Keith Ferrazzi is a renowned executive team coach, keynote speaker, influential thought leader and founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, where he has spent more than 20 years coaching Fortune 500 companies, unicorn startups, and even governments. Keith leads the Greenlight Research Institute, which is focused on team transformation. He is a business coach who challenges the way teams work to achieve breakthrough results through more connection and collaboration across silos, with a revolutionary shift from leadership to teamship. His Radical Innovators Collaborative brings together Fortune 500 CIOs and CHROs for peer-to-peer interaction and ongoing best practice sharing.
Keith’s columns are regularly published in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine. Ferrazzi is also a #1 New York Times Bestselling author with familiar titles like "Never Eat Alone," "Leading Without Authority," and "Competing in the New World of Work". His latest book, "Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship," draws on two decades of team coaching experience and research insights from 3,000+ diagnostic assessments with leading organizations. He is a 2024 recipient of the Coaches 50 Award, which recognizes the world’s most influential executive coaches. Ferrazzi is also a philanthropist and strategic investor, where he is committed to making a positive impact on society.
New York Times Bestselling author and preeminent thought leader in leadership and team dynamics. Keith is a recipient of the 2018 Golden Gavel Best Global Speaker Award and recognized as a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic. Beyond his business leadership, Keith founded a Research Institute focused on enhancing team performance in today's work environment. A member of the Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame, he is not only a visionary in his field but also a committed philanthropist and strategic investor dedicated to making a significant societal impact.
“Keith Ferrazzi's talk uncovered new ways to think about collaborating outside of the traditional meeting format. Keith truly understands what it takes to drive high-performing teams, and his charismatic presentation style inspires action.”
Bea Perez, Chief Communications Officer of The Coca-Cola Company
“Having Keith facilitate our Key Leaders’ Meeting added energy, creativity, and a great challenge to leadership. I look forward to working with Ferrazzi Greenlight to deploy their concepts.”
Paul Bay, CEO of Ingram Micro
“Keith’s playbook embodies so much of what we value at Mastercard – the ability to grow together, collaborate, and bring in diverse perspectives to unlock innovation.”
Michael Fraccaro, Chief People Officer of Mastercard
Keith is a #1 New York Times bestselling author
Keith and his team at Ferrazzi Greenlight draw on more than 20 years of research--with industry-shaping white papers, articles in Forbes, Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal and hands-on work with teams worldwide. Through customized workshops and executive team coaching programs, they will help your team achieve achieve up to 10 times better performance.
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