CLAUDIO CHISTE
Claudio Chiste focuses on leadership and mental resilience, drawing on a rare mix of backgrounds: Combat Officer in the South African Navy, international banker, and maritime industry leader, before becoming a speaker, coach, author and co-founder of the Centre for Leadership & Coaching. Few voices in the leadership space combine military service and international finance in the same career, giving his material on pressure, decision-making and resilience a lived, first-hand edge.
His work is built around an Ownership-driven Leadership approach centred upon three principles: Own who you are. Own the result. Own the mission. He is the author of the award-winning books Rise of the Warrior Leader and Mental Toughness for Leaders, and has delivered a TED Talk on mental toughness in adversity.
Character beats Competency
• Dancing in the storm
• ‘Own’ your baggage, be it in life or work. Own it
• Overcoming speed bumps to complete the journey
Building a Strong Culture
• Leadership Drives Culture
• Forging the No Blame Culture
• Leading from the front
Audiences do not leave having heard a motivational talk, they leave with a framework they can actually use. They learn to separate what happened to them from how they respond to it, replacing blame and excuses with ownership of the result.
They walk away better equipped to stay composed under pressure, hold their team together when things go wrong, and keep moving when the easy option is to stop. The goal isn’t a temporary high. It is a shift in how people carry themselves the next time things get hard.
