EMPOWER your team to ENGAGE and EXECUTE through real-world leadership stories and commonsense illustrations. If you need to FUEL LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE and AMP UP INFLUENCE… Phillip Van Hooser is ready to help!

As a trusted advisor and keynote speaker for major U.S. companies and organizations, Phil Van Hooser has one driving mission: to prepare business leaders with commonsense guidance for the opportunities and obstacles awaiting them.

A seasoned leader in manufacturing and banking, Phil has been showing entry-level, mid-level, and executive leaders how to successfully execute their responsibilities while authentically engaging and empowering their people for 30+ years.

As a result, thousands of leaders from myriad industries are engaging more authentically, executing their responsibilities more effectively, and compounding their influence and impact in the companies, communities, and circles in which they live!

Conversational.

From the time his grandmother knelt to look him in the eye and instill her wisdom in him, Phil has understood the value of intentionally, authentically connecting, and engaging with people.

“I’m here to talk with you… about you.” 

Like a trusted mentor or old friend, Phil shares truth and wisdom. Sometimes revealed through a story. Sometimes pointed. Sometimes from his own mistakes. 

It worked for his grandmother. It resonated through Phil’s career. It is the bedrock of his approach to leadership, and the hallmark of his presentation style.

Commonsense.

In business and in life, people need answers that are practical and approaches that really work. As Phil shares commonsense concepts, audiences start shaking their heads in agreement and reflecting on their own journey. 

Why? Because they know Phil understands what they are going through. His front-row seat in high-pressure industries validates the ideas that deliver results… and discredits the ones that do anything but.

Audiences see the possibilities in the perspectives he presents. Engaged, inspired, equipped — they’re ready to put them into practice and experience their own personal results!

Challenging the Status Quo.

Some people will tell you what you want to hear whether it’s truthful or not. That’s the attitude that reinforces so-so results and leads so many people off course.

While some realities are hard to hear, Phil doesn’t shy away from the truth. He is a status quo challenger — committed to helping individuals make informed choices with accurate expectations to achieve the results their roles demand and they personally desire!