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He is the creator of the 50 Masks of Leadership assessment and Inspired OS, a leadership-growth platform that helps organizations make culture, engagement, burnout, and leadership behaviors visible. His work has helped organizations reduce employee turnover by as much as 72 percent, strengthen engagement and accountability, and achieve an average 92 percent completion rate on strategic objectives.
Eric speaks to corporate leaders, executive teams, associations, and purpose-driven organizations on leadership, organizational culture, burnout, behavior visibility, and building a meaningful legacy.
He is the host of the television program The Inspired Culture and the author of The Empty Chair. Eric has also been recognized as a Real Leaders Top 80 Executive Coach and a Real Leaders Top Impact Speaker.
Through honest storytelling, practical frameworks, and deeply personal insights, Eric challenges audiences to remove the hidden behaviors holding them back and redefine what it means to succeed. His message equips people to lead with greater courage, clarity, and authenticity while building a legacy that matters.
A devoted husband, father of five, and marathon runner, Eric believes true success means winning at work, at home, personally, and relationally.
Eric Himes is a Behavior Visibility Expert, founder of The Inspired Culture, creator of The 50 Masks of Leadership, author of The Empty Chair, host of The Inspired Culture TV show, and a Top Voice recognized by Real Leaders. He was also recognized by Real Leaders as one of the Top 80 Executive Coaches in the world. Eric has dedicated his career to helping leaders and organizations uncover the hidden behaviors that shape culture, influence performance, and determine legacy.
For more than two decades, Eric has worked with executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare organizations, manufacturers, and leadership teams to solve one of the greatest challenges facing organizations today: leaders cannot change what they cannot see. While most leadership development focuses on skills and knowledge, Eric’s work reveals the invisible behaviors driving communication breakdowns, disengagement, burnout, conflict, and stalled growth.
Through his work, organizations have reduced voluntary turnover by as much as 46% while gaining the ability to measure culture, leadership, growth mindset, and burnout in real time, empowering leaders to address challenges before they become costly organizational problems.
As the creator of The 50 Masks of Leadership and the Inspired Culture Framework, Eric has pioneered the concept of Behavior Visibility, helping individuals recognize the protective behaviors they have developed over a lifetime and replace them with intentional leadership that builds trust, influence, and lasting impact. His work combines leadership psychology, culture measurement, executive coaching, and practical growth strategies to create measurable transformation for individuals and organizations alike.
Eric is also the author of The Empty Chair, a powerful exploration of living with intentionality and stewarding what matters most. Through deeply personal stories and practical insights, the book challenges readers to pursue success without sacrificing the relationships, purpose, and legacy that define a meaningful life. This message has become a cornerstone of Eric’s work.
Eric believes leadership is not measured solely by professional success, but by the legacy we leave in our families, our organizations, and the lives we influence every day. He is leading a growing movement helping leaders make hidden behaviors visible so they can lead with greater authenticity, courage, and lasting influence.
Eric’s presentations are known for being deeply personal, highly practical, and immediately actionable. Audiences leave seeing themselves differently. They uncover the hidden behaviors shaping their leadership, relationships, teams, and culture, and walk away with practical tools that create lasting transformation beginning the moment they leave the room.
Whether speaking to executives, leadership teams, associations, faith-based organizations, or conferences, Eric challenges audiences to rethink leadership from the inside out. His message is simple yet transformative:
The greatest leadership problem isn’t a lack of information. It’s a lack of behavior visibility. When leaders can finally see what has been hidden, everything changes. Teams become stronger. Cultures become healthier. Organizations perform at a higher level. And people begin building legacies that outlive them
The Empty Chair
The Inspired Culture OS
The 50 Masks of Leadership
The Inspired Culture Framework