Eric Klein

Eric Klein is a visionary, author, community leader, business advisor, and professional speaker on leadership development, corporate culture, and organizational change. For 20 years, Eric has worked with over 15,000 leaders from a wide variety of corporate settings: Fortune 500 companies, healthcare, municipal, governmental and non-profit organizations-as well as mid-size companies.

Over the past two decades Eric Klein has been a leading voice in the movement to bring greater spirit, meaning, and authenticity to the workplace. His transformative message and practical approach has helped leaders create organizations where values and purpose fuel productivity, accountability, and collaboration.

“Authentic. That’s what comes to mind when you see Eric Klein in action. I have had the privilege to see many of today’s executive trainers and consultants and Eric is among the best. At the core his message is as much about who you are as a leader, not just what you do. He invites you to consider the consistency between your values and actions. Eric models the message of authenticity, giving a profound punch to the pragmatic skills he teaches.”
Bruce Nolin
Director
Treasury Executive Institute

Eric’s most recent book is You are the Leader You’ve Been Waiting For: Enjoying High Performance and High Fulfillment at Work won a Nautilus Book award as a world-changing book that contributes to positive social change and responsible leadership.

He is the co-author of the best selling book Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work (over 250,000 copies sold) and To Do or Not To Do: How Successful Leaders Make Better Decisions based on research and experiences with more than 200 companies.

Eric Klein has held management positions at two Fortune 500 companies and successfully developed businesses in the education, publishing, and consulting industries. Eric combines his experiences in business with 30 years of teaching and practicing meditation.

He is one of the few Westerners to have received ordination into a 5,000-year-old yoga lineage. With his wife Deborah, Eric leads the Wisdom Heart Community, a non-profit organization that brings classical meditation methods to people grappling with the challenges of modern life.

His unique work has been featured on CNN and in the LA Times, HealthCare Forum, The American Medical Journal, Leadership Reflections, Quality and Productivity, and the Association Management Magazine.

Eric with his wife, Deborah, in their backyard garden.