Matina Jewell
Keynote Speaker
Major (ret) Matina Jewell’s experiences of leading diverse teams through the toughest conditions on earth are impacting businesses across the world.
During her 15 year military career, best-selling author Matina Jewell tracked down war lords, commanded US navy seals, fast roped onto ships, and successfully lead a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon where she found herself thrown into the middle of a devastating war.
Now retired from the military Matina Jewell’s lessons of resilience and leadership have transformed some of the countries biggest companies and her message of courage continues to empower leaders from all walks of life. Her story guarantees a standing ovation at every event.
Based in Gold Coast
About
Major (ret) Matina Jewell’s experiences of leading diverse teams through the toughest conditions on earth are impacting businesses across the world.
During her 15 year military career, best-selling author Matina Jewell tracked down war lords, commanded US navy seals, fast roped onto ships, and successfully lead a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon where she found herself thrown into the middle of a devastating war.
Now retired from the military Matina Jewell’s lessons of resilience and leadership have transformed some of the countries biggest companies and her message of courage continues to empower leaders from all walks of life. Her story guarantees a standing ovation at every event.
With enthralling footage, stories of hardship and valuable learning from her many life-threatening missions Matina Jewell will take you on a journey that will affect long lasting positive change in your leaders, teams and organizations for years to come.
Topics
- Caught in the Crossfire
- Navigating the changing landscape of business
We all walk a tight rope every day, whether it’s juggling the conflicting demands of work and home, our team and our leaders or the needs of our customers and our staff – it’s how we handle these times of being caught in the crossfire that will define and ultimately determine our success.
In this thought provoking and confronting presentation Matina will force audiences to question everything they think they know; it’s not my job, it’s too hard– leaving delegates with a tool kit for handling conflict:
Key takeaways include:
- How staff can empower themselves to lead in any situation
- The keys to creating effective communication
- An understanding of the different motivators of conflict
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."
