Chris Steely: Business Leadership

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    As a top rated business facilitator, NCAA national rowing champion, U.S. Marine Corps Officer, corporate vice-president, business owner, MBA, world traveler, inspirational author, renowned global business coach, and devoted husband, Chris Steely has a vast array of life and leadership experience.

    As the Director of Coaching for the world’s top business coaching company, Chris has traveled, training and coaching the business leaders who train and coach over 12,000 business owners per week in 26 countries.

    He toured with Tony Robbins, serving as one of his top international business consultants. Chris owns his own business consulting and facilitation company, working with a team of prolific leaders to optimize business performance across the globe.

    Chris Steely has the ability to extract business and life lessons from his experiences, leveraging them to inspire and invigorate the lives of others, which sets him apart from so many other speakers, educators, and leaders around the world.

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    Chris has conducted dozens of multi-day workshops with business teams in numerous countries. As a featured speaker for over 25 years, Chris is known for his ability to facilitate teams of people, oriented toward optimal effectiveness across organizational hierarchies.

    A few highlights include Chris presenting at the 1989 American Marketing Association Convention in Chicago (at the age of 25), he briefed the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1994, and served as a keynote speaker at the 1998 GITA annual convention in San Diego, as well as the master of ceremonies for the New Zealand Business Awards in Auckland in November 2008.

    Chris Steely has shared the stage with numerous world-class presenters, facilitators, and business leaders, co-authoring books with Steven Covey, John Gray, and Les Brown. He is consistently sought out by the world’s most esteemed leaders to participate in the global dialogue for social transformation and inspirations.

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