Phil Jewell
Powerful storytelling combined with practical and lessons learned across countries, continents, and cultures.
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It was not only relevant for the target audience (agents) but to all present. Very inspiring, captured me the whole time. Definitely change my viewpoints.”
Amazing session! Hope to have you back next year!”
Equip your leaders to create effective team environments, where trust is strong and people are happier and more fulfilled.
10 Leadership Behaviors that Sabotage Success
This dynamic session exposes the subtle yet damaging pitfalls that undermine effective leadership. It challenges leaders to see opposition as loyalty and to seek fresh perspectives beyond titles and experience. It warns against the blurring of lines when we prioritize friendship over respect and becoming the leader teams want instead of the ones they need.
We'll take a look at the limits we create when we focus on accountability and not capability, pile on tasks without clearing clutter, and become too accessible, inadvertently reducing resilience. Finally, it challenges the role of a leader in motivating the team and highlights how we waste energy solving the wrong problem. This talk empowers leaders to break these habits and lead with clarity, strength, and purpose. 60-90 mins
Serve to Lead
Keynote · Video · Feedback: Florida REALTORS® Leaders · “You exist for them; they do not exist for you.” We're all leaders, whether or not we hold official positions. We are constantly learning, growing, and sometimes failing. In "Serve to Lead," Phil shares his three key leadership principles, two essential questions for any leader, and one insightful reflection.
Drawing from his experiences in Afghanistan's wadis and deserts, he illustrates how these principles, instilled during training and tested in intense situations, became the foundation of his leadership. Transitioning from the military to civilian leadership, Phil demonstrates how these principles are universally applicable, emphasizing that leadership begins with oneself, transcending industry or profession.
· 3 Principles on Character, Trust and Owning who we are
· 2 questions focusing on developing those around us and maximizing talents
· 1 enduring thought we all must ponder 60-90 mins
The Irrelevant Leader: The Art of Leading by Letting Go
Keynote · Video · The real test of leadership is how well the team you lead can keep moving forward when you’re not there. Maximize talent by encouraging leaders to become more irrelevant through the trust, delegation, and empowerment of those around them.
Drawing from a diverse background spanning military service, public administration, and various other roles, Phil delivers a compelling narrative woven with personal anecdotes from leadership experiences across different contexts. Central to his message is the idea that minimizing individual importance enhances the collective team impact. Through universal lessons extracted from his time in Afghanistan and other challenges, Phil offers key principles, practical questions, and reflections for those seeking to empower others.
· Uncover the single most important measurement there is to leadership ability and performance.
· Discover the importance of character and mindset in creating an environment where empowerment and delegation can thrive.
· Understand how to attach meaning to work.
· Gain the courage and confidence to be truly authentic and show up exactly as your true self.
· Leave with the one enduring thought at the core of everyone's success. 60-90 mins
You Change Lives! Seeking Meaning Over Transaction
Keynote · Feedback: RE/MAX Atlantic · Florida REALTORS® · Berkshire Hathaway Fox Roach · From serving as a young Army officer leading soldiers in combat to working in the real estate industry, Phil shares powerful personal stories to illustrate the principles, practical questions, and considerations for advancing your business. He reflects on the lessons learned while patrolling Afghanistan's Wadis and deserts and navigating some of the most intense challenges a leader can face. What he shares, both in content and in spirit, is as real and authentic as it gets. Phil connects his stories to the unique challenges faced by sales professionals and business owners, revealing lessons that are fundamental to your success and will both resonate and endure.
· Discover the importance of character and mindset as bridges to connect with your clients.
· Describe two key questions you need to ask to get to the heart of your client’s needs.
· Gain the courage and confidence to be truly authentic with those you serve.
· Uncover the mental shift required to create a long-lasting legacy and a resilient, authentic brand. 60-90 mins
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Navigating Change, Embracing Conflict, and Enhancing Engagement
Designed to equip leaders with the essential tools, strategies, and mindset needed to thrive in times of change, transform conflict into constructive outcomes, and foster a culture of engagement within teams and organizations.
- Understand Change
- Redefine Conflict
- Enhance Employee Engagement
Becoming a Purpose Driven Organization
Purpose-driven companies have 30% higher levels of innovation, over 40% higher levels of retention, and provide people with a sense of identity and belonging. And yet how many of us can say we attach the bigger meaning and purpose to the work we do? In this workshop, Phil will guide you through a journey of finding your own organizational purpose.
Mindset and Meaning
Expanding on Phil’s signature keynote points, this workshop takes a deeper dive into the main themes, exploring what they mean to us as individuals and teams, and how we might put them into action.
Phil is a graduate of the British Army’s Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, arguably the world’s best leadership school. He has served with the British, Canadian, and US Army. By his mid-twenties he was leading soldiers in overseas combat, going on to serve as a senior leader working alongside nations and cultures from around the world. His subsequent journey led him to becoming an executive in both the provincial and federal governments, as well as an academic leadership instructor, before launching two successful businesses, a boutique leadership development business, and a real estate media and marketing company.
He is a certified executive coach, has held the project management professional (PMP) designation, and has an MA in Disaster and Emergency Management.
Phil describes himself as “A lifelong learner trying to show up every day and a human with the many flaws and failures that have made me who I am.”
Career Highlights Include
• Led a highly diverse, 40-person combat team in Afghanistan, involving numerous high-risk operations.
• Worked in the US Army Headquarters responsible for all Middle East operations, including Syria and Iraq.
• Led the training and deployment of a 350-person immediate response organization that provided military assistance to the Atlantic Provinces.
• Planned & led an intensive assessment course to select future British Army leaders who would deploy on operations.
• Led newly commissioned officer training for the Canadian Armed Forces.
• Led a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the safety and security of all marine transportation in the Arctic Waters, importantly including the Northwest Passage.
• Launched 2 successful business, alongside his wife, during the height of the pandemic.
Past Real Estate Industry Audiences Include:
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10 Leadership Behaviors that Sabotage Success
This dynamic session exposes the subtle yet damaging pitfalls that undermine effective leadership. It challenges leaders to see opposition as loyalty and to seek fresh perspectives beyond titles and experience. It warns against the blurring of lines when we prioritize friendship over respect and becoming the leader teams want instead of the ones they need.
We'll take a look at the limits we create when we focus on accountability and not capability, pile on tasks without clearing clutter, and become too accessible, inadvertently reducing resilience. Finally, it challenges the role of a leader in motivating the team and highlights how we waste energy solving the wrong problem. This talk empowers leaders to break these habits and lead with clarity, strength, and purpose. 60-90 mins
Serve to Lead
Keynote · Video · Feedback: Florida REALTORS® Leaders · “You exist for them; they do not exist for you.” We're all leaders, whether or not we hold official positions. We are constantly learning, growing, and sometimes failing. In "Serve to Lead," Phil shares his three key leadership principles, two essential questions for any leader, and one insightful reflection.
Drawing from his experiences in Afghanistan's wadis and deserts, he illustrates how these principles, instilled during training and tested in intense situations, became the foundation of his leadership. Transitioning from the military to civilian leadership, Phil demonstrates how these principles are universally applicable, emphasizing that leadership begins with oneself, transcending industry or profession.
· 3 Principles on Character, Trust and Owning who we are
· 2 questions focusing on developing those around us and maximizing talents
· 1 enduring thought we all must ponder 60-90 mins
The Irrelevant Leader: The Art of Leading by Letting Go
Keynote · Video · The real test of leadership is how well the team you lead can keep moving forward when you’re not there. Maximize talent by encouraging leaders to become more irrelevant through the trust, delegation, and empowerment of those around them.
Drawing from a diverse background spanning military service, public administration, and various other roles, Phil delivers a compelling narrative woven with personal anecdotes from leadership experiences across different contexts. Central to his message is the idea that minimizing individual importance enhances the collective team impact. Through universal lessons extracted from his time in Afghanistan and other challenges, Phil offers key principles, practical questions, and reflections for those seeking to empower others.
· Uncover the single most important measurement there is to leadership ability and performance.
· Discover the importance of character and mindset in creating an environment where empowerment and delegation can thrive.
· Understand how to attach meaning to work.
· Gain the courage and confidence to be truly authentic and show up exactly as your true self.
· Leave with the one enduring thought at the core of everyone's success. 60-90 mins
You Change Lives! Seeking Meaning Over Transaction
Keynote · Feedback: RE/MAX Atlantic · Florida REALTORS® · Berkshire Hathaway Fox Roach · From serving as a young Army officer leading soldiers in combat to working in the real estate industry, Phil shares powerful personal stories to illustrate the principles, practical questions, and considerations for advancing your business. He reflects on the lessons learned while patrolling Afghanistan's Wadis and deserts and navigating some of the most intense challenges a leader can face. What he shares, both in content and in spirit, is as real and authentic as it gets. Phil connects his stories to the unique challenges faced by sales professionals and business owners, revealing lessons that are fundamental to your success and will both resonate and endure.
· Discover the importance of character and mindset as bridges to connect with your clients.
· Describe two key questions you need to ask to get to the heart of your client’s needs.
· Gain the courage and confidence to be truly authentic with those you serve.
· Uncover the mental shift required to create a long-lasting legacy and a resilient, authentic brand. 60-90 mins
