Placing Stones
Doing and Having What Matters Most
Presented by Chris Hodges
The Hidden Formula for True Greatness
Are you feeling stretched thin, trying to be great at everything—your career, relationships, health, and personal growth—only to end up exhausted and frustrated? The truth is, there’s a hidden formula for achieving greatness, and it’s not about doing everything at once.
Who Needs Placing Stones?
The Hidden Path to Excellence
Most high-achievers believe they need to excel in every aspect of life simultaneously, but the secret to success is different. Placing Stones uncovers a strategic, time-tested approach to achieving greatness—by consciously choosing where and when to focus, you can reach extraordinary levels of achievement in the areas that truly matter most to you and your team.
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Loving what you do: Passion fuels sustained success.
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Learning deeply: Mastery comes from continuous growth.
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Leveraging the power of others: No one achieves greatness alone.
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Luck isn’t random: It's created through preparation and action.
The Four L's Formula for Greatness:
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Business leaders seeking clarity and impact
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Professionals striving for career success without burnout
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High achievers ready to unlock the hidden formula of time and focus
Who Needs Placing Stones?
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Business leaders seeking clarity and impact
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Professionals striving for career success without burnout
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High achievers ready to unlock the hidden formula of time and focus
The Hidden Path to Excellence
Key Takeaways
Here are three powerful takeaways your audience will walk away with after your Placing Stones – Doing and Having What Matters Most keynote:
1. Clarity Beats Complexity
Your audience will learn that trying to be great at everything leads to burnout and frustration. The key to true success is clarity—focusing their time and energy on what matters most right now, not everything all at once.
2. A Proven, Repeatable Framework: The Four Ls
They’ll leave with a clear, actionable model—Love, Learn, Leverage, and Luck—to help them identify priorities, make better decisions, and build sustainable momentum in the areas of life that truly matter.
3. Permission to Let Go and a Plan to Move Forward
Participants will feel a powerful shift: permission to stop chasing artificial standards of “having it all” and the encouragement to build success their way. Each will leave with a fresh mindset and a personal action plan to begin their own hero’s journey.
Services
Keynote:
Doing and Having What
Matters Most
45 - 90 Minutes
Keynote Overview
Today’s professionals in every industry are driven, ambitious—and often overwhelmed. Many in your audience are trying to be great at everything, all at once, and it’s leaving them anxious and unfocused. In Placing Stones, I reveal the secret to true, lasting success: focusing your time and energy on what matters most—your “stones.”
Using the Four Ls—Love, Learn, Leverage, and Luck—I guide each person to identify and build their unique path forward. This interactive, customized keynote sparks clarity, optimism, and action.
Attendees walk away engaged, energized, and ready to begin their own hero’s journey toward the success they truly want and deserve.
Note: The groups get the most out of the Keynote when I can speak to members in advance and integrate their specific priorities.
Keynote & Virtual
Workshop Series
on Placing Stones
Keynote + four 1-hour Virtual Sessions
This includes the Keynote plus the Virtual Workshop Series.
To reinforce and apply the keynote message, a four-part virtual working session series, done over subsequent weeks, is available. The sessions are 60-90 minutes. Size is limited to ensure participation and attention. Each session focuses on one of the Four Ls, featuring:
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A short presentation of best practices for the week’s L
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Interactive group discussions
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Assignments to apply insights in real life
Session Breakdown:
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Love – Reconnecting with what truly matters to you
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Learn – Growing intentionally in your chosen area of focus
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Leverage – Tapping into the support, tools, and people around you
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Luck – Creating your own luck through preparation and presence
The final session culminates in the creation of a personal action plan to turn clarity into momentum and purpose into results.
One-Day Workshop
Deep Dive Into
Concepts, Tips & Techniques
1 Day
One-Day Workshop
For teams ready to dive deep and take immediate action, the Placing Stones One-Day Workshop delivers the full experience in a single, powerful day and includes a copy of Placing Stones and a structured workbook.
Workshop Structure:
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Morning Session:
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Opening summary of Placing Stones and the Four Ls
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Deep dive into Love and Learn with breakout activities and best practices
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Afternoon Session:
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Focus on Leverage and Luck with hands-on exercises and group dialogue
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Guided development of each participant’s Personal Action Plan
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This immersive day equips every attendee with the mindset, tools, and steps to focus their time and energy where it counts most—and walk away ready to take action.
Inviting Chris Hodges to be a keynote speaker was an excellent decision and directly lead to a high energy, credible and useful start to our all important country practice meeting. Chris has the gravitas and content to connect with our high performing colleagues.
Martin Soegard
Managing Partner, Deloitte Nordic
Chris was our keynote speaker. His talk stimulated conversation, excited executives about change and helped our attendees see that the future as both exciting and inspiring.
Barack Eilam
CEO, NICE
Christopher Hodges is a captivating speaker on the topics of leadership, change and technology implementation. His corporate experience across continents provides credibility and his passion and energy for the topics create optimism and momentum.
Brian Reffell
CCO & Programme Director, Proqis
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Contact & Booking
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