Keith Ferrazzi

CEO, Ferrazzi Greenlight, Inc.;Global Leader of Tomorrow; World Economic Forum -- Author of the bestselling book Never Eat Alone & Who's Got Your Back

Expert on

  • Best-Selling Author
  • Entrepreneurism
  • Profitability
  • Business
  • Networking
  • Motivation

Fee Range

$40,000–$50,000

Travels from

CA, US

Biography

Keith Ferrazzi transformed professional networking with his bestselling book Never Eat Alone, which shared the secret of his impressive climb to the top: powerful marketing acumen, deep generosity, and a remarkable ability to connect with others. Never Eat Alone has been recognized by Forbes as one of “the best business books” every year since 2005. Both Forbes and Inc. have called him “one of the world’s most connected individuals.”

As founder and CEO of the business consulting firm Ferrazzi Greenlight, Ferrazzi counsels the world’s top enterprises on how to dramatically accelerate the development of business relationships to drive sales, spark innovation, and create team cohesion. As a thought leader and advocate for corporate citizenship, he has rallied executives around initiatives to improve healthcare and education nationwide. His annual Big Task Weekend event brings together key executives from companies such as Kaiser Permanente, Safeway, and Mars to draft innovative partnerships to improve American health and wellness.

Ferrazzi is a frequent contributor to CNN and CNBC. He has authored numerous articles for leading business and consumer publications, including Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, and Reader’s Digest. He has been named a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum and one of the most creative Americans in Richard Wurman’s Who’s Really Who. Ferrazzi’s extraordinary rise to prominence has even inspired a Stanford Business School case study.

Ferrazzi was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Starwood Hotels, where he oversaw marketing activities for global brands including Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, and W Hotels. Ferrazzi also served as Chief Marketing Officer for Deloitte Consulting, a leading global management consulting firm, where he developed and managed the industry’s first globally integrated marketing organization. His creative strategy drove Deloitte’s “Consulting” brand recognition from the lowest in the industry to a top spot, spurring the highest featured growth rate in the industry.

Ferrazzi serves on the Yale University Board of Alumni Governors and the Board of Trustees of the Kiski School, and is also a Fellow of the Berkeley College at Yale. Ferrazzi’s interests also include an examination of the relationship between leadership success and spirituality.

Speaker Videos

FUTURE OF WORK

MANAGING IN A MATRIXED GLOBAL ORGANISATION

Organizations are under pressure. Pressure to transform and perform in the new matrixed, global and virtual working world. The future of work won’t be driven by tech. It will be transformed by organizations who understand the leadership competencies required for the new work order. With years of experience, Keith Ferrazzi will show your organization how to build the teams and leaders of tomorrow.

Key Takeaways:
Invigorated workforce that punches above its weight
Deeper collaboration across departments and disciplines
Greater accountability to each other for total team success
Jump start your organizational culture change to one of
exponential growth

ORGANIZATIONS IN RADICAL TRANSFORMATION

CREATING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE BY MAKING IT
PERSONAL

Statistically speaking, transformation success remains stuck at 30%. Keith’s long established practices around changing organizational behavior will get you the rest of the way.

Each Challenge Talk is unique to its audience. ”Old way” behaviors are addressed, with audience members beginning their transformation immediately. These changes are supported by ongoing coaching and feedback so measurable results can be identified from the moment Keith leaves the stage.

Key Takeaways:
Identify the behaviors that need to change within the
organization
Identify what “blockers” are hindering the “new way”
Identify the enablers that will make your “new way” a reality

CO-ELEVATION

TRANSFORMING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Our new radically interdependent world has transformed how organizations work with their customers. While sales teams have always understood the importance of relationship building, customer experience has become a prime motivating force in sales decision making. The critical attributes of a high-performing sales team now relies on its approach to transforming the customer experience through collaborative selling.

Key Takeaways:
How to achieve constant sales growth with collaborative selling
Understand how customer experience shapes the sales journey
How to build a collaborative customer relationship that
maximises sales
Grow large strategic accounts faster by aligning your sales
ecosystem

UNLEASHING INNOVATION & AGILITY

BREAKING DOWN ORGANIZATIONAL SILOS

Large organizations are waking up to the idea that silos don’t work. When leaders and teams are required to work across departments, offices and even countries, cutting across silos and managing interdependencies is a critical skill. When deep internal relationships break down those silos, teams and leaders develop a culture of transparency and accountability that fosters innovation and promotes agility in thinking, processes and results.

Key Takeaways:
How to engage teams and leaders in inter-organizational
relationship building
Why agility is a critical success factor for modern organizations
Why silo-hopping transparency increases accountability and
produces measurable results
When collaboration creates success in interdependent teams