Leadership Development Expert & Executive Coach; Founder & Chair of Van Hooser Leadership; Award-Winning Author of "Willie's Way"
Phillip Van Hooser Biography
Phillip Van Hooser is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and award-winning author specializing in leadership development, employee engagement, and organizational performance. As the founder and chair of Van Hooser Leadership, Van Hooser has provided leadership training and keynote presentations to more than 1,300 organizations, offering practical guidance on decision-making, trust-building, communication, and employee relations. His expertise is informed by experience in manufacturing, consumer products, and banking, including roles as a human resources director in Fortune 500 companies.
Van Hooser has shared his leadership process with individuals and organizations globally through keynotes, training programs, books, and strategic advising. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, community banks, and government agencies, all seeking effective leadership strategies and improved workplace culture. He is also the founder and leadership training expert of Leaders Ought To Know, a leadership development program that utilizes online and on-site training to enhance leadership skills.
As an author, Van Hooser has written several books that serve as resources for leaders at all levels. His customer service book, "Willie's Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing and Winning Customers and Their Loyalty," provides insights into sales and customer service fundamentals. "Leaders Ought to Know: 11 Ground Rules for Common Sense Leadership" outlines foundational principles for relational, integrity-based leadership. "Earning the Right to Be Heard: Sell Your Ideas, Build Your Influence, Grow Your Opportunities" offers a step-by-step approach to idea-selling and influence-building.
Van Hooser is a long-standing member and past president of the National Speakers Association, a Certified Speaking Professional, a member of the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Cavett Award. He has contributed to community leadership development by founding Vision 2050, a nonprofit initiative focused on rural-area millennial leaders, where he serves as advisor, instructor, mentor, and coach. Van Hooser is recognized for his contributions to leadership training and development across industries.
Phillip Van Hooser Speaking Topics
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Choose to Lead: 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:
- Stressed by their lack of skills and confidence or afraid of making the wrong decisions when leading multi-generational employees with diverse backgrounds and attitudes toward work
- Challenged to rapidly equip, prepare and retain high potential employees for transition into management/leadership roles as the labor market tightens and their current leaders exit
- Needing to build a cohesive culture of trust as they navigate mergers, acquisitions, and rapid change
Keynote Takeaways:
- A fresh outlook on the critical role that intentionally choosing to lead plays in elevating individual and organizational leadership effectiveness
- A powerful model for improving the quality and appropriateness of organizational decisions made
- The 5 bases of decision-making and actionable methods for making decisions that deliver better results.
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Too Busy for Details: Strategies to Solidify Leadership Connection (Based on Phillip’s book, Leaders Ought to Know)
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:
- Dealing with broken trust, disengagement, conflict, or low productivity due to changing workplace demands or a disjointed organizational culture
- Preparing for management transitions brought on by reorganization or demographic, market, or culture shifts
- Anticipating rapid growth that will require high levels of teamwork, collaboration, and empowerment
Keynote Takeaways:
- A better understanding of why employees want authentic connections, how these connections affect engagement and performance, and how to establish those connections
- Steps to improve active listening and open communication and build greater respect, trust, and authenticity
- Engaging examples of what to do and what not to do to solidify trusting, cohesive relationships that improve employee performance and retention
Phillip Van Hooser Videos
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What topics does Phillip Van Hooser speak about?
Phillip Van Hooser is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Business Coaching, Business Growth, Business Leadership, Change Management, College, Communication, Corporate Culture, Customer Experience, Disruptive Thinking, Executive Leadership, Family & Parenting, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing, Motivational, Negotiation, Overcoming Adversity, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Sales, Storytelling, Strategic Leadership, Teamwork & Teambuilding, Thought Leadership -
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Phillip Van Hooser is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Choose to Lead: Steps Leaders Take to Intentionally Create Positive Impact, Too Busy for Details: Strategies to Solidify Leadership Connection (Based on Phillip’s book, Leaders Ought to Know), We Need to Talk: Building Trust When Communicating Gets Critical (Based on Phillip’s book, We Need to Talk) and Moving Up, Moving On: Succession Planning for Continuity and Long-Term Growth (Joint Keynote with Alyson Van Hooser). The estimated speaking fee range to book Phillip Van Hooser for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Phillip Van Hooser generally travels from Princeton, KY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Garrison Wynn, Rolfe Carawan, Afterburner, Doug Lipp and Joseph Grenny. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Phillip Van Hooser for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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