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Philip Keil
Pilot and Keynote Speaker
Philip Keil is Germany’s best-known pilot with two decades of experience. Following the motto ‘From practice for practice’, he takes thousands of people across Europe on a journey, from (Self-)Leadership and Change Management to Teamwork and Communication.
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- English ,
- German
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Philip Keil's 2023 biography
About Philip Keil
At the age of 22 Philip Keil was ranked among Germany‘s youngest airline pilots, based in the US, the UK and Canada. His flight log proves his impressive experience: more than 9,000 flying hours, thousands of
take-offs and landings on four continents and in almost every climate zone. On February 24th 2009 his life changed forever. Within seconds, a routine flight turns into a nightmare for crew and almost 200 passengers. Philip Keil manages to avoid the catastrophe and reflects: „No one wishes for this to happen. But this near-death experience let me personally grow. Every challenge is a chance when we are ready to
face it.“
Traveling means inspiration. On this journey, beyond one’s own nose, Philip Keil takes his „passengers“: as multiple awarded keynote speaker he represents inspiration and transfer of knowledge of the extraordinary kind. Since years he is awarded as international TOP100 Excellent Speaker. Ever since he has reached tens of thousands of people all across Europe with his life story and his success impulses. In 2019 and 2020 Philip Keil was nominated for the Red Fox Award as keynote speaker of the year. With „Sprecherhaus“ and „Greator“ he gives speeches at Germany’s leading public speaking events with more than
60.000 participants.
For Philip Keil, his passion about flying and traveling was always linked to the attitude towards life, to widen the personal horizon. Following his audio book „How to handle crisis“ (2016) his recent book „You are the pilot!“ (2019) is dedicated to the topics confidence and self-leadership.
He takes his readers on a very personal journey through his life on four continents. Based on these stories he derives 10 core values for a self-determined and fulfilled life. On a regular base, Philip Keil writes articles for various business magazines and newspapers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
His extraordinary background as commercial pilot and non-fiction author make Philip Keil to a well-demanded interview guest on TV too. As expert for self-leadership, decision-making and communication he
gives viewers exciting insights inside his world above the clouds. His unique life story shows: Only when you are in charge of the steering wheel, you can give your life an own direction. Other than that, Philip Keil is also as an aviation expert regularly in front of the camera.
No airplane would stay in the air without being trimmed properly. Balance is much more important than thrust. As pilot and public speaker Philip Keil travels the world since almost two decades. However, the checkpoint in his life is his family, his home is the place to refuel. He is married to Lisa since 2012. The birth of their daughters Maria (2016), Valerie (2019) and Ludovika (2021) made their luck complete. Philip Keil lives with his family in Kirchheim near München.
Philip Keil's 2023 talks & topics
EXPERIENCE PHILIP KEIL LIVE!
“Germany’s most famous pilot” (ERFOLG magazine) transfers exciting impulses from the cockpit into the business world. As a leader above the clouds he speaks by daily experience about:
- Teamwork on maximum flight level
- Leadership and decision-making
- Dealing with challenges
- Positive error culture
For his motivating keynote speeches Philip Keil received several awards, such as the nomination as keynote speaker of the year 2019 & 2020.
The german Handelsblatt states:
“As top-speaker and successful author he inspired tens of thousands of people across Europe”.
CRASH OR LANDING ON THE DOT?
The team makes the difference!
Flying is all about teamwork. But what is the secret of success of teams and what make teams fail? As a leader above the clouds, Philip Keil speaks by daily experience about leadership and communication in challenging situations. Who wants to leave comfort zones and empower ownership, must create a team culture of trust beyond rigid hierarchies.
This multiple awarded keynote speech transfers the “human factor” – concept of the aviation industry into the business world – exciting and fully applicable.
– Human factor instead of autopilot: leadership culture in uncertain times
– Self-responsibility: teams require clear roles, not rigid hierarchies
– Confidence is the fuel for success: teamwork on maximum flight leve
DECISION POINTS
Confident decision-making in turbulent times
Neither in the cockpit nor in life everything runs according our plans. No matter how good the plan is. In aviation these moments are called “decision points”. Philip Keil shows, how pilots make difficult decisions while adhering to a consequent positive error culture. Only if you dare to speak up freely to mistakes, you can avoid a dangerous chain of errors. Not a wrong decision leads to a crash, but not deciding – in the company cockpit alike!
– Dealing with change: Reaching goals means reaching people
– You can’t take the next exit: making good decisions with a clear focus
– Don’t ask WHO, understand the WHY: this is how positive error culture works
YOU ARE THE PILOT!
For your goals you require a precise compass
A thrilling motivational keynote speech with a clear message: Everyone is the pilot of his life! And flying you only learn by flying – not by watching, not by studying theory books. But by doing! What is the role of our “inner compass” for our thoughts and our actions? And what keeps us from following it?
Germany’s most famous pilot speaks about comfort zones, hard landings in life and the courage of making survivable mistakes. Maximum thrust for your success!
– Success factor resilience: growth happens outside the comfort zone
– Confidence results from being courageous to make survivable mistakes
– Our “inner compass”: clear course in a world of change
Philip Keil's 2023 speaking fees
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- Germany
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