Adrian Gostick

New York Times Bestselling Author and Global Expert on Corporate Culture, Leadership, and Engagement, chosen as a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach

Adrian Gostick is the founder of The Culture Works, a global consultancy that helps organizations create high-performance teams and cultures that drive business results. He is also the author of several award-winning books, such as All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work, which have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 30 languages. He writes weekly for Forbes on leadership strategy and is frequently featured in major media outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and NBC’s Today Show

  • Adrian Gostick Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

  • Adrian Gostick Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

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Engage your People | Enable your Teams | Energize your Leaders

New York Times bestselling author Adrian Gostick creates custom, dynamic presentations based on research and interviews with your planning team. He shares data as a foundation, memorable case studies, and specific tools and how-tos that help create high-performing ...

New York Times bestselling author Adrian Gostick creates custom, dynamic presentations based on research and interviews with your planning team. He shares data as a foundation, memorable case studies, and specific tools and how-tos that help create high-performing organizational cultures.

His talks are designed to:

  • Enhance each participant’s role as a powerful leader, break down silos, and foster greater collaboration and communication within teams.
  • Drive overall employee engagement so leaders understand they are in control of their cultures, and they have the most influence to improve employee engagement and build loyalty during rapidly changing times.

Adrian’s presentations are custom designed with elements from the most requested keynotes summarized below. Concepts and data are gathered from more than 20 years researching and consulting with high-performing organizations—including leadership best-practices, enhancing resilience at work, fostering greater collaboration, and spurring innovation and positive change management.

“Gostick & Elton show leaders how to filter out the noise and confusion that is all around and help their people look within to build their strengths. Their work will help you create new habits that will guide you to a better team and a better life.” – Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Think Like a Monk, Host of #1 podcast On Purpose

 

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All In: How the Best Leaders Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results

In this interactive and engaging session based on the New York Times bestselling business book All In—which includes research from more than 300,000 people in high-performance organizations—Gostick & Elton teach leaders how to Engage, Enable and Energize their ...

In this interactive and engaging session based on the New York Times bestselling business book All In—which includes research from more than 300,000 people in high-performance organizations—Gostick & Elton teach leaders how to Engage, Enable and Energize their workforces.

The presentation outlines how high-performance organizations deliver extraordinary results by creating a vibrant, productive culture where people believe that what they do matters and that they can make a difference. In this presentation, the authors relate stories of leaders in action that vividly depict just how these powerful methods can be implemented.

Key Learnings

  • The 3 characteristics of the world’s most profitable, productive organizational and team cultures.
  • The 7 steps today’s most successful managers use to generate buy-in and belief.
  • How managers at any level can build a productive workgroup culture of their own–where employees commit to the culture and give that extra push of effort.

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Build Resilience & Psychological Safety

50% of workers say anxiety negatively affects their performance. 75% say the most stressful part of their job is their immediate supervisor. 60% of organizations plan to address anxiety & well-being in the next three years. Even before...

  • 50% of workers say anxiety negatively affects their performance.
  • 75% say the most stressful part of their job is their immediate supervisor.
  • 60% of organizations plan to address anxiety & well-being in the next three years.

Even before the pandemic, anxiety was crippling the performance of workers—especially young employees. Today it is affecting productivity and leading to ghosting and burnout.

In their bestselling book from Harper Business, Anxiety at Work: 8 strategies to help teams build resilience, handle uncertainty, and get stuff done, and in their keynotes/workshops, Gostick & Elton offer 8 tactics for managers to help their employees build resilience

They Teach Leaders:

  • How to spot the signs of employees hiding anxiety
  • Solutions to alleviate stress
  • Ways to help team members manage uncertainty
  • How to help people speak up when feeling overwhelmed
  • Ways to beat perfectionism and get things done
  • How to instill an ethic of inclusion and support

“I’m so grateful Gostick & Elton have turned their attention to helping in the working world, where tens of millions of employees feel overwhelmed and overanxious. Leaders will learn how to identify anxiety in their team members, understand the triggers, and provide the right support.  – “Mel Robbins, #1 bestselling author of The 5 Second Rule; daytime talk show host; CNN on-air analyst

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Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results

Leadership concepts that can increase employee engagement and will help you attract and keep great talent. In his powerful keynote, the author introduces research that shows how a few vital leadership skills—when done right—can boost employee ...

Leadership concepts that can increase employee engagement and will help you attract and keep great talent.

In his powerful keynote, the author introduces research that shows how a few vital leadership skills—when done right—can boost employee engagement and reduce turnover. He will also share the fascinating science behind why so many managers resist (aka: suck at) something so seemingly simple as gratitude.

Your Attendees will learn:

  • How gratitude helps managers understand the value their people are contributing—and what more their team members may have to give
  • How appreciation of employee efforts can enhance motivation & productivity, especially during times of change—81% of people say they’d work harder if their boss were more grateful
  • How leaders can master this skill to enhance team performance & trust—introducing the 8 most powerful gratitude practices

“Amazing! Ideas that will have a remarkable and immediate impact on your ability to lead people.” – Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 Hall of Fame, #1 Executive Coach, #1 Leadership Thought Leader, #1 NYT Bestselling Author

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The Best Team Wins: 5 Disciplines of the Most Effective Team Leaders

Based on an 850,000-person study of the most profitable, innovative work teams, the authors introduce the new science of teamwork Most employees today work collaboratively, but 96% of executives cite poor teamwork as the primary source of workplace failures. Given the ...

Based on an 850,000-person study of the most profitable, innovative work teams, the authors introduce the new science of teamwork

Most employees today work collaboratively, but 96% of executives cite poor teamwork as the primary source of workplace failures. Given the volatility and challenges they face today, how can managers better lead teams to improved performance?

Gostick & Elton’s research has shown a set of leadership disciplines that makes the biggest difference in building today’s best teams.

Key Learnings

  • Manage to the One—Identify the unique drivers of each team member.
  • Speed to Productivity—Help new people and teams work faster & smarter.
  • Challenge Everything—Inspire innovation through healthy discord.
  • Find Focus—Build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance.

“Gostick and Elton are architects for high achievement. They continue to discover new and innovative ways to build powerful leaders, and The Best Team Wins is a blueprint for those looking for authentic and penetrating insights to drive exceptional performance. I suspect this book will become a staple among those looking to create a unique value proposition for success.” – David Kasiarz, Senior Vice President, Global Total Rewards and Medical American Express

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About Keynote Speaker Adrian Gostick

#1 Best Selling Leadership Author & Organizational Culture Expert #1 bestselling author Adrian Gostick provides advice to some of the world’s largest organizations on managing change, driving innovation, and leading high-performance teams.

Gostick is a global thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership, and engagement.

He is founder of The Culture Works, a global consultancy and author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. His award-winning books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world.

Gostick writes weekly on leadership strategy for Forbes, and his work has been called “fascinating,” by Fortune magazine and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, and CNBC, and is often quoted in The Economist, Financial Times, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal. In 2023, Adrian was ranked as a top 10 Global Guru in Leadership and Organizational Culture.

As an executive coach, he is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches Cohort. His coaching and consulting clients include Danaher, Bank of America, Boursa Kuwait, Rolls Royce, and Zoox.

Testimonials

“On behalf of everyone at Intel, I want to thank you for presenting at the Marketing Track at the Intel Sales and Marketing Conference in Anaheim. The response to your session, in terms of the  attendance and hallway buzz and energy among the people in who participated, has been fantastic. Your participation definitely contributed  to the overall success of the event. “

Terry Scalzo

Marketing Excellence and Operations , Corporate Marketing Group , Intel Corporation

“Not only was Adrian’s message PERFECT with what we wanted as a team, but his high-energy, straightforward and FUN style really kept the team engaged. During our banquet I was told time and again that the highlight of the day was Adrian’s message.”

Mark Lindstrom

EVP, Coffee Bean

“Thanks for a terrific presentation on employee engagement at our Leadership Meeting. You stimulated a lot of energized discussion, and everyone enjoyed your talk very much. I especially appreciate that you went the extra mile to understand our particular issues and focal points and work them so seamlessly into your presentation.”

Kathryn A. Cassidy

SVP and Treasurer , GE Corporate Treasury

“What can I say Adrian, you were awesome! Thank you for delivery a fantastic message that left our people inspired at our annual GM conference. We will see each other again soon.”

GJ Hart

President & CEO, California Pizza Kitchen

“Adrian’s messages were right on and resonated beautifully with all. His wonderful delivery of insightful leadership lessons with great humor captured the minds and hearts of all. As one participant said, ‘Adrian spoke for an hour and if he went for 2 hours we’d still be with him.”

Tom Joyce

CEO, Danaher

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