Phil Olley

Phil Olley – Self Leadership & Employee Engagement & Leading Change Speaker

Phil Olley is a sought-after inspirational speaker and international author, who speaks on Transformational Change, Team Engagement, and Resilience.

Following an exciting military career, as a leader in many of the toughest environments, Phil Olley has enjoyed success in sales, running his own business, and coaching.

No stranger to the media, Phil writes extensively for business magazines, frequently contributes to BBC Radio, and has appeared on prime-time TV.

He is an international author on goals, focus, and success, and is currently working on his fourth book.
Surviving a “white tunnel” near death experience gives Phil’s sessions extra depth, clarity and perspective, making him a compelling speaker.

He is renowned for helping clients, both individually and as teams, to overcome adversity and turn it all around, transforming their lives and the lives of those around them.

SPEAKING TOPICS

Phil Olley is on a mission to help individuals, teams, and businesses raise the bar on performance, increase productivity, and achieve their goals.Each keynote speech delivered is bespoke, tailored to individual client needs, and Phil makes it a professional practice to have a full briefing before any event.

His Speaking Topics include:

Leading Through Change in Turbulent Times

When all around seems volatile, when the going is tough, when it feels as if the seas are stormy, the effect on teams, businesses, and individuals is one of uncertainty and disruption leading to diminished engagement, impacting performance and results.

What can you do to keep your head above water, stay engaged, and perform brilliantly?

As the world gets faster, the challenges become greater, and the demands on teams and individuals spiral ever upwards, many people feel they are on a treadmill, in a quagmire of endless “busy-ness”, never getting a moment to truly engage, and unable to work proactively. It becomes exhausting, energy sapping, and intensely frustrating.

In this entertaining, engaging, and creative session, Phil delivers a highly practical toolkit of immediately useable principles and techniques to help you stay ‘on top of your game’ and maintain effectiveness in any challenging environment, helping you to thrive in a smooth, fully aligned and cohesive way.

What you will learn as a result of this session

• The heart, mind and soul of handling change – the fundamental principle on which all success depends.
• Phil’s unique M-A-R-S formula (nothing to do with “work, rest, and play”!) to help navigate any change and create alignment, engagement, and sustained success.
• How to create a culture of achievement, transforming results, and developing individual and team fulfilment.

Reflections from the White Tunnel Keynote Talk – “It’s OK mate. You just died. But you’re ok now!”

Phil is “the guy who died”.

He describes the moment he woke up on a pavement, surrounded by paramedics, and recounts his full ‘white tunnel experience.’ 

In this keynote speech, Phil talks about his dramatic near-death experience (or as he calls it his “death experience” – there was no ‘near’ about it!) and the transformational impact it had on his mindset and overall approach to life. Phil describes the moment he died – everything he saw, what he heard, everything he felt, and the whole experience as he descended the white tunnel to reach what he describes as “the moment of clarity.”

He reflects on how this has impacted him, the effect on his understanding of resilience, mental toughness, overcoming adversity, transformational change, and how to create fulfilment in whatever you do in life. Delegates will be ‘moved’, emotionally engaged, and ultimately uplifted in this powerful session. It is truly memorable and positively impactful.

For more info on Phils virtual talks please see our recent newspiece.