Why Chris?
Chris Laping doesn’t just talk about leadership, influence, and change, he’s led it at scale. With more than 30 years as an executive, including roles as Chief Information and Innovation Officer across multiple organizations, he understands firsthand what it takes to drive real results in complex environments.
What sets Chris apart is his ability to translate that experience into practical, actionable insights audiences can immediately apply. His keynotes combine real-world stories, clear frameworks, and a deep understanding of human behavior.
Attendees don’t just feel inspired, they leave equipped to take action.
Chris is the bestselling author of People Before Things and creator of the Unignorable framework. His ideas have been featured in The Economist, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Forbes, and he’s been recognized as a Top 5 Social Business Leader by The Economist.
Beyond the stage, Chris has helped more than 500,000 professionals worldwide strengthen their influence and leadership through coaching, courses, and keynotes. Each week, his work reaches over 1.5 million people.
He's earned a reputation for being practical, human, and immediately useful.
Unignorable Keynote
The most capable people in your organization aren’t always the most influential.
In today’s workplace, many smart, hard-working professionals struggle to gain traction for their ideas, slowing decision-making, limiting innovation, and leaving valuable contributions unheard.
Why? Because competence alone doesn’t make people listen.
In this keynote, Chris Laping challenges the common belief that great work speaks for itself, and shows what actually drives influence inside organizations.
Drawing on organizational psychology, cognitive-behavioral research, and real-world experience, Chris shares specific, learnable behaviors that help professionals earn attention, build credibility, and move work forward.
This session goes beyond inspiration. Attendees leave with practical tools they can apply immediately to feel heard and contribute more effectively to team and organizational outcomes.
Ideal for organizations looking to:
Strengthen leadership presence at all levels
Improve collaboration and decision-making
Ensure strong ideas gain traction and execution
Target Audience: Professionals at all levels seeking to increase influence and impact
People Before Things Keynote
Most change initiatives don’t fail because organizations lack intelligence. They fail because change leaders don’t create the conditions for people to succeed.
In this keynote, Chris Laping challenges the common approach to change management.
Drawing on real-world executive leadership experience and insights from his bestselling book People Before Things, Chris reveals why even well-planned initiatives break down, and what leaders must do differently to drive adoption and results.
This keynote introduces a practical, experience-driven framework for leading change. One grounded in real-world successes and failures. One that considers the human journey. One that puts people before things.
Audiences will learn how to enable and activate their teams, moving people from awareness to understanding to true buy-in.
Attendees will leave with clear, actionable strategies they can immediately apply to increase adoption, improve execution, and lead change that actually sticks.
Ideal for organizations looking to:
Improve success rates of strategic initiatives
Increase adoption of new systems, processes, or transformations
Build stronger, more engaged teams during change
Target Audience: Executives, managers, and change leaders responsible for driving transformation
What people are saying.
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“Chris Laping is amazing and I highly recommend!! For organizations that want to “level-up” their team’s connectedness … you won’t be disappointed."
Kendra Ketchum
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“Chris is a highly dynamic and seasoned thought leader and professional speaker with an impactful message and engaging delivery approach. His message is for all teams."
Todd Kackley
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"I’ve collaborated with Chris on at least a dozen speaking engagements from main stage conference keynotes to small exec roundtables, and he's always a home run."
Dave Best
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