Georgie Barrat
Technology Broadcaster | Journalist | AI and Digital Transformation Speaker | Founder, The AI Method
Adrian Gostick
5x #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Carrot Principle & All In | Founder of The Culture Works | Thinkers50 Top 50 Executive Coach
Founder of The Culture Works and 5x #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Carrot Principle, All In, and Anxiety at Work, speaker Adrian Gostick is one of the world's most-cited voices on engagement, gratitude, and high-performing teams. Senior leaders book him to translate three decades of culture research into practical playbooks for managing change, reducing workplace anxiety, and leading resilient teams.
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Adrian Gostick biography
Leadership speaker Adrian Gostick is one of the world’s most-cited authorities on culture, employee engagement, and high-performing teams. He is the founder of The Culture Works and a five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author whose ideas have shaped how leading organizations think about gratitude, anxiety, recognition, and resilience at work.
Gostick is co-author of The Carrot Principle, All In, The Best Team Wins, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. His books have sold more than 1.5 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages, and he has been praised as “fascinating” by Fortune and “creative and refreshing” by The New York Times. He has appeared on NBC’s Today and CNN, and writes regularly for Forbes on leadership and culture.
Recognized as a Thinkers50 Top 50 Executive Coach and a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 100 Coaches, Gostick is a perennial Global Gurus Top 10 leader in Leadership and Organizational Culture and was named to Inc.’s Top 50 Leadership & Management Experts.
From Recognition Research to Resilient Teams
Gostick’s keynotes are built on some of the largest culture studies ever conducted, including an 850,000-person dataset on team performance and a 300,000-person engagement study with Towers Watson. From this body of evidence, he gives leaders specific, repeatable practices for reducing workplace anxiety, lifting engagement, and building teams that stay together through change.
His consulting clients include Bank of America, Danaher, Rolls-Royce, Jeld-Wen, and California Pizza Kitchen, where he advises senior executives on workplace culture, leadership behavior, and the human side of strategy execution.
As a speaker, Adrian Gostick blends data with storytelling to give senior audiences a clear, actionable playbook for managing change, fostering innovation, and leading high-performing teams in volatile times. Learn more at his official website.
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In this signature keynote, Adrian Gostick distills the findings from a 300,000-person culture study into seven actions any leader can take to build a culture where employees believe in the work and feel they can make a difference. Through real-life case studies and engaging storytelling, he shows how high-performing organizations align their people around purpose, energize day-to-day execution, and consistently outperform their peers — even in volatile markets.
Drawing on his bestseller of the same name, Gostick helps leaders understand the most common drivers of workplace anxiety — uncertainty, perfectionism, conflict avoidance, social anxiety — and how they quietly drag down performance and retention. He delivers eight evidence-based strategies for cultivating calm, candid, high-trust teams, including specific language and conversation moves managers can use to support their people without compromising standards.
In this powerful talk, Gostick presents research showing why gratitude is one of the most underused leadership levers — and how recognizing the right behaviors directly increases engagement, retention, and discretionary effort. He explores why so many leaders struggle to express gratitude despite its proven benefits, and offers practical strategies to build a culture of recognition that performs equally well in office, hybrid, and remote settings.
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FAQs on Booking Adrian Gostick
Why Adrian Gostick?
Adrian Gostick is a 5x #1 New York Times bestselling author, founder of The Culture Works, and one of the very few speakers consistently named to the Global Gurus Top 10, Thinkers50 Top 50 Executive Coaches, and Inc.'s Top 50 Leadership & Management Experts. What sets him apart is his ability to translate decades of large-scale culture research — including 850,000-person and 300,000-person studies — into practical, manager-ready frameworks for engagement, gratitude, and anxiety. Senior teams book Gostick when they want a keynote that moves the needle on culture metrics, not just morale. Book Adrian Gostick through Aurum Speakers Bureau for your next leadership event.
What is The Culture Works?
The Culture Works is the consulting and training firm founded by Adrian Gostick, focused on helping organizations build high-performing, low-anxiety cultures grounded in recognition, engagement, and resilient teamwork. The firm partners with global enterprises to deliver leadership development, manager training, and culture diagnostics — translating Gostick and his co-author Chester Elton's research into in-house programs and tools used by Fortune 500 leaders.
What is Adrian Gostick's most recent book about?
Adrian Gostick's most recent book with Chester Elton, Anxiety at Work, addresses the most common causes of stress in the modern workplace and offers eight strategies for cultivating calm, supportive, and high-performing teams. The book gives managers concrete language and tools for engaging in productive conversations about emotions during uncertain times, with the goal of helping people show up at their best without compromising performance.
What kinds of audiences does Adrian Gostick speak to?
Adrian Gostick speaks regularly at executive leadership summits, HR conferences, sales kickoffs, and culture transformation events for organizations like Bank of America, Danaher, Rolls-Royce, Jeld-Wen, and California Pizza Kitchen. He is also a frequent voice in Forbes, the New York Times, and on NBC's Today and CNN. To bring Adrian Gostick's research-backed leadership insights to your audience, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
How to book Adrian Gostick as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Adrian Gostick speaking fee?
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Can I book Adrian Gostick for a virtual keynote?
Yes, Adrian Gostick is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Adrian Gostick for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.
