Turn Ideas Into Action
Bring Charlie Gilkey in for high-impact keynotes, breakouts, and workshops
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.
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.
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 forthcoming book, due out in 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.
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.
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.
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.
Past Speaking Engagements
2022 Speaking Engagements
- November 2022: Fishbowl LIVE: Discover Your Hidden Imprint For Work That Makes You Come Alive
- August 2022: The Mom Project: How to Be Productive in a Digital Thunderstorm
- June 2022: NewTech PDX: Momentum and The Importance of Doing Your Best Work
- June 2022: Angel Oregon Tech PitchSLAM: Productivity and Momentum
- April 2022: Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN): Workplace Transformation: Team, Tools and Tech
- April 2022: Craftcation: Create a Schedule that Feeds Your Soul, Creativity, and Business
- January 2022: NPConnect Virtual Executive Director Breakfast
- January 2022: NYC Planner Addicts: The Momentum Planning Method
2021 Speaking Engagements
- August 2021: “Strategic Customer Development for Small Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- February 2021: The Big Ready - Productivityist with Mike Vardy
2020 Speaking Engagements
- February 2020: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Book Talk
- January 2020: ProductivityCon
2019 Speaking Engagements
- September 2019: Everything Conference
- August 2019: “Strategic Customer Development for Small Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- April 2019: Craftcation: Business & Makers Conference
- April 2019: Journey 2019
- February 2019: USA Cycling Summit
2018 Speaking Engagements
- August 2018: “Building Better Boundaries” with Angela Wheeler for CampGLP, hosted by Jonathan Fields
- July 2018: “Strategic Customer Development for Small Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- February 2018: “Building Better Boundaries” with Angela Wheeler for Think Better, Live Better
2017 Speaking Engagements
- August 2017: “Start Finishing: The 10 Keys to Doing Your Best Work” for CampGLP, hosted by Jonathan Fields
- June 2017: “Strategic Customer Development for Small Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- May 2017: “Systems Thinking for Conscious Business Owners” for The 108, hosted by Jonathan Fields
- February 2017: “Start Finishing: 3 Key Strategies to Simplify Your Plans, Enjoy the Process, and Do Your Best Work” for Think Better, Live Better
- January 2017: “Start Finishing This Year” for Wayfinding Academy
2016 Speaking Engagements
- October 2016: “The Small Business Life Cycle: What to Navigate and Accelerate Your Business’s Growth” for PetCare VISIBILITY, hosted by Joshua Cary
- August 2016: “Start Finishing: The 10 Keys to Doing Your Best Work” for CampGLP, hosted by Jonathan Fields
- August 2016: “Start Finishing: 3 Keys Strategies to Go From Idea to Done” Think Better, Live Better Academy for World Domination Summit
- July 2016: “Strategic Customer Development for Small Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- May 2016: “Authority Behind the Scenes with Pamela Wilson” for Copyblogger
- April 2016: “Winning Strategies Aren’t About Ideas – They’re About Execution” for Quiet Power Strategy Summit
- January 2016: “Start Finishing This Year” for Wayfinding Academy
- January 2016: “Start Finishing: 3 Key Strategies to Simplify Your Plans, Enjoy the Process, and Do Your Best Work” for Think Better, Live Better
2015 Speaking Engagements
- October 2015: “Start Finishing: 3 Key Strategies to Simplify Your Plans, Enjoy the Process, and Do Your Best Work” for SimpleRev
- August 2015: “Work Smarter, Not Harder – Using Systems Thinking to Get Better Results in Your Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- August 2015: “Start Finishing: The 10 Keys to Doing Your Best Work” for CampGLP, hosted by Jonathan Fields
- June 2015: “Strategic Customer Development” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- May 2015: “Navigating the Stages of Business Growth” for Small Business Website Masterclass with Pia Larson
- February 2015: “How to Prioritize and Sequence Your Strategic Goals” for Protect and Profit from Your Intellectual Property with Rachel Rodgers – CreativeLive
2014 Speaking Engagements
- October 2014: “Implementation So You Can Make Money” for IPA Series
- October 2014: “Work Smarter, Not Harder – Using Systems Thinking to Get Better Results in Your Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- September 2014: “Strategic Customer Development” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- June 2014: “The 8Ps for Moving from a Helping Hunch to a Sellable Service Offering” for The Good Life Project Academy
- June 2014: “Work Smarter, Not Harder – Using Systems Thinking to Get Better Results in Your Business” for Portland Small Business Development Center
- March 2014: “Strategic Customer Development” for Small Business Development Center
2013 Speaking Engagements
- November 2013: “Rock the Halls: Holiday Time Management and Productivity Tips for Online Entrepreneurs” for CopyBlogger
- October 2013: “Communication Matchmaking: Managing Communication Styles, Preferences, and Technology” for Citrix
- October 2013: “The World Is Your Marketplace” for Small Business Development Center
- July 2103: “Marketing the Right Things At The Right Time: How You Market Depends on Where You Are” for DexOne
- May 2013: “5 Overlooked Principles of Execution” – SOBCon
- May 2013: “Good Communication Saves More Time Than It Takes” for Toastmasters International
- April 2013: “Money Talks: The Real Business Benefits of Effective Communication” for Citrix
- 2013: “Strategy Execution for Entrepreneurial Success” – GLP Immersion
2012 Speaking Engagements
- July 2012: Panelist at the Portland DexOne Local Leadership Event
- May 2012: “Effective Decision-Making Made Easy” for SOBCon
2011 Speaking Engagements
- October 2011: “It’s Not About What You Value, It’s About What They Value" for Molly Gordon Self-Employment Telesummit
- September 2011: “How to Find – And Focus On – What Actually Matters In Your Business” for Casey Truffo’s Practice Building Conference
- June 2011: “How to Embrace the No Man’s Land of Authorship” for Book Breakthrough NYC
- June 2011: Navigating the Small Business Life Cycle – Profit Catalyst
- May 2011: “How to Grow Your Business, One Stage and Season At A Time” for the Young Women Social Entrepreneur group in Portland, Oregon
2010 Speaking Engagements
- October 2010: “Go Big or Go Home .. or Go Deep,” for Andrea Lee’s Wealthy Thought Leader Event
- October 2010: “Content Creation and Management Strategies” for the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce’s “Social Media for Sales Success” workshop
2009 Speaking Engagements
- Jan 2009: “Project Management Within Academia,” for the University of Nebraska Draught Mitigation Team
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