Kris Boesch Keynote Speaker

  • CEO and Founder of Choose People
  • Author, Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace
  • Named one of the “Top Leadership Speakers” in Inc.

Kris Boesch's Biography

For over 14 years, Kris Boesch has been the CEO and Founder of Choose People, a company that transforms company cultures, increases employee happiness, and boosts the bottom line. The Choose People 360° Culture Audit is based on over 1000 hours of research conducted with the Industrial Organizational Psychology Department at Colorado State University.

Kris is also the author of Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace.

Prior to Choose People, Boesch was the CEO of Exodus Moving & Storage. Under her leadership, Exodus became the largest mover in Northern Colorado with a turnover rate nearly 40% less than the industry average and a bottom line twice that same average.

Kris has been featured as a workplace culture expert in Inc., Entrepreneur, and Forbes and was named one of the “Top Leadership Speakers” in Inc.

She’s also a proud mother, a dog lover, and a dancing diva!

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Kris Boesch's Speaking Topics

  • Social Super Glue: Create an Empowering & Thriving Workplace Culture

This is our signature session where we disrupt the traditional narrative around improving corporate culture and dive into what really matters. Here we take cultural savviness to the next level sharing the secret ingredient to the secret sauce of workplace culture. Participants will learn innovative insights into how to create voluntary collaboration, camaraderie and connection amongst their teams. This “glue” results in perseverance through tough times, inspiration to go the extra mile and retention of top talent.

Key takeaways include:

  • The #1 Non-Negotiable
  • The 3 Critical Paradigm Shifts
  • 7 Savvy Strategies to Strengthen Your Team
    • Beat Burnout & Renew Vitality: Shift from Overwhelmed to Energized

    Feeling exhausted and overwhelmed has become commonplace for many - to the point of burnout for some. The sense of always being behind and never being able to get enough done is a brutal morale and energy drain. The team’s camaraderie becomes commiserating. “Putting on a good face” is no longer cutting it. In this keynote we’ll share our Restore Vitality Framework to support audiences in discovering how to authentically shift the narrative, end this vicious depleting cycle and regain access to joy in their workday.

    Key takeaways include:

  • Critical Mindset Shift around Time
  • 3 Strategies You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
  • Exercise to Eradicate Overwhelm
    • Real Deal Change Management: Transform Resistance into Resiliency

    Most people fear change. No matter how “good” it is for them, many struggle with change as initially there’s a loss of comfort. They cling to what they know, heels dug in and arms crossed. Put an end to exasperated eyerolls and expensive exhausting lost momentum. In this keynote, participants will gain actionable insights into how to disrupt disempowering narratives and shift mindsets from rigid to willing. They will also learn how to expand comfort zones, reduce the uneasy feeling of uncertainty and create commitment and pride in being change fluid.

    Key takeaways include:

  • Framework to Transform Obstinate Fear
  • 3 Critical Change Adoption Strategies
  • 5 Proven Ways to Support Your Team’s Change Resiliency
    • Empowering Accountability: Shift from Shame to Support

    Accountability is a tough term. It has A LOT of baggage. When an effort to create accountability is implemented, team members often fear getting in trouble or feel a sense of shame or even angry indignation. Yet, without accountability, things go sideways fast - subpar behavior or performance becomes accepted, leadership loses credibility, results deteriorate and pride is lost. This session shares how to hold team members accountable with both compassion and clear boundaries. This supportive process leaves team members feeling a clear sense of self-determination over their own success.

    Key takeaways include:

  • Key Empowering Mindset Shift Around Accountability
  • Framework to Address Character & Competency Concerns
  • Know When to Stop Investing in a “Turnaround”
    • Interdependency Awareness: Break Down Silos & Build Up Trust

    Interdependency awareness leads to profound team mindfulness and team members who are not only committed to personal success, but also to the success of their co-workers and the organization as a whole. Interdependency awareness creates a strong sense of belonging while dissipating divisions and emphasizing both community and collaboration. Deepening shared identity and pride, your team will walk away with a renewed commitment to the mission and to one another.

    Key takeaways include:

  • Systems Thinking & Ownership of “Our Work”
  • Process to Instill Supportive Peer-Accountability
  • Framework to Create Ease & Velocity in Meeting Needs Between Groups
    • Freedom from Funkytown: Instill Kind, Candid, Constructive Communication

    This is one of our most popular sessions for improving corporate culture and dramatically reduces drama, gossip and triangulation while increasing trust and team cohesion. Through our down-to-earth, no-fuss approach of four steps, your team will learn kind, candid and constructive communication coming from a place of care, concern and curiosity rather than from judgements or assumptions. After this light-hearted and yet highly meaningful session, your team will walk away with team-wide commitment and capacity to directly resolve conflict with any of their colleagues.

    Key takeaways include:

  • Framework to Painlessly Tackle the Toughest of Conversations
  • How to Communicate in a Way that’s Kind & Candid
  • Self-Awareness of Your Conflict Style as well as that of Your Peers
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    Videos of Kris Boesch

    Kris Boesch Speaker Reel - Choose People Workplace Culture
    Kris Boesch: "TEDxMileHigh Talk"

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