Description
Matina Jewell motivational speaker sessions come from a Major, retired, who spent 15 years in the Australian military. During that career, she tracked down warlords, commanded US Navy SEALs, and fast roped onto ships. She also led a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. There, she found herself thrown into the middle of a devastating war.
What a Matina Jewell motivational speaker session covers
Matina shares how she cheated death, took command and showed pure courage while leading teams under fire during the Lebanon War. She also draws on operations from around the globe. As a result, her stories of leadership, resilience and treating change as opportunity are genuinely transformative. Audiences are captured from the first moment with enthralling frontline footage. From there, the session takes them on a journey to rethink perspective and rediscover a sense of purpose.
Keynote themes: leadership, resilience and change
On leadership, Matina draws on her experience of conquering one seemingly insurmountable challenge after another. Specifically, in her relatable, girl next door style, she reminds audiences that it takes courageous leaders with vision. These leaders can guide an organisation somewhere they cannot yet fully see.
On resilience, Matina shares how she overcame almost inconceivable life and death situations. Often, this happened in some of the harshest environments on earth. Through these stories, she shows how resilient organisations can better handle everyday challenges and major disruption alike. Throughout, she emphasises protecting an organisation’s most valuable asset, its people.
On change, Matina reflects on how the fog of war brings its own kind of certainty, the certainty of change itself. For teams who feel change weary, she shows leaders how to shift a team’s mindset. Specifically, she moves them from fearing change to embracing it. As a result, they can build a culture that genuinely thrives through change.
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Keynote Topics
LEADERSHIP
“Authentic, values-based leadership often takes great courage.”
Matina draws on her extraordinary experience of conquering one seemingly insurmountable leadership challenge after another, to help reframe our perspective on life. In her relatable, girl-next-door style, Matina reminds us that it takes leaders who are courageous, and who have vision to lead their organisation in a direction where they may not be 100% certain how things will look on the other side.
RESILIENCE
“Even out of adversity can come incredible opportunities, so long as we have the courage to pursue them.”
Through courageous decision-making, Matina shares how she overcame almost inconceivable life and death situations, often in some of the harshest environments on earth. Always drawing out the learning, Matina shares how resilient organisations can be better equipped for everyday challenges – and major disruption – all while protecting our most valuable asset, our people.
CHANGE
“Create a purpose-driven culture that thrives through change.”
With the uncertainty that comes from the ‘fog of war’ comes the certainty of change. With so many of us ‘change weary’, Matina reminds us that now, more than ever, we can be those leaders who know how to shift the team mindset from fearing and resisting change, to embracing it, and in doing so, creating a culture that thrives through change.
Testimonials
“Matina Jewell is a special breed of person – an Australian to be proud of. Her audience is taken to a world we know little of and astounds us with her courage and integrity.”
Alana Johnson, Victorian Rural Woman of the Year
“Matina’s story is deeply moving. But what I liked most is her translation back into the corporate world… one of the most compelling and inspirational speakers we have seen.”
GM Marketing, K-Mart
“Thank you for a great opening session. We are still receiving feedback from delegates through survey monkey however your score are close to 10/10. One of the questions we ask delegates “What was the highlight for your at the conference”? and 90% mentioned Matina Jewell.”
LGMA
“I met Matina Jewell at the CFO Strategy Conference in Sydney during November 2015. I was a panelist earlier in the day, and Matina was the keynote speaker at the CFO dinner. Her life story of military and UN service; the willingness to command in difficult circumstances; and the courage to lead while under fire, were defining leadership experiences from which all executives can learn.”
General Manager, Strategy at MMG Limited
“You had our finance executives in a spell… a most fascinating and moving account of a very special life experience. You draw excellent parallels to relevant leadership competencies.”
Head of Finance, Intercontinental Hotels
“The crowd loved your presentation and there were quite a few emotions flowing. Feedback on your section was superb, with participants rating it the most engaging presentation of the day.”
