Phil Jewell
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bestselling Author | Resilience, Military & Entrepreneurial Leadership Expert
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PHIL JEWELL BIOGRAPHY
Phil Jewell is a leadership expert, executive coach, and the creator of The Irrelevant Leader™ program, a framework that redefines leadership through service, trust, and empowerment. He is the founder of an organization dedicated to advancing leadership excellence through evidence-based strategies and practical development programs.
Phil Jewell’s career began at the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, where he received one of the world’s most respected leadership foundations. He went on to serve with distinction in the British, Canadian, and United States Armies, gaining operational experience across Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Throughout his military service, Phil Jewell led diverse teams in high-pressure environments, where success required unity, clarity, and shared purpose. His leadership extended beyond the battlefield, earning recognition for his contributions to international collaboration and adaptive team performance.
Following his military career, Phil transitioned into senior leadership roles within both the federal and provincial governments of Canada. In these capacities, he guided programs focused on safety, emergency management, and leadership training, bringing his operational insight to public-sector performance.
He later led Arctic safety operations and contributed to disaster response initiatives, earning commendation for his ability to navigate complex political and logistical challenges. Phil Jewell has facilitated leadership programs for more than a thousand professionals across multiple sectors and countries, focusing on building capacity and confidence within organizations.
In 2020, during the global pandemic, he expanded his professional path into entrepreneurship by co-founding two companies dedicated to leadership growth and organizational development. His signature program, The Irrelevant Leader™, challenges traditional authority-based leadership by emphasizing service, empowerment, and trust as the foundation of effective performance.
Phil Jewell’s leadership philosophy is rooted in the belief that the leader exists for the team, ensuring every individual has the clarity and confidence to succeed. He continues to work with organizations seeking to strengthen culture, enhance collaboration, and build leadership capacity at every level.
Through his speaking engagements, Phil Jewell shares practical lessons drawn from military operations, government leadership, and private-sector transformation. His message inspires professionals to lead with integrity, foster environments of trust, and create workplaces where people believe in their potential and perform with excellence.
Phil Jewell Topic Presentations
Phil Jewell Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
The Irrelevant Leader: The Art of Leading By Letting Go
The Ten Leadership Behaviours That Sabotage Our Success
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Phil Jewell is an expert professional key note speaker with a lot of experience speaking and delivering engaging talks to organizations and audiences in Canada. Each of Speaker Bureau Canada's talent have different ways to assess their fees, and Phil Jewell speaker fee ranges depending on the size of the audience, event format (in person or virtual), event location, and if the organization booking them is a non profit, association, government department/government agency or business/corporation. The speakers we work with are flexible with their fees, and it is important for us to learn more about your event before we approach them, as it is our role to work for you, and to help you find a speaker within budget.
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