Meet Phillip
Phillip Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE, is a Hall of Fame leadership keynote speaker, leadership trainer, executive coach, and author who has spent more than three decades helping organizations develop stronger, more effective leaders.
Drawing from his real-world leadership experience, Phillip equips executives, managers, and emerging leaders with commonsense strategies to make better decisions, communicate through difficult situations, build trust, and strengthen employee relationships. His masterful storytelling and audience-focused delivery make complex leadership challenges practical, memorable, and immediately useful.
Audiences leave with proven principles they can put into action to improve leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, and organizational performance.
Experience Event Professionals Can Trust
- National Speakers Association Hall of Fame inductee (CPAE)
- Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
- Recipient of NSA’s Cavett Award
- More than four decades of leadership experience
- Author of multiple leadership books
- Trusted by 1,300+ organizations across industries
STEPS LEADERS TAKE TO INTENTIONALLY CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT
This culture-shifting keynote inspires the audience to take responsibility for their leadership impact and empowers them with the mindset and methods for making decisions that create stronger teams, better communication, and a more significant impact.
THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR EXECUTIVE, ESTABLISHED, AND EMERGING LEADERS:
THE AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:
STRATEGIES TO SOLIDIFY LEADERSHIP CONNECTION
The strategies presented in this engaging keynote equip audience members to evaluate their effectiveness at building authentic employee relationships and elevate the way they listen, communicate, and engage with their people.
THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR EXECUTIVE, ESTABLISHED, AND EMERGING LEADERS:
THE AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:
BUILDING TRUST WHEN COMMUNICATING GETS CRITICAL
This commonsense keynote equips the audience with six unique communication strategies for building trust when relationships and results are riding on the words they say and the way they say them.
THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR EXECUTIVE, ESTABLISHED, AND EMERGING LEADERS:
THE AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:
What Event Professionals Can Expect
Decades of experience, thoughtfully applied to your audience and the outcomes your event must deliver.
Phillip brings more than four decades of leadership and keynote experience to every engagement. He takes time to understand your audience, organization, event goals, and leadership challenges, then draws from proven principles and real-world experience to deliver a message that is relevant, practical, and worthy of the trust placed in him.
Event professionals can expect:
- Purposeful customization: Phillip tailors his stories, examples, and applications to your audience and objectives while preserving the proven principles that give the keynote its lasting value.
- Seasoned perspective: Decades of experience across industries allow Phillip to recognize the leadership challenges audiences share and address them with clarity, credibility, and commonsense solutions.
- Confident preparation: Phillip works closely with your team, arrives fully informed, and brings the professionalism and composure required for high-stakes events.
- Practical audience value: Attendees leave with memorable strategies they can use to make better decisions, communicate more effectively, build trust, and strengthen workplace relationships.
- A trusted partner: Phillip understands the responsibility event professionals carry when recommending a keynote speaker. From the first planning conversation through the conclusion of the event, he works to make that decision a confident one.
Resources for Your Event
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See Phil's storytelling, energy, audience connection, and practical approach in action.
