Michael Diettrich-Chastain

Michael
Diettrich-Chastain

Michael blends two decades of leadership expertise with deep psychological insight, delivering experiential keynotes that drive real change.

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Create Memorable Experiences

Conference organizers and event planners are always looking for ways to engage the audience in a memorable experience. The organizers and the audience want experience but often just get passive learning.

Michael solves this problem.

Challenges

As a leader, you have undoubtedly struggled with some of the following questions and problems:

Boring speaking event with no audience engagement
How do leaders truly increase profit, manage stress, reduce turnover and improve employee/team performance?
How to adapt as a leader amidst a rapidly changing world
How to influence attendance at events and guarantee return attendees
How to manage change as a leader
How to reduce turnover and create a workplace culture of massive engagement

How Michael Can Help

Michael is uniquely qualified to address three primary problems in his experiential keynotes. Overarchingly the topics of leadership, change and engagement are all connected and within each of Michael’s talks. Titles and outcomes below:

The Lucrative Leader

Helps leaders understand the primary influencers of high-performing workplace cultures.

The Adaptable Leader

Michael is an expert on change and often consults with leaders on how to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing environment.

Influential Leader

Discover a powerful new model of leadership that will elevate your influence, sharpen your questions, and ignite meaningful behavior change across your organization

“Michael has provided multiple services for our conference including an opening experience for 600+ of our attendees, a full day training experience and multiple break out sessions. After running this conference for more than 10 years, I can honestly say that Michael is in the top 1% of speakers with whom we have worked. His expertise on leadership and interactive delivery is truly unique. I’ve received raving reviews from our attendees who are excited about the lessons they can turn around and immediately apply to improve their teams and businesses. We are excited to have Michael return next year!”

Jeff Winston
Operations & Education Manager, NAFDMA

Experience

Michael Diettrich Chastain, is a best selling author, speaker, professional coach and consultant dedicated to peak performance.

Michael is an expert on peak performance in the workplace and is passionate about helping leaders and teams create company cultures of engagement, sustainability, and purpose. He is the founder of Arc Integrated, a leadership development consultancy serving teams and leaders around the globe. Michael is widely regarded by the various CEO’s and leaders he has worked with as the “go to resource” for helping to transform the company cultures in which he works. His writing has been featured in Time, Money, Entrepreneur and The Washington Post and his first book (Changes) which was released in 2019 became an instant best seller in multiple categories. Michael’s mission is to help create and maintain purpose driven organizations that elevate the consciousness of all involved.

Credentials

B.A. in Psychology & Spanish, UW LaCrosse
M.A. in Community Counseling, Appalachian State University
Post Masters Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy, Appalachian State University
Licensed Professional Counselor – North Carolina – #8834
Certified Communication Coach
Certified Xchange Facilitator
Certified in the following assessment tools:
- Advanced Insights Profile
- Actualized Leadership Profile
- Actualized Leadership 360 Profile
- Group Culture Profile
18 years coaching experience
International speaker & facilitator
Best selling author
CEO

Michael was an appealing and engaging speaker who maintained the interest of our entire group, and our group is so diverse that it’s not an easy thing to do. He helped our entire team learn more about each other and how they can improve communication in our group.

Herb Arnold Director of Sales, Biltmore Farms Hotels

I hired Michael and Arc Integrated to partner with me in May 2023 for my Meet You In Kentucky conference. Michael was an absolute dream to work with. His presentation was a highlight for many of my attendees and I loved hearing about all of their takeaways. He also used the Changes cards to open the event and the amount of connection and openness that generated was off the charts! Highly recommend!

Kasey Compton Author, CEO, Kasey Compton

While at a conference earlier this year, Michael listened to my business concerns and offered me a mini preview of what it would be like to get coaching from him. I was sold immediately. The advice he gave in only a few minutes made the world of difference. Since then, I have been working with Michael individually to help grow as a business owner. In that time I have created new policies and procedures in my business, hired a director to the leadership team, increased in business revenue, and increased my ability to have hard but needed conversations with my team members. If you are a high level business owner looking to grow in your leadership skills, you need to reach out to Arc Integrated.

Whitney Owens Private Practice Owner, Waters Edge Counseling

5 Reasons to Hire Michael

Audience Engagement

An event that stands out among others, as it will be seen as an opportunity for “wisdom sharing” rather than passive learning.

Backed by Experience

Michael has been actively training, coaching and speaking to others for almost 20 years.

Memorable

An audience that has had a unique learning experience, excited to share their experience with others & return to the event next year.

Disrupting an Industry

Event planners are able to showcase that they’ve created a unique and dynamic learning experience for audience members through bringing in a facilitator and not just a keynote speaker.

Community-Focused

An event that focuses on building relationships across audience members, thus driving the learning, outcomes and action post event.

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Results

An audience that has had a unique learning experience and excited to return to the event next year
An audience that feels more connected to each other because they co-created solutions in real time
Event planners that feel pride that they are disrupting an industry. The event planners are able to showcase that they’ve created a unique and dynamic learning experience for audience members through bringing in a facilitator and not just a keynote speaker
An event that stands out among others, as it will be seen as an opportunity for “wisdom sharing” rather than passive learning

VIDEO

How Conference Organizers Can Expedite Learning and Connection at Scale

In this video, Michael delves into his approach to assisting conference organizers. He showcases how he transforms their events from mere passive learning sessions into highly engaging experiential learning opportunities.

Takeaways

There is always more wisdom in the room than can be harnessed from any one individual. Michael’s unique gift is harnessing that wisdom from the crowds he speaks to. Audiences often report that watching Michael speak (and facilitate) was one of the most unique conference experiences they have had. The learning that Michael drives for audience members is interactive. This helps to ensure a few things:

That the knowledge gained from the talk is memorable.
That the audience feels a connection to another participant – which drives interest and engagement in the event as a whole.
That the event is a place where the audience is contributing to the ideas, rather than just being spoon-fed “inspiration.” The result here is that the audience feels a sense of community and a desire to return.

Our Executive Leadership Team has worked closely with Michael for the past year and the results of this engagement have had a profound impact on our company. We utilize the many of the strategies that we have learned from him on a daily basis as what he has to offer is practical and implementable. Individual and group coaching has helped us to improve our communication skills and function on a higher level as a leadership team.

Cary Bernstein Executive Director, Stand for Animals

Michael’s insight has been integral to the growth of my business. I consistently lean on his knowledge and understanding of team dynamics and client engagement. My personal and professional growth potential has risen exponentially! Thank you Michael for all you do to support our cause!!

Jared Kay Founder, Amplified Media

Michael’s energy and expertise in leadership and creating community is exactly what I needed to feel confident in leading my team with heart. I love his style of sharing information and relying on feedback to strengthen the process. Michael is a star!! I use his cards in sessions all the time.

Katie Keates May

Founder of Become a Group Guru

Hiring Michael with XChange has greatly impacted our organization. During the pandemic alone he has helped us plan and facilitate events for hundreds of attendees, resulting in both business growth as well as new ways of engaging and adding value for our clients. Michael’s ability to facilitate highly engaging virtual events has helped us improve our reputation and strengthen our brand

Andrew Smallwood Director of Sales, Second Nature

Arc Integrated provided the type of guidance that I didn’t even know that I was looking for. We have an ever expanding company in a challenging industry and sometimes we lose sight of the best ways to lead our teams. Through our sessions I was able to develop new ways to engage the team and we are better off for it. He challenged me on many fronts and ultimately helped me to become a better leader, and helped me to see that this is an ever evolving process and a life long commitment.

Brian McCormack VP of Operations, Atlas Restaurant Group

This event was extremely thought provoking for me on a whole host of levels – personally, organizationally, globally etc. Being such an introvert; it is difficult for me to “engage” but I’m glad that I did! Really great information as well as a great learning experience.