Phil Putnam

Helping Associations & Events

inspire actions that drive revenue

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Phil's work helps these audiences solve these challenges:

Associations Members

Get top results & less friction from your multi-
generational teams

Drive sales & profit from
your multigenerational
customer base

Motivate consistently exceptional employee performance

Avoid millions of dollars of attrition & replacement
costs annually

Association Executives

Get more members, especially Gen Z & Millennials

Make your non-dues revenue
efforts successful across
all age groups

Craft value propositions that drive deep member engagement

Secure your future leadership pipeline

Event Professionals

Drive event registration
and attendance, especially among Gen Z

Align your event design to the age groups most vital to your event's business goals

Improve results and reduce friction in your multigenerational event teams

Craft marketing & comms that will drive action and engagement

20+ Years of driving business through behavior

With more than two decades of success in world-class organizations including Apple and Adobe, in roles spanning from entry-level to executive leadership, Phil Putnam brings an incisive understanding of how human behavior becomes stellar business outcomes.

Now he’s sharing his insight and tools with those whose work lives where mission and money meet, helping organizations drive more attention and purchases from their customers and helping leaders get more engagement and performance from their teams.

Phil is trusted by leaders at:

Phil Takes

Organizations...

From:

To:

From:

Present Pain

where yesterday’s solutions aren’t solving today’s problems

To:

FUTURE FUEL

with modern strategies that move people to engage & purchase

From:

Crippling Costs

as you watch members, customers and employees leave

To:

Strategic Spending

that drives the behavior you need from the people you need most

From:

Conflict

as people collide with each other and add friction to daily operations

To:

Chemistry

as people turn toward each other with empathy and achieve true collaboration

From:

Second-place Attempts

focused on what you need from them

To:

First-place Results

Feedback From Leaders

“Phil’s session quickly became one of the most talked-about parts of our recent CEO summit. He made the audience feel seen, shared insights that stuck, and brought a fresh lens to issues we all experience in today’s multigenerational workplaces. He was an absolute delight to work with. We’d bring him back in a heartbeat.”

Holly Munter Koenig

Executive Director, Metro NY Society of Association Executives

Chief People Officer, Kellen

“Phil’s insights are exactly what today’s leaders need to help them drive performance and business results by centering their management practice on what employees want, and not only on what the business needs.”

Bruce Ableson

Sr. Director, Global Readiness, Adobe

“Phil has a particularly special ability to listen – really listen – and then tailor his approach based on what his clients really need. What sets him apart is his ability to draw connections, see the bigger picture, and use data and his observations to make real impacts with people and organizations.”

Cara Kantrowitz

VP, Analytics & Insights, Nielsen

“Everyone remembers their favorite business leader. Phil helps you become one. Whether you are a new or tenured leader, he gives you new perspective and tactical tips on how to bring out the very best in your people.”

Jen Allen-Knuth

Speaker & Founder, DemandJen

“Phil’s ability to connect on a human level, tell his story with vulnerability, and reframe how we think about leadership, success, and fulfillment was inspiring. Whether you’re a new manager or a seasoned executive, Phil is someone worth learning from.”

Ashton Williams

Director of Enablement, Salesforce

“Phil is the ultimate role model for his Give to Get message. He has tremendous empathy and compassion that, when combined with his expertise, delivers content that hits your goals. His keynotes and workshops have a clear niche that teach leaders how to maximize their teams’ effectiveness.”

Dr. Haley Perlus

Psychologist & High-Performance Expert

“Phil did an outstanding job tailoring the training to our business and delivering an impactful session for the variety of roles in the room. It went so well that we hired him again 2 weeks later to speak at our EMEA Kick Off.”

Katie Gallo

Director, Revenue Enablement, Syndigo

Planning a Leadership Event?

Phil will meet you where you are, and move you forward.

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Phil will meet you where you are, and move you forward.

Fill out the form below to start a conversation about how to experience the impact of Phil’s talks on your team.

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Phil's work helps these audiences solve these challenges:

20+ Years of driving business through behavior

Phil is trusted by leaders at:

Phil Takes

Organizations...

Present Pain

FUTURE FUEL

Crippling Costs

Strategic Spending

Conflict

Chemistry

Second-place Attempts

First-place Results

Feedback From Leaders

Planning a Leadership Event?

Planning a Leadership Event?