Eric Chester

Targeted Audience: Employers, Business Leaders, Franchisees, CEOs, C-Level Execs, HR & Operations, Senior & Mid-Level Managers

Targeted Industries: Retail, Food Service, Financial, Insurance, Healthcare/Senior Care, Hospitality, Maintenance/Cleaning/Sanitation, Construction, Manufacturing, Skilled & Professional Trade Associations

Description: After interviewing highly acclaimed C-level leaders across all industries, Eric has uncovered practices and principles Best Places to Work award-winning companies and great leaders are using to go beyond merely engaging today's rapidly changing workforce, but to ignite what he terms "On Fire performance." Through an entertaining multi-media presentation, participants discover best practice ideas, tactics, and strategies these esteemed employers use to consistently attract and retain top talent, encourage innovation and collaborative thinking, and inculcate the desire to out-perform yesterday's best. Based upon the groundbreaking research in his fifth leadership book, On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People without Burning Them Out (Sound Wisdom, Oct. 2015), attendees take away actionable ideas for building an invincible army of entrepreneurs who take pride and ownership in their work.

Take-Aways: - Participants will discover secrets and strategies renowned companies and legendary leaders are using to: - consistently attract top talent with minimal recruiting; - onboard new employees to make a lasting impression & cement their commitment from day one; - create, develop & reinforce the "7 pillars of an On Fire workplace culture" (Compensation, Alignment, Atmosphere, Growth, Acknowledgment, Autonomy & Communication); - eliminate employee burn out, significantly reducing costly turnover; - remain relevant with the emerging workforce as young talent is developed into future leaders.