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Charlie Gilkey helps people start finishing what matters most. He's the author of Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done, and The Small Business Lifecycle, co-host of The Productive Flourishing Podcast, and founder of Productive Flourishing, one of the world's top websites for planning, prioritization, and productivity. His work is regularly featured in places like TIME, Inc.com, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Lifehacker, and the Huffington Post. Prior to starting Productive Flourishing, Charlie was an Army Joint Force Military Coordinator and pursuing a PhD in Philosophy.

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If your audience or organization is ready to move forward what matters most, and transform how the team works to accomplish goals, Charlie Gilkey is the ideal choice to speak at your event. Listeners will walk away with insights that open up their next steps, take their projects as a team or their business or forward, all in a way that respects where they are on their journey. As a speaker he focuses on giving vision combined with tangible takeaways needed for working better, as individuals or as teams. 

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Signature Keynotes

Charlie prefers to tailor content of his presentations to meet the goals and needs of the organizations hosting him. He's well-positioned to speak to teams and wider audiences on how improving team habits can transform your entire organization. Clear workways, trust and belonging with the people we spend our days working with are crucial in determining our potential and impact.  

Team Habits is also the title of Charlie's newest book, released August 2023 with Hachette Go, but he frequently coaches and offers expertise on planning and strategy for how to get projects finished, and bring about positive end results. This was in part the subject of his previous book Start Finishing (2019). While these are focus themes, any presentation's content will be original. 

Keynotes and lectures by Charlie are marked by his approachable demeanor, engaging and natural storytelling, and his use of interactivity with the audience. He's particularly good with presenting last at events since he can tie many threads into a coherent, grounding, and actionable tapestry.

  • The Five Keys to Building Successful, High-Performance Teams

    High-performance teams don't just create themselves - they're a product of intentionally putting together the pieces that enable teams to perform at that level. This presentation shares the five keys leaders must put in place to achieve high-performance. Hint: hiring great performers is one of the least important pieces of the puzzle.

  • Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done

    Doing your best work requires mindsets and skillsets that just aren't taught in school and are often learned too late in life. This presentation shares simple strategies and frameworks that get people out of their heads so they start finishing their best work.

  • How to Navigate the 5 Stages of Small Business Growth

    Entrepreneurs often think about taking their business to the "next level" without a clear idea of what that means. They struggle because they're focusing on the wrong thing at the wrong time. This presentation shows entrepreneurs and small business owners how small businesses grow so that they can orient and prioritize their efforts to grow.

Molly Gordon

ShaboomInc.com

 Charlie is one of the best people to work with I've ever met. He's easy going, smart, and delivers more than he promises. As a presenter in the 2010 Self Employment Telesummit he simplified complex business choices without dumbing them down, which is quite a feat. I highly recommend Charlie as a teacher, mentor, and guide.

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Liz Strauss

International Business Strategist and CEO of SOBCon

When Charlie Gilkey is at the microphone, you can count on information and interaction that engage, energize, and motivate while making the path forward look natural and easy. Whether it's a private meeting, panel of experts, or a presentation, don't miss a chance to hear Charlie sharing his expertise on business online and off.

Randy Schafer

Technical Director, USA Cycling

Charlie's keynote address and facilitation on creating high-performance teams felt like a tipping point for our organization. While I originally proposed my thoughts on how he could address our keynote topic, he created the space for me to talk about what it is we do and what I was trying to accomplish. Listening with curiosity, he was willing to share what he understood about our organization and what he felt was actually needed to achieve that. 

Charlie made a strong case for a revised topic direction, and tailored his keynote and approach to create a feeling of openness and participation that we had not understood a need for, nor generated, in previous summits. His willingness to jump into uncomfortable unknowns with positivity and curiosity encouraged everyone at the event to ride with him and feel empowered to speak up, collaborate, and own the ways they could improve our team. Charlie pushed us beyond talking about becoming a better team - we became a better team, in real time, because of his catalytic presence.