World Record-Holding Amputee Powerlifter; Sales Speaker on Resilience, Change Management & Overcoming Adversity; Bestselling Author; Competitor on NBC’s "Titan Games"
Chris Ruden Biography
Chris Ruden is an amputee, Type 1 diabetic record-holding powerlifter, keynote speaker and disabled model who was featured on The Rock’s hit TV show “Titan Games”.
From being humiliated and labeled broken because of his disability to struggling with mental health and living in a non disabled-inclusive world, Ruden learned to turn his obstacles into opportunities, now using his badass bionic arm, diabetes technology, and message of “creating your world without limits” to impact people around the world.
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Chris Ruden Speaking Topics
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Change is Strength: Letting Go of Yesterday’s Logic to Build a Better Tomorrow
Everyone has heard the phrase “only the strong survive” but in explaining why, the phrase reads “only the strong survive due to willingness to change”. Change is inevitable as is the resistance to change. In this talk, Chris uses his expertise in introspective change to help teams and audiences alike train for change. Looking backward for solutions to problems we have yet to encounter prevents growth in an ever-changing world. Problem-solving requires forward-thinking, creative change management strategies and a collective perspective shift toward letting go of yesterday’s logic to build a better tomorrow.
Presentation Objective
Provide attendees with effective framework to lead change with a framework of:
- Optimizing an effective individual and team perspective around change
- Invoking and Embracing creative problem solving ideas
- Implementing robust frameworks around managing change
- Evaluating mindset as a tool for organizational success
Learning Objectives
- Recognizing and validating that change is strength.
- How to qualify our environment and respond effectively to maximize our performance
- How to overcome change aversion and build a new narrative for success
- Develop change-proof problem solving strategies to leverage change for growth opportunities
- When to embrace change as a catalyst for growth
- Connecting the importance of practicing proactive behavior in your business operations to success, and how to redefine adversity as a positive tool that can strengthen teams and organizations powerfully
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Gaining the Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage
This presentation is about a world without limits, even a world that you can’t control. The concept of struggle is universal, and through effective strategies and tactics, we learn to see limitations as self-imposed obstacles, as opposed to dead ends and roadblocks. In this presentation, Chris helps organizations to reframe how they view limitations, focusing on what you can control, and redirecting effective behaviors that can powerfully steer a team and organization's success. Chris provides a framework to help leaders and their teams reframe their situations and their responses to them, in order to avoid the pitfalls that so many teams experience. Chris uses his story as a vessel to the presentation's objectives: to empower teams to break free of their limits personally and professionally and become more effective communicators, contributors and collaborators.
Presentation Objective
Provide attendees with effective strategies to manage change and overcome adversity with a framework of:
- Optimizing an effective communication strategy
- Optimizing performance at the individual and team level
- Implementing robust frameworks around team synergy and collaboration
- Evaluating mindset as a tool for organizational success
Learning Objectives
- Recognizing and validating that limitations exist and how to use them powerfully in your success strategies
- How to qualify our environment and respond effectively to maximize our performance
- How to uncover the root of organizational challenges and solve them with a solution centric approach
- How to optimize and improve our ability to respond to unexpected circumstances
- When to embrace adversity as a catalyst for change
- Connecting the importance of practicing proactive behavior in your business operations to success, and how to redefine adversity as a positive tool that can strengthen teams and organizations powerfully
Chris Ruden Videos
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What topics does Chris Ruden speak about?
Chris Ruden is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Business Leadership, Change Management, Diabetes, Disability, Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Future of Work, Futurism, Health & Wellness, Healthcare, Inspirational, Men's Health, Overcoming Adversity -
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Chris Ruden is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Change is Strength: Letting Go of Yesterday’s Logic to Build a Better Tomorrow, Gaining the Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage and Creating Inclusive Workplace Cultures: Why Bother?. The estimated speaking fee range to book Chris Ruden for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Chris Ruden generally travels from Miami, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jim Davidson, Eric Boles, Adam Markel, Tatyana McFadden and Allison Massari. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chris Ruden for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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