DisruptHR Omaha and DisruptHR Kansas City, and at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital recognition dinner.
The cultures he has built while scaling fast have been named Fortune Best Workplaces.
One of my biggest takeaways was that being a leader doesn’t mean removing every hard thing. It means making sure your people don’t have to face it alone. That’s the kind of leader I want to be.
Chris was an outstanding speaker and a highlight of our 2025 Patient Experience Recognition Dinner. He took the time to deeply understand our organization, our culture, and our specific goals, and thoughtfully personalized his presentation.
Programs on Employee Experience
For HR and SHRM audiences Chris offers the culture keynote, his leadership workshop and the signature keynote.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Build a workplace people never want to leave, with the five SPARK drivers.
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 More
The signature keynote: people are capable of far more than they realize, and the gap closes when they stop waiting and take ownership.
Employee Retention
Keeping good people, for leaders and HR.
Formats
Most organizations book the culture keynote; leadership teams often add the leadership workshop.
Keynote
The culture keynote for the whole room.
Breakout
A smaller-room session for HR and leaders, with a team diagnosis.
Virtual
The same keynote live online.
Who Books This Session
Related pages: You Are Capable of a Better Culture · Employee Engagement Speaker · Employee Retention Speaker · Psychological Safety Speaker · What Actually Keeps People · SHRM Speaker
What Planners Ask About an Employee Experience Speaker
Is this for HR only?
No. HR audiences love it, and it works just as well for whole organizations and leadership teams, because culture is everyone’s job.
Can sessions carry SHRM or HRCI credit?
Often, when the host submits the session. Chris provides the description, objectives and outline. See CE credit.
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.
POWER ConferenceOmaha, NENAHCR 2026 Annual ConferenceMilwaukee, WISIA Healthcare Staffing SummitArlington, TXLeadingAge IllinoisPublished the LAARC MethodNATHO Annual ConferenceNationalDefinitive Healthcare SKOBoston, MA · 800+ sellersAlso: You Are Capable of a Better Culture · SHRM Speaker · All Speaking · See all speaking engagements →
Build a Place People Never Want to Leave
Tell Chris about your audience and your event. You’ll get a fast, straight answer on fit and availability.
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