Business Keynote Speaker Chicago
Practical Ideas to Inspire Growth and Stronger Team Performance
Looking for a business keynote speaker in Chicago who gives your audience fresh ideas and practical steps to take? Chris N. Cheetham-West, MBA, helps organizations explore ways to improve sales, strengthen customer relationships, increase productivity, and lead through change.
An international speaker, author, former Google marketing manager, and founder of LR Training Solutions, Chris connects business experience with an engaging presentation style. His sessions encourage attendees to recognize opportunities within their own responsibilities and take action.
Presentations can be customized for Chicago corporate conferences, association meetings, leadership summits, and employee events.
Featured Business Keynote
The Future of Business: Winning with AI, Experience, and Growth
Growth requires teams to understand customers, communicate value, and adapt as business conditions change. In this keynote, Chris explores how organizations can connect those priorities with practical improvements in their daily work.
Participants examine opportunities to strengthen customer handoffs, improve follow-up, share information across departments, and use technology to reduce administrative work. Examples help attendees consider how individual decisions influence the broader customer experience.
The session gives leaders and employees a shared starting point for identifying improvements and deciding what to do next.
Audience Takeaways
- Identify friction between sales, service, and operations.
- Communicate value more clearly to customers and prospects.
- Improve follow-up habits that support lasting relationships.
- Recognize practical uses for AI in everyday responsibilities.
- Turn a business goal into specific actions for the team.
An Inspirational Business Speaker for Leaders and Employees
Chris combines stories from his career with questions that help audiences examine familiar routines. His approach connects motivation with the habits that influence performance, including preparation, communication, responsiveness, and accountability.
As an inspirational business speaker, he encourages attendees to take ownership of improvements they can influence.
Additional Business Speaking Topics
Sales Growth Through Stronger Relationships
Explore ways to prepare for customer conversations, understand priorities, explain value, and maintain meaningful contact after the initial meeting.
Customer Experience Across the Organization
Help teams recognize how decisions across departments affect customers. Examine opportunities to simplify interactions and provide more consistent service.
Leading Teams Through Change
Give managers practical approaches for explaining priorities, inviting employee input, and supporting adoption of new tools and processes.
AI for Business Productivity
Explore how AI can support research, planning, communication, and information organization, with examples tailored to participants’ roles.
Corporate Speaker for Chicago Events
Chris is available for events in Chicago and surrounding communities, including Rosemont, Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Naperville, and Evanston.
Keynotes, workshops, and training sessions can be developed for leadership teams, sales professionals, customer service teams, entrepreneurs, and mixed company audiences.
About Chris N. Cheetham-West, MBA
Chris is an international business speaker, author, entrepreneur, and founder of LR Training Solutions. Previously, he worked at Google, where he managed marketing programs introducing business audiences to emerging technologies.
He has presented in 48 U.S. states and internationally. His books include Digital Marketing for Results and Leading in a Virtual World.
Book a Business Keynote Speaker in Chicago
Contact Chris to discuss your event, audience, and goals. Presentations are available in person and virtually.
Phone: (832) 867-4128
Email: chris@chrisnwest.com
