Dr. Carl Christman: Customer Service
Dr. Carl Christman is a functional medicine physician turned customer experience leader, purpose-driven client engagement strategies.
Quick Facts:
- Highlights:
- Board-certified in functional medicine; clinician with deep medical and wellness expertise.
- Trusted advisor to organizations in healthcare and leadership development.
- Specializes in building culture through empathy, presence, and purpose-driven service.
- Formats: Keynotes (45–60 minutes), immersive workshops, and strategic consulting—available in-person or virtual.
- Audiences: Healthcare organizations, wellness professionals, leadership teams, and service-focused groups seeking more mindful and impactful client care.
- Outcomes:
- Embody empathetic, physician-led principles to transform client experience into purpose-led relationships.
- Adopt functional medicine’s diagnostic empathy model to understand and engage clients deeply.
- Elevate performance and connection by aligning service delivery with wellness-inspired culture.
- Travels from: Palm Desert, CA
- **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
Talent Services
Keynote Topics:
How to Read Minds & Influence People
How to Read Minds & Influence People is Dr. Christman’s signature program where he teaches you how to read people more effectively and understand the psychology and power of influence.
You will be able to grow your business, build better relationships, create a cohesive brand, and create better teams with these proven techniques.
Learn to communicate so that your company or brand message engages new prospects and leads to new customers.
Talent Short Bio
Dr. Carl Christman is a board-certified physician specializing in functional medicine, with a rich background spanning clinical practice and transformational coaching. He advocates for integrating empathy, presence, and purpose into client experiences.
Blending medical insight with business acumen, Dr. Christman helps service organizations, healthcare providers, and leadership teams elevate their client engagement through mindful, value-centric culture design. Known for combining storytelling, research, and actionable wellness strategies, he empowers both individuals and organizations to connect more deeply and serve more impactfully.
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From sales to customer service, building customer relations is the key to increased profits. Improve communication skills and increase your sales with Dr. Carl Christman proven techniques.
Your team can quickly learn persuasion and influence techniques to help improve customer retention and increase loyalty. Dr. Carl Christman’s interactive keynote presentation explores interpersonal communications and influence from a radically different perspective. Participants will gain the tools to more productively relate to family, friends, and colleagues.
His program unlocks the secrets of real mind reading by focusing on body language and micro-expressions. You will learn how to harness the power of persuasion by learning what researchers have proven and what makes top salespeople so successful.
With over 15 years as a professor of communication and his work as a mentalist, Dr. Christman’s presentations are educational, interactive and entertaining. Would you like to avoid lost sales because your team doesn’t know what customers are really thinking?
If your life would be easier if you knew what your colleagues, competition, and customers were thinking then this program is for you.
Talent Videos
Dr. Carl Christman: How to Read Minds and Influence People
Fortune 500 companies turn to Dr. Carl Christman for high-energy, interactive, and unforgettable presentations that combine entertainment with practical communication strategies.
Video Summary & Key Moments
Dr. Carl Christman is a keynote speaker, professor of communication, mentalist, and author of the bestselling book How to Read Minds and Influence People. His sessions show audiences how to harness the power of influence, persuasion, and interpersonal communication whether in sales, leadership, or everyday relationships.
Carl believes everyone is in sales not just professionals pitching products, but anyone who wants to connect, persuade, or inspire. His keynotes combine the showmanship of a mentalist with the insights of a communication expert, making his talks both entertaining and deeply practical.
Audiences consistently describe his events as fun, fast-paced, and transformative, the rare presentation where no one falls asleep. Whether labeled as the most entertaining lecture or the most educational show, Dr. Christman leaves guests with memorable experiences and actionable skills they can use immediately.
Key Moments
00:10 – Meeting planners choose Dr. Christman to energize events and inspire audiences.
00:30 – His philosophy that sales is about influence, and influence is universal.
01:05 – Introduction to his framework: how to read minds and influence people.
01:45 – Participants explain how his sessions are engaging and long-lasting in impact.
02:20 – How Dr. Christman blends his background as a professor with performance skills.
03:05 – His promise: “no one falls asleep” in his sessions.
03:45 – Why businesses and associations repeatedly bring him back.
04:30 – Dr. Christman ensures every event is unforgettable, educational, and fun.
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Summary of User Reviews:
Carl's presentations have received high praise for their engaging and informative content, particularly on the topics of "people reading" and micro-expressions. Users noted that his sessions were timely and resonated well with their teams, contributing to an overall positive experience at annual meetings. Both Ray Melleady from USSC Group and Jacklyn Montgomery from CalACT highlighted that their teams found Carl's keynote to be a standout element of their events.
Strengths:
- Highly engaging and informative presentations
- Relevant topics that resonate with audiences
- Positive feedback from corporate leaders
Weaknesses:
- No specific weaknesses were mentioned in the reviews.
Overall, Carl is recommended for his ability to captivate and inform, making him a valuable speaker for corporate events.
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