Chuck Gallagher
Business Ethics, Host of Straight Talk Radio, Consultant, Author
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- #1 Ranked Business Ethics Keynote Speaker on Google
- Featured for his business insights in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS, and NPR
- Vice-President with Security National Life
- Host of Straight Talk Radio
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You don’t want to find your business featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal for an ethical lapse of judgment. Yet every day in this fast paced business environment we are in, we are faced with choices that can make or break us. It’s critical to train our employees, executives, and association members to think ETHICS when we make those critical or day-to-day decisions. Focusing the spotlight on ethical choices and consequences, Chuck Gallagher is the business ethics expert you need to raise awareness and focus your team on your commitment to ethics.
You may have seen Chuck on Television, or heard him on CNN, CBS or NPR radio programs. His business insights are sought after for his strong prosion on ethics and leadership. Chuck Gallagher’s focus is business – but his passion is empowering others. His unique presentations from “The Ethical Leader: What you didn’t learn in Business School, but should have!” to “Taking Charge: 7 Steps to Creating Success through Empowered Choices” clearly demonstrate he brings something to the platform that isn’t often found in typical business speakers. Chuck’s personal experience in building businesses and sales teams while leading companies provides a practical and powerful framework for success.
Not only a speaker and author, Chuck is currently the COO of a National Company and former Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing for a Public Company. Chuck may have found a sales niche early in life selling potholders door-to-door, or convinced folks to fund a record album of his music at age 16 (an yes those were the day when an album was made of vynal), but it was the school of hard knocks that provided a fertile training ground for Chuck’s lesson in Choices, Ethics and Success. Described as Creative, Insightful, Capitavating, and a person that “Connects the Dots” between behavior, choices, ethics and success, Chuck Gallagher gives his clients what they need to turn concepts into actions and actions into results.
In the middle of a rising career, Gallagher lost everything because he made some unethical choices. He has since rebuilt his life and career back, sharing the valuable lessons he has learned. With more vulnerability than the average keynoter, Gallagher shares with his audiences the lessons his life journey has taught and how you can learn the impact that ethical or unethical choices creates. Every choice has a consequence, and Gallagher’s presentations powerfully illustrate the impact of choices and consequences.
Author of the new book: SECOND CHANCES: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity – Gallagher has received numerous endorsements and the book has been described as one of those rare books that effectively bridges the gap between personal accountability and business success.
With Chuck you have an industry professional sharing practical tested and time proven methods that can enhance personal and professional performance. What Chuck shares in his presentations – whether keynotes, training or corporate consulting – are understanding of not only “How To” but also “What Motivates Behavior” – behavior of individuals which create personal and professional success or failure.
Internationally, Chuck has helped countless individuals on their Jouney to Ethical Choices and Empowered Success! So here’s the question – Do you want your personal performance to improve? Do you want your employees or association members to think Ethics when they make those all important decisions? If the answer is YES…then Chuck offers a “real world” practical approach to improving your understanding of ethics and business success. Now is the time to book Chuck for your next event and take the steps needed to improve your teams Success Factor with a commitment to Ethics and Empowered Choices.
And yes…Chuck’s programs are GREAT FUN! He’ll have your audience focused, spellbound, laughing and asking for more knowing that what is discussed today will yield results in changed behavior tomorrow.
What causes an otherwise intelligent person — a person who knows the difference between right and wrong — to make a choice that will negatively impact themselves and their organization? You’ll find out in this fascinating presentation on human values and ethics. With a unique perspective gain from his own past experience, Chuck sheds new light on why we do what we do and how to positively influence behavior.
Most ethics presentations and training programs focus on compliance and legal issues — as if ethical choices are either legal or not. The reality is, ethical choices have far more impact on a company or organization long before the issue of “legal or illegal” comes into play. While your Ethics Code of Conduct might meet all the standards required, the missing piece for most companies is the ability to help management and employees understand the human dynamic associated with conduct management.
It’s time to take ethics training in a different direction. No longer is a two-hour compliance speech going to change behavior! Chuck will pull back the curtain to reveal the truth about ethical behavior and how we shape a new direction in ethical leadership.
Expect to leave this presentation with the ability to:
- Understand specific human dynamics when it comes to ethical decisions.
- Identify key components involved in making ethical choices.
- Review the phases of “The Unethical Continuum.”
- Establish a road map to keep employees’ behavior between the ethical lines.
Each choice we make and each step we take provides the foundation for our future. Wherever you are right now-regardless of the circumstance-your choices define who you are and the outcomes you will live. While your employees may be aware of this on some level, do they truly realize the power behind the choices they make on a daily basis? More importantly, what’s the risk to your company if they don’t?
In his unusually authentic style, Chuck reveals the consequences of the unethical decisions he made in his own attempt to build the great American dream for himself and his family. This powerful ethics presentation is filled with unforgettable messages of success and failure, illusions and reality, and choices and consequences.
Your audience will discover:
- How easy it is for ethical people to make unethical choices-and what to do about it.
- The impact of life’s choices and how that affects your performance, both personally and professionally.
- Real-world practical examples of how to use ethics and integrity to create success in business and life.
This motivational keynote ethics presentation has received rave reviews and was voted Program of the Year by NACE.
Based on many of the key insights Chuck reveals in his book, The Ethics of Excellence: How Everyday Choices can Power You to Greatness, this presentation sheds new light on the motivating behaviors behind the choices that we make-and how our personal behavior is deeply intertwined with our professional success.
After hearing Chuck’s keynote-which is based on experience, education and even humor-your employees and managers will have the ability to:
- Find out how and why people drift from making good ethical decisions to making decisions that are unethical or illegal.
- Identify patterns of behavior that are indicators of potential unethical behavior ahead.
- Seek opportunities to turn personal behavior into ethical success for your people and your company.
Every one would like to believe that their teen or young adult would naturally make ethical decisions. What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me is an entertaining yet captivating presentation that explores the truth of what we believe and the actions that we take. This is an awesome program to help cultivate an teens who make ethical choices naturally.
According to a Junior Achievement survey of teens, there is a major disconnect between actions and applying the difference between right and wrong. “The key thing that we found is that the majority of teens are saying that they have confidence in their ethical decision-making capabilities, but in juxtaposition to that, many of them believe that lying, cheating, plagiarizing, and behaving violently are necessary in some instances to succeed,” says Cynthia Hofmann, communications director for Junior Achievement Worldwide. ”
Along those same lines, they show a willingness to rationalize specific unethical decisions.” In short, the kids in this study think some things can be “wrong,” but can also be okay given the right circumstances.
What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me will help young people and their parents or caregivers understand the following:
- Uncover the truth between what a teen says and what a teen believes (based on peer pressure)
- Identifies the ethical dilemmas that all young people experience in their daily lives, and open a realistic dialogue to understand and discuss
- Creates realistic scenarios making this program a good choice for those teens who need some advice about how to deal with all that they face in their daily lives
- Provides a framework for your teen to make his/her own decisions and understand and live with the consequences that follow.
This program is great for High Schools, Colleges/Universities, Teacher/Parent Organizations and Educational Associations.
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