SPEAKING
Nobody gives people the true confidence that they are in control of their success. Chris will give them the belief and the inspiration to do things differently not just for self- but for the benefit of others.
Chris leaves audiences entertained, enlightened, inspired and ready to change. He offers a range of formats — from hour-long keynotes and multi-hour fireside chats to half-day workshops and nighttime dinner discussions. You never leave his presence having learned nothing new.
SPEAKER REEL — SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
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Representative Speaking Clients
- Hogan Lovells
- Bass Berry Sims
- Stoel Rives
- Elite Consulting Firm
- AICPA
- NABA
- ALPFA
- Ascend
- Jackie Robinson Foundation
- HACR
- Georgetown University
- University of Mississippi
- Columbia School of Professional Studies
- NYU
Most leadership speakers change how people feel for a day. Chris Simmons changes how people approach work performance and participation forever.
What Changes
The culture improves.
Because people become less critical of honest relationship mistakes. Grace becomes a career strategy.
Leaders act in a more supportive and less critical manner
Generating greater productivity and loyalty. The outcome every CEO asks their CHRO to produce.
Retention improves. Conflict reduces.
Because people take more personal responsibility for their own success. The anger goes quiet.
They see avoiding leadership roles violates their religious and spiritual convictions.
Because people take more personal responsibility for their own success and realize the responsibility they have to lead others with grace and love. The anger goes quiet; the inner strength grows like never before.
What changes
They see how lifting others lifts themselves.
Zero-sum career thinking collapses. Cross-unit collaboration driven by strategic reflection grows.
They believe they have a greater chance of success.
Not an hour of celebration. A lifetime of belief in their own probability of making it. That belief changes everything.
EMBA & PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
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60-90 minute presentation plus optional fireside chat. Class participants receive reduced coaching rates.
CORPORATE & CONFERENCE
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Purpose-built sessions for ERGs. Reduced pricing aimed at filling the void left by new inclusion policies.
ERG EVENTS
$3,000 – $5,000
60–90 minute presentation plus optional fireside chat. Class participants receive reduced coaching rates.
FIRM WIDE & RETREATS
$10,000 – $15,000
Strategic engagements for leadership teams, partner retreats, and firmwide events.
Available formats: hour-long keynotes · multi-hour fireside chats · half-day workshops · nighttime dinner discussions · virtual keynote
You never leave his presence having learned nothing new.
“After watching Chris speak he became indispensable to me."
— MANAGING PARTNER, AMLAW 200 FIRM
"His message resonates with every demographic and every level."
— ANNA MOK, PRESIDENT, ASCEND — LARGEST ASIAN PROFESSIONAL ORG IN THE NATION
"The best presentation I've ever seen at Hogan Lovells."
— ATTORNEY, HOGAN LOVELLS
"He is one of a kind on stage."
— LATINA LEADER, WEST COAST
SIGNATURE TOPICS
01
The Real Rules of Advancement
02
How to Make Any Boss Love You
03
Stop Asking to Be Sponsored
04
Lead to Develop, Not to Manage
05
How to Create Moments that Matter
06
The Leader Everyone Loves
07
What Every Leader Needs to Know
