We build Flawless Leaders
Next generation leadership for the high speed digital era.
Flawless Leaders Transform Intention Into Impact
You’re a driven leader navigating a fast-paced, information-saturated, and hyperconnected digital world. You care deeply about your team, your vision, your mission, and your results. But despite your best intentions, you often find yourself overwhelmed, unsure if you’re truly making the impact you set out to create.
Today’s Business Landscape Demands a New Kind of Leader: one who can cut through complexity, respond at the speed of data, and drive teams toward results in a human-centric way. Here’s how high-impact leaders, developed through Afterburner’s training, can transform organizations.
Outcome-Focused Mindset: Leaders and teams are often pulled in multiple directions, overwhelmed by tasks and meetings that distract from achieving real results. This “busy but unproductive” cycle drains organizational resources and slows momentum.
Situational Awareness for Informed Action: Rapidly shifting market conditions and internal dynamics can leave leaders and teams blindsided, leading to delayed decisions or actions that miss the mark.
Transforming Data into Actionable Wisdom: The digital age bombards leaders with massive amounts of data, leading to “paralysis by analysis,” where information overload hinders timely decision-making.
Empowering Teams for Autonomous Impact: The traditional command-and-control leadership model doesn’t scale well in a world that demands speed and agility, leading to bottlenecks and delays in decision-making.
Human-Centric Approach to Next-Generation Leadership: The rapid adoption of technology can create a sense of detachment, where leaders focus on metrics over people, leading to disengaged teams and lower performance.
We are your
Wingman
We don’t teach leadership. We do it. For 30 years, Afterburner has been the trusted wingman for the world’s biggest companies (sometimes smallest companies) and sporting teams. Our goal is to help organizations build growth-minded leaders who deliver results fast. Fighter pilot fast. We do this by focusing on the core leadership principles, which we call the 3 Ms: Mindset, Methods, and Moments.
We know it doesn’t matter what your business is. You’re in the people business. Even in the digital era, companies still rely on people to lead and drive business results. Our team of fighter pilots has exceptional leadership experience in the cockpit, in combat, and in business.
Our methods embrace fighter pilot DNA. It’s built for high-speed, information-saturated environments where laser-focused leaders make great decisions and drive results. That’s a given. More importantly, our mindset, methods, and moments are embraced by millions of leaders worldwide, ensuring they remain calm and insightful and one step ahead of disruption.
Your Path to Flawless Leadership Starts Here
Step 1: Pre Flight
Impactful Keynotes
Step 2: Simulation
The “Top Gun” Experience
Planning Workshops
Debrief Workshops
The HDD Build
Step 3: Take off
Customized Workshops
Flawless Leadership Program
Flawless Leadership Coaching
Step 4: Hit Your Target
90-Day Accelerator
TEACH
DEMO
DO
Your Path to Flawless Leadership Starts Here
TEACH
Step 1: Pre Flight
IMPACTFUL KEYNOTES
DEMO
Step 2: Simulation
IMPACTFUL KEYNOTES
DO
Planning Workshops
Debrief Workshops
The HDD Build
Step 3: Take off
IMPACTFUL KEYNOTES
Flawless Leadership Program
Flawless Leadership Coaching
Step 4: Hit Your Target
IMPACTFUL KEYNOTES
Flawless Execution (FLEX)
A post-action debrief is essential for continuous improvement. Using ORCA, teams review what worked, what didn’t, and why, allowing them to refine their approach and embed lessons learned.
With agility and situational awareness, teams are trained to adapt, maintaining momentum even when challenges arise.
Through structured communication, each team member understands their role and mission objectives, creating accountability and equipping every individual for success.
Start with a clear, actionable plan that sets objectives and anticipates challenges, creating alignment and setting priorities for flawless execution.
Develop specific, accountable actions that address the causes identified. Actions are clear, targeted improvements that help prevent past errors and reinforce successes, enabling teams to build incrementally on each experience.
For each result, ask, “Why?” This step seeks the root causes behind the outcomes, identifying factors that influenced performance, both positively and negatively.
Review the outcome of the objective, examining whether the intended impact was met and identifying both successes and any shortfalls.
Start with a clear understanding of what was intended to be achieved. The objective frames the purpose of the action and defines the standard of success.
Transform Overwhelmed Leaders and their Struggling Teams into High-Performing Units
Executives want insightful, situationally aware leaders who can drive teams and innately turn analytics and data into action at speed. A high-impact leader brings a human-centric approach to next-generation leadership, a generation that brings humans and technology together like never before. These leaders turn information into wisdom and bring clarity to their teams to get the hard things done on time and on target.
Step into the Cockpit and Start Your Engine
The DNA of our Flawless Execution (FLEX) process is the method used to turn the dreams of young men and women into the reality of flying fighter jets. It’s a simple four step process that defines your intentions, radically improves your communication, allows you to prioritize and focus to get the right things done at the right time, and most powerfully, introduce you to debriefing, the powerful iterative cognitive model that transforms busy-ness into business. We call it:
- Plan
- Brief
- Execute
- Debrief
Pre-flight: Keynotes & the Top Gun Experience
High-energy keynote speakers inspire your team with actionable insights. Step into the cockpit and experience decision-making under pressure.
Takeoff: Our Leadership Workshops
Interactive leadership workshops equip your team with tools to plan, execute, and continuously improve in any environment.
Hit Your Target: A 90-Day Accelerator
At Afterburner, we help you hit your goals by providing expert coaching and ongoing training to ensure lasting success.
What Our Clients Say
Hear the takeaways from business leaders of various organizations following their Afterburner experience. Your team will benefit from one of our programs, too!
Take a brief peak behind the curtain to see what it’s like to experience one of our sessions at Afterburner. We’ve worked with numerous clients across various industries to tackle internal challenges.
Some teams are so busy executing their core operations, there is often little time left to review progress and changes you could make. Learn about the value of investing energy into the debriefing process.
Teams Who Work With Afterburner are Transformed
See how Afterburner has transformed organizations across industries. Our clients have real stories of how our leadership programs, keynotes, and immersive experiences helped their teams achieve outstanding results. From small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, our methods inspire action, foster teamwork, and drive measurable success. Explore our testimonials and discover how Afterburner can help your team reach new heights.
“The impact that the Afterburner team-building seminar had was incredible. Not only was it the highest-rated segment of our annual meetings, but our store managers have begun to apply what they learned on a day-to-day basis. The Afterburner team-building seminar received a standing ovation after every one of its programs, which has never happened before.”
“Boo’s presentation for AMEX on FLEX methodology was amazing. He brought humor and charisma and his amazing life experiences to show how we can bring situational awareness to our roles and look to strive to achieve (and debrief!).”
“Boo’s presentation for AMEX on FLEX methodology was amazing. He brought humor and charisma and his amazing life experiences to show how we can bring situational awareness to our roles and look to strive to achieve (and debrief!).”
“The impact that the Afterburner team-building seminar had was incredible. Not only was it the highest-rated segment of our annual meetings, but our store managers have begun to apply what they learned on a day-to-day basis. The Afterburner team-building seminar received a standing ovation after every one of its programs, which has never happened before.”
“Boo’s presentation for AMEX on FLEX methodology was amazing. He brought humor and charisma and his amazing life experiences to show how we can bring situational awareness to our roles and look to strive to achieve (and debrief!).”
“Boo’s presentation for AMEX on FLEX methodology was amazing. He brought humor and charisma and his amazing life experiences to show how we can bring situational awareness to our roles and look to strive to achieve (and debrief!).”
Fly Into Our Media, Books, and
Other Expert Resources
Media
Explore the latest Afterburner media features and interviews, delivering expert insights on leadership and high-performance strategies.
Blogs
Take a look at our insights into the latest trends of Flawless Leaders and high-performance strategies.
Published Books
Learn how a small team of Fighter Pilots transformed 3,500 companies and helped an NFL team win the Super Bowl.
Experience an Afterburner Keynote Event at a Location Near You
From various U.S. cities to global destinations, our team delivers impactful events tailored to your audience. Afterburner’s signature approach combines precision, teamwork, and engaging content to create a dynamic learning experience. With deep-rooted values of discipline, adaptability, and continuous improvement, our keynote events are designed to inspire growth and equip your team with actionable strategies for sustained success.
3 M’S
Your leaders will have more than just a memorable experience
That’s what makes Afterburner unique. Your leaders will take what they learn and apply it immediately! Afterburner delivers leadership training inspired by elite Fighter Pilots. With 25+ years of experience, our Flawless Leadership programs and Flawless Execution (FLEX) method empower leaders and teams worldwide to achieve exceptional results.
Through immersive workshops and keynotes, we help you understand and build actionable strategies that drive lasting improvement and better results. From boosting performance to fostering accountability, our tailored programs deliver measurable transformation.
Do you have questions about Flawless Leadership or The Afterburner Advantage? Chat with AI Boo now!
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