Keynotes & Speaking

Looking for a truly unique speaker for your next corporate event, workshop, or retreat?

Chris Obst’s keynotes open people’s eyes to the most powerful everyday shifts we can make to manage our energy, our teams, our work, our health… our lives.

Authentic and accessible, Chris inspires people to commit to the things that matter, and shed the things that don’t. Chris blends passion, practical information and humour to deliver celebrated talks that have real results.

Selected Keynotes

Leading with Energy

How to optimize your own human energy for leadership effectiveness

Human energy is the most valuable leadership resource of all—yet rarely are we taught how to manage it. In this program you will learn methods for increasing your energy capacity and managing your personal energy for effective leadership action. Think and move strategically for sustained energy levels. Establish the healthy habits required for peak performance. Lead from an authentic and inspiring energized state.
Get Your Focus Back Now

How to optimize your mental energy for high octane performance

Our brains are under siege and the way that we are treating them is actually working against our ability to focus, concentrate, create and make decisions. Learn the everyday common activities that are eroding our mental capacities and the 5 key areas to upgrade to increase your mental horsepower and treat your brain like the precious resource that it is.
Triggers, Tipping Points and Tantrums

The impact of our emotional energy on leadership effectiveness

Your emotional energy is highly contagious and will naturally cycle from low/negative through to high/positive over the course of a week, or a day, or even an hour. As a leader, those ebbs and flows could be creating harmony or havoc, collaboration or confusion in your team. Learn to really understand how your emotional state impacts your effectiveness at work and at home and strategies to optimize your emotional state.
People Leadership Excellence

The toolkit for leading others in with inspiration, authenticity and courage

Being a people leader can be one of the most rewarding parts of your role. It can also be scary, lonely and frustrating. In this energizing session, Chris will help you find the leader in you that you were meant to be and share 7 key leadership behaviours to elevate your leadership game in a very authentic way.