Isabelle Phillips, PhD
Leadership Authority | Keynote Speaker | Executive Coach
Isabelle Phillips, PhD is a leadership authority, a renowned keynote speaker and master coach. Isabelle’s authentic storytelling creates emotional connections to the intellectual material that her audiences love. Both credible and authentic, Isabelle knows how to address an audience’s unspoken concerns due to her 20 years of experience coaching C-suite and other leaders across Asia Pac. Her material is consistently reported as new, relevant and useful. As a strategic communicator: Isabelle works with her clients to ensure messages align with the event’s goals and leave a lasting impact.
Isabelle has captured audiences of seasoned engineering and finance leaders and equally audiences of undergraduate business students.
Client testimonial: Isabelle has been consistently rated as highly engaging speaker at both our 800+ delegate conferences and smaller, more focussed, workshops. Her unique content is relevant and practical to leaders in the procurement industry. Isabelle presents cutting-edge research in no-nonsense terms that are easy to digest and immediately applicable to procurement leaders. I would recommend her as a speaker to any corporate audience interested in using the latest in leadership, neuroscience and positive psychology to achieve better decision making and improved personal and company performance. Lesley Wardropper, CEO Finance Sector
Topics
Talking Points
• Emotional intelligence for modern leaders
• Decision-making under pressure
• Preventing burnout before it starts
• Nervous system regulation for high performance
• Psychological safety and trust at work
• Leading through uncertainty and change
• Energy management for sustainable success
• Translating wellbeing science into daily leadership habits
• Building resilient teams without overloading people
• Performance, focus, and mental clarity in complex environments
• Why wellbeing is a leadership capability, not a personal hobby
• The real science behind emotional regulation and performance
• Why burnout is a systems problem, not a resilience failure
• How leaders make better decisions under pressure
• Psychological safety as a driver of trust, engagement, and results
• Translating neuroscience into practical leadership behaviour
• Sustainable high performance without sacrificing health
• What most wellbeing programs get wrong, and how to fix them
Leadership Development Specialist
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About Isabelle
Isabelle Phillips, PhD is a leadership authority, keynote speaker, and master coach with over 20 years’ experience working with C-suite and senior leaders across the Asia-Pacific region. She is known for translating complex research in leadership, neuroscience, and positive psychology into practical insights leaders can apply immediately.
Isabelle’s strength lies in her ability to combine evidence-based thinking with authentic storytelling, creating deep engagement while addressing the unspoken pressures leaders face. Her work is consistently described as fresh, relevant, and useful, whether she’s speaking to seasoned executives in engineering and finance or engaging emerging leaders in academic settings. As a strategic communicator, Isabelle partners closely with organisations to ensure every message aligns with event objectives and delivers lasting impact.