The Leadership Paducah Foundation is presenting “Learning to Lead” featuring leadership expert, keynote speaker, training and author, Phillip Van Hooser, MBA, CSP, CPAE. The program will take place on Monday, March 14 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Baptist Health Paducah Heart Center. Baptist Health is the title sponsor. 

Phillip Van Hooser has built a successful career developing and marketing customized leadership keynote presentations, management training plans, books and videos on leadership. He has taught his proven leadership skills at companies of all sizes throughout the U.S. and around the globe. More than 900 companies have trusted him to help their organizations achieve new levels of success.

Most recently, Van Hooser has been the mastermind behind a comprehensive leadership development program called “Leaders Ought to Know.” This leadership development plan incorporates in-depth leadership content, systematic delivery, consistent reinforcement and ongoing engagement and interaction to achieve each client’s leadership development goals. 

Van Hooser grew up in a rural farming community in Western Kentucky. After college, he brought this work ethic to corporate America. In his early years as an HR professional, he was struck by something he learned while watching a video on the Quality Management Movement. The message was simple but significant: “No matter how good your tools or processes are, they are only as good as the person leading the process.” It was then that Van Hooser decided he wanted to be a leader, not simply a manager.

After 10 years in corporate HR and earning what he calls a “master’s degree in ‘What the Worst Leaders do in Poorly Managed Companies,'” Van Hooser was at a turning point. It was time to take the leadership truths he had learned and share them with companies who cared and were willing to listen. Van Hooser Associates, Inc. was born.

Tickets are on sale through Monday, March 7, for $20 for Leadership Paducah Alumni or $50 for the public. To purchase tickets go to www.paducahchamber.org or call 270-443-1746