Meet Eric Chester
Helping Business Leaders Find, Engage, and Keep the Right Employees

Eric Chester is an acclaimed in-the-trenches workforce researcher and thought leader. For more than 20 years, he has been studying, analyzing, and reporting on engaging workplace cultures. As the author of five groundbreaking books for business owners, leaders, and managers, his ideas and strategies for finding and retaining frontline workers have been cited by major media and are used by companies and organizations all over the world.

Eric has delivered more than 3000 paid keynote speeches on three continents. He holds the prestigious CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) credential awarded by the National Speakers Association. He is a 2004 inductee into the International Professional Speakers Hall of Fame.

Eric’s bestselling books include:

Fully Staffed: The Definitive Guide to Finding and Keeping Great Employees (SoundWisdom 2020)

On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People without Burning Them Out (SoundWisdom 2015)

Reviving Work Ethic: A Leader’s Guide to Ending Entitlement and Restoring Pride in the Emerging Workforce (Greenleaf 2012)

Getting Them to Give a Damn: How to Get Your Front Line to Care About Your Bottom Line (Kaplan 2005)

Employing Generation Why: Understanding, Managing, and Motivating Your New Workforce (Tucker House Press 2002)