Michael
Diettrich-Chastain
Michael blends two decades of leadership expertise with deep psychological insight, delivering experiential keynotes that drive real change.
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Create Memorable Experiences
Conference organizers and event planners are always looking for ways to engage the audience in a memorable experience. The organizers and the audience want experience but often just get passive learning.
Michael solves this problem.
Challenges
As a leader, you have undoubtedly struggled with some of the following questions and problems:
Boring speaking event with no audience engagement
- How do leaders truly increase profit, manage stress, reduce turnover and improve employee/team performance?
- How to adapt as a leader amidst a rapidly changing world
- How to influence attendance at events and guarantee return attendees
- How to manage change as a leader
- How to reduce turnover and create a workplace culture of massive engagement
How Michael Can Help
Michael is uniquely qualified to address three primary problems in his experiential keynotes. Overarchingly the topics of leadership, change and engagement are all connected and within each of Michael’s talks. Titles and outcomes below:
The Lucrative Leader
Helps leaders understand the primary influencers of high-performing workplace cultures.
The Adaptable Leader
Michael is an expert on change and often consults with leaders on how to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing environment.
Influential Leader
“Michael was an appealing and engaging speaker who maintained the interest of our entire group, and our group is so diverse that it’s not an easy thing to do. He helped our entire team learn more about each other and how they can improve communication in our group.”
Herb Arnold
Director of Sales, Biltmore Farms Hotels
Experience
Michael Diettrich Chastain, is a best selling author, speaker, professional coach and consultant dedicated to peak performance.
Michael is an expert on peak performance in the workplace and is passionate about helping leaders and teams create company cultures of engagement, sustainability, and purpose. He is the founder of Arc Integrated, a leadership development consultancy serving teams and leaders around the globe. Michael is widely regarded by the various CEO’s and leaders he has worked with as the “go to resource” for helping to transform the company cultures in which he works. His writing has been featured in Time, Money, Entrepreneur and The Washington Post and his first book (Changes) which was released in 2019 became an instant best seller in multiple categories. Michael’s mission is to help create and maintain purpose driven organizations that elevate the consciousness of all involved.
Credentials
- B.A. in Psychology & Spanish, UW LaCrosse
- M.A. in Community Counseling, Appalachian State University
- Post Masters Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy, Appalachian State University
- Licensed Professional Counselor – North Carolina – #8834
- Certified Communication Coach
- Certified Xchange Facilitator
- Certified in the following assessment tools:
- Advanced Insights Profile
- Actualized Leadership Profile
- Actualized Leadership 360 Profile
- Group Culture Profile
- 18 years coaching experience
- International speaker & facilitator
- Best selling author
- CEO
5 Reasons to Hire Michael
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Audience Engagement
An event that stands out among others, as it will be seen as an opportunity for “wisdom sharing” rather than passive learning.
2
Backed by Experience
Michael has been actively training, coaching and speaking to others for almost 20 years.
3
Memorable
An audience that has had a unique learning experience, excited to share their experience with others & return to the event next year.
4
Disrupting an Industry
Event planners are able to showcase that they’ve created a unique and dynamic learning experience for audience members through bringing in a facilitator and not just a keynote speaker.
5
Community-Focused
An event that focuses on building relationships across audience members, thus driving the learning, outcomes and action post event.
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Results
- An audience that has had a unique learning experience and excited to return to the event next year
- An audience that feels more connected to each other because they co-created solutions in real time
- Event planners that feel pride that they are disrupting an industry. The event planners are able to showcase that they’ve created a unique and dynamic learning experience for audience members through bringing in a facilitator and not just a keynote speaker
- An event that stands out among others, as it will be seen as an opportunity for “wisdom sharing” rather than passive learning
VIDEO
How Conference Organizers Can Expedite Learning and Connection at Scale
In this video, Michael delves into his approach to assisting conference organizers. He showcases how he transforms their events from mere passive learning sessions into highly engaging experiential learning opportunities.
Takeaways
There is always more wisdom in the room than can be harnessed from any one individual. Michael’s unique gift is harnessing that wisdom from the crowds he speaks to. Audiences often report that watching Michael speak (and facilitate) was one of the most unique conference experiences they have had. The learning that Michael drives for audience members is interactive. This helps to ensure a few things:
- That the knowledge gained from the talk is memorable.
- That the audience feels a connection to another participant – which drives interest and engagement in the event as a whole.
- That the event is a place where the audience is contributing to the ideas, rather than just being spoon-fed “inspiration.” The result here is that the audience feels a sense of community and a desire to return.
