Chris Laping — Co-Founder
You're good at what you do. Maybe great. But somehow, your ideas aren't landing the way they should. You're not getting invited to the meetings that matter. Your voice isn't breaking through. And the people around you (your boss, your peers, your team) are quietly asking two questions: 1. Do they know what they're talking about? 2. Do I trust them? Here's what I've learned after 18 years as a C-level and now coaching hundreds of leaders: The thing holding most of us back isn't competence. It's trust. You don't need to be louder. You don't need to self-promote. You just need to be unignorable. That's what my work is about. I help talented people get heard, trusted, and followed so they can make the impact they're meant to. A bit about me: I left a C-level role most people would kill for. Great boss. Brand I loved. Compensation that made leaving feel reckless. But I could see my future if I stayed: comfortable, predictable, safe. And that certainty I'd never fully use my gifts was suffocating. So I left to help others do what I spent years learning the hard way—build trusted influence without the noise. I wrote "People Before Things" about leading change in a way that honors the human experience. It became a bestseller because it challenged the idea that transformation is a technology problem. My next book, "Unignorable" (coming soon), is for everyone tired of being overlooked. It's about the five behaviors that separate high performers from high-impact leaders. The kind who get invited into rooms, trusted with decisions, and followed without needing a bigger title. I work with leaders and teams through: → Keynote speaking at conferences and company events → "Becoming Unignorable" cohorts for people ready to accelerate their influence → Biweekly insights in my newsletter If you've ever felt like your work should speak for itself but somehow… it doesn't, you're in the right place. Let's build something together.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leadership consultant with expertise in organizational transformation and high-trust influence.
Location: Denver, United States
Experience: 32 yrs 1 mo
Skills
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Change Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Cultural Transformation
- Business Transformation
- Management Consulting
- Business Analysis
Career Highlights
- Bestselling author on leadership and influence.
- Expert in building high-trust relationships.
- C-level experience with proven transformation success.
Work Experience
POPin
President & CEO (1 yr 6 mos)
OneYearNoBeer
Board of Directors (3 yrs 2 mos)
Coffee & Bagel Brands
Chief Innovation Officer (2 yrs)
Presto
Board of Directors (5 yrs 9 mos)
People Before Things
Founder (11 yrs)
The Weekly Unignorable
Writer (11 yrs)
Red Robin
Chief Transformation Officer (7 yrs 11 mos)
Statera, Inc.
Principal & Chief Information Officer (1 yr 4 mos)
General Motors
Divisional Chief Information Officer (4 yrs 10 mos)
T. Rowe Price
Director of Technology and Operational Partnerships (1 yr)
Communications Equity Associates
IT Director (6 yrs)
Education
MBA at University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Bachelors at Florida State University - Herbert Wertheim College of Business
