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Chad E. Foster

Harvard-Educated Executive Dealmaker & Billion-Dollar Generator; Resilience Leader & Blind Black Diamond Skier & Author

Chad E. Foster
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Atlanta, GA, USA
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Authors, Change Management, DEI, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Motivational, Overcoming Adversity, Resilience, Sales, Success
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Chad E. Foster Biography

Read Chad E. Foster’s resume, and you know he’s a rainmaker. A billion-dollar revenue generator, a job creator, a tech innovator. What’s not so obvious? He’s blind. And when he speaks to audiences, he shares a powerful message: His loss of eyesight as a young adult didn't hold him back. Instead, he embraced obstacles as opportunities.

Foster became the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School's leadership program and did what Oracle said couldn’t be done, becoming the first to create CRM software for the visually impaired. Turning adversity into advantage, he thrived at a Fortune 500 company, directing financial strategies that resulted in billions in revenue, industry-leading growth, and best-in-class margins despite hypercompetitive market conditions.

Today, Foster teaches this same overcomer mindset to companies around the world. He breaks down the anatomy of resilience using his tried-and-tested tools to empower people to emerge from setbacks stronger, sleeker, and resolute to succeed. He believes in helping others turn their challenges into opportunities, a mission that he values even more than his eyesight.

Connecting inspiration to implementation™, Foster provides a roadmap for overcoming obstacles and achieving the impossible. His keynotes are a blend of heartfelt stories, entertaining delivery, no-fluff truth-telling, and practical strategies tailored to empower individuals and teams to transcend their limitations. With Chad, audiences receive actionable insights on fostering a mindset of growth and resilience, driving them to redefine their boundaries.

His keynotes are not just talks; they are transformative experiences that ignite change, inspire action, and unlock potential. When you invite Foster to your event, you’re securing a catalyst for positive transformation, leaving your audience motivated, equipped, and eager to tackle their challenges with newfound vigor.

His direct and confident style, combined with a go-for-it inspiring belief system — he is an avid downhill skier and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner (that’s not a joke), has made him a high-impact keynote speaker for leaders at companies such as Google, IBM, Salesforce, GE and Microsoft. He’d be honored to inspire actions that drive outcomes at your next event.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/22/2024.

Chad E. Foster Speaking Topics

  • BLIND AMBITION: How to Go from Victim to Visionary™

    In this signature keynote, Chad will entertain, inspire, and move your audience, while teaching them how to shift their mindset from victim to visionary. Going blind at 21-years-old and facing a life with seemingly limited opportunities, Chad had to reinvent himself before even having a shot at success. Turning obstacles into opportunities, he became a Harvard-educated rainmaker, created countless jobs, and now he teaches teams how to cultivate resilient mindsets, adapt and thrive in change, and set ambitious goals with the right mindset to achieve them.

    This program gives your people the tools and inspiration to overcome difficult circumstances and create a promising positive future. More than just a motivational talk, this session connects inspiration to implementation.

  • NO MORE COMFORT ZONES: Growth Through Adversity

    Life without obstacles removes opportunity for growth. For any of us to grow, we need to step outside our comfort zones. In this powerful keynote, Chad teaches how the obstacles that lie in front of us can propel us towards our goals. Every organization finds itself face-to-face with problems that can seem insurmountable. Beyond Chad’s personal path of overcoming overwhelming odds, his business track record for moving through challenges and improving results gives a unique perspective on how comfort zones hold us back.

    Chad will talk about how he’s not successful in spite of being blind. He is successful because he’s blind. He embraced his problem and turned it into a solution. In this session Chad will teach your teams how to realize exponential growth through adversity.

  • DIVERSITY: The Engine for Innovation

    Chad was born part of the mainstream majority, but after going blind in college, he was treated differently as a disabled minority. After living over 20 years in both social groups, his unique vantage points of both worlds allow him to equip your teams to think differently about Diversity and Inclusion (DnI) in the workplace. Chad goes beyond just valuing each person. He will show how DnI drives business innovation. We know that diversity of thought creates change, and when harnessed correctly, change drives innovation. How can we create a culture that invites diversity of thought to have a welcomed seat at the table so each individual feels valued to contribute? This session shows how you can unlock the value of DnI in your workplace to power the innovation your business needs to thrive.

  • VICTIM TO VISIONARY ™: Resilience Workshop

    In this workshop Chad will lead you through the steps you can take to improve resilience. He teaches the practical tools you can apply to any situation in order to move your mindset from victim to visionary. During this session you will map out your resilience journey. After setting out your own personal vision of greatness, you will see your life more clearly than you ever have before. It can set you free to discover the amazing advantages that your disadvantages offer. You can then seek your own gifts that are disguised in terrible wrapping paper and see how the unique perspectives you’ve gained from those disadvantages contribute to your vision of greatness. Nothing in life is permanent. Everybody and everything changes. The only certainty is change. The key is figuring out how you will adapt.

Chad E. Foster Videos

  • BLIND AMBITION™: CHAD FOSTER KEYNOTE SPEAKER REEL
    BLIND AMBITION™: CHAD FOSTER KEYNOTE SPEAKER REEL
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    Chad E. Foster is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Change Management, DEI, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Motivational, Overcoming Adversity, Resilience, Sales, Success.

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Chad E. Foster is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as BLIND AMBITION: How to Go from Victim to Visionary™, NO MORE COMFORT ZONES: Growth Through Adversity , DIVERSITY: The Engine for Innovation and VICTIM TO VISIONARY ™: Resilience Workshop. The estimated speaking fee range to book Chad E. Foster for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Chad E. Foster generally travels from Atlanta, GA, 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, Allison Massari, Cassandra Worthy and Jessica Cox. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chad E. Foster for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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