Phil Lewis
Agent of Change
Phil Lewis is the person you call when your business is stuck, when change is failing, or when you need your organisation to adapt, fast. He brings about real change and innovation, using his trademark combination of compassion and candour to take the whole company on a journey. In a keynote, he shares stories of transformation and practical advice that are proven to add significant commercial value.
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Biography
Phil Lewis is an award-winning strategist, mentor, business leader, speaker and author. As the founder of Corporate Punk, Phil works with businesses and their leaders around the world to help them make lasting, positive change. Phil has experienced success and failure in his own businesses and witnessed it in others. He brings these raw experiences to the stage and shares the lessons learned with the audience.
Phil is well known for his popular Forbes column on leadership strategy, covering company culture, organisational transformation, and leadership behaviour. His column had nearly a million readers in 2021 alone.
- Winner: Building a Culture of Innovation Initiative, BCAs, 2021
- Highly Commended: Consultancy of the Year, BCAs, 2021
- Top 5 UK Innovation Consultants: Management Consultancies Association, 2019
Phil's global client base include Adidas, the BBC, Google, Invesco, KPMG, LEON, Nike, River Island and Sony Music.
What I Currently Do
Speaking Topics
People do change
The received wisdom is that people don't like change. But this isn't true. The reality is that people don't like the way that most organisations treat them during periods of change. So the question is: how do you 'do change' with your people? Insight areas: ● Why change initiatives fail ● Employee psychology during change processes ● The importance of understanding cultural barriers and bridges ● How to design your change initiatives ● Successful change models from around the world ● Real-world case studies: financial services, healthcare, creative industry
Is your organisation change ready?
According to Gartner, over two-thirds of change initiatives fail to achieve their stated business objectives. Why is this (and why, for that matter, does the business world tolerate it)? The brutal truth is that organisations are great at writing strategies that reality can't cash.
Leading in uncomfortable times
Difficult decisions and uncomfortable conversations with colleagues, clients and suppliers are a feature of change. Avoiding them is a powerful temptation - but a dangerous one. The volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world in which we are living is only going to throw up the need for more difficult decisions and uncomfortable conversations. Mastering the ability to handle them well enables an organisation to move towards and beyond the tricky issues that strangle change, performance and growth. Insight areas: ● Why change brings the need for discomfort ● The six change archetypes - how to work with (not against) common forms of human reaction and behaviour ● Understanding conversations from a neurological perspective ● Giving uncomfortable feedback ● Why "Radical Candour" serves no-one well ● The assertive opening: how to start a challenging conversation in a way that sets you up for success
Organisational Energy
High-performing cultures, where teams help leaders solve complex problems – or stop them arising at all – are not fuelled by fear and bloody‑minded overwork. Like people, they run on energy. During Energy Sessions I share the principles of organisational energy. I outline how to create the resilient metabolism common to high performance cultures. And introduce frameworks and strategies for restoring the energy your organisation needs.
Media Appearances
Creativity is Power
Feedback
"“Phil excels by communicating difficult concepts clearly and rigorously, and has a proven track record of delivering change inside often complex businesses.”"
Scott Williams
"“The conversations our delegates hold with Phil provide a coherent, practical and 'non-fluffy' approach to major change barriers.""
Sue Bonney
"“Extraordinarily insightful and supportive. Phil provided our leadership with real challenge at the point where we needed it the most.""
Ed Fidoe
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