Army Veteran
Latame Phillips served his country as a U.S. Army Combat Veteran, deployed to the frontlines of Operation Enduring Iraqi Freedom, and came back with a firsthand understanding of what real leadership looks like when the stakes are as high as they get.
“My time in the military shaped my commitment to leadership and service, which I’ve carried throughout my career.”
Phillips served on the frontlines as a U.S. Army Combat Veteran. That experience, including the pressure, the accountability, the absolute requirement to think clearly and lead decisively when it counts, doesn’t leave you when you take the uniform off.
In business, he applies the same framework. High-stakes decisions and navigating complex environments aren’t foreign concepts to someone who navigated them in a combat zone. The values he learned in the military, like discipline, integrity, and focus, show up in how he coaches and leads.
Phillips deployed in support of Operation Enduring Iraqi Freedom, serving in one of the most demanding and consequential military campaigns of his generation. The experience of serving something larger than yourself, of operating under pressure alongside people whose lives depend on your judgment, left a mark.
The transition from combat to civilian life is not a simple one, and Phillips doesn’t pretend otherwise. But he also knows that that transition produces clarity of purpose, resilience under pressure, and a tolerance for hard work that most people never develop. He speaks openly on the military-to-civilian transition because he’s lived it, and because too many veterans make that crossing without adequate support or recognition of what they’re actually bringing to the table.
The military instills accountability, cohesion, and mission-first focus–values that don’t always get recognized in corporate leadership conversations. Phillip carries those values through his coaching and leadership development work.
His veteran identity is a key piece of how he operates and what he teaches. He advocates for veteran communities and speaks on the military-to-civilian transition, making the case that the skills forged in service are exactly the kind of leadership qualities that businesses and communities need more of.
His broader philosophy holds that everyday people, veterans very much included, carry the capacity to change their communities when given the right tools and the right mindset.
