keynote speakers

Inspiring Your Team I Accelerating Performance

Use our experience to further your mission

Afterburner is a group of former elite military professionals turned business consultants and speakers that relate their experiences and stories to your business challenges.

Whether we meet in person or through our re-imagined virtual keynotes, our dynamic, high-energy programs will inspire your audience to immediately apply what they’ve learned into their daily work lives – so they can break down silos, drive accountability and accelerate team performance in the midst of changing environments and task saturation.

With 20 years’ experience in business coaching and consulting with Fortune 500 businesses and global organizations, Afterburner keynotes will let you in on the secrets used by elite military aviators, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers to thrive and succeed in agile, high-stakes environments.

Audience reactions & testimonials

Gunter Guzman, Brand Marketing
Very insightful, let us identify task saturation and ways that we can improve our productivity.
Joe Fiore, VP & General Manager
One reason we brought Afterburner in was because of the execution aspect of the Flawless Execution methodology. We need to execute. Plans are not great unless you execute.
Patricia Curry, IT Director
I can start using this methodology tomorrow to improve my team's performance.
Robert McGonagle, District Business Manager
Outstanding tools and discussion to stay focused on clear objectives and plan accordingly.
Gunter Guzman, Brand Marketing
Very insightful, let us identify task saturation and ways that we can improve our productivity.
Joe Fiore, VP & General Manager
One reason we brought Afterburner in was because of the execution aspect of the Flawless Execution methodology. We need to execute. Plans are not great unless you execute.
Patricia Curry, IT Director
I can start using this methodology tomorrow to improve my team's performance.
Robert McGonagle, District Business Manager
Outstanding tools and discussion to stay focused on clear objectives and plan accordingly.

Afterburner showed us we always have room for flaws and how important debriefing can be for a company.

Patricia Haff,
Retail Brand Marketing
Nike

Clips & videos

Fighter Pilots and Navy SEALs explain how they select, train, plan, lead and execute missions — and show audiences how to apply these strategies and tools to everyday leadership situations.

Flawless Execution For Sales Teams
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Flawless Execution For Agile Teams
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Keynote topics

FLAWLESS EXECUTION FOR LEADERS

In this 60 minute keynote, Afterburner’s most experienced current and former elite military leaders teach executives and high-performers how to connect strategy to the frontlines by cultivating a culture of accelerated learning and accountability.

Key Takeaways
  • How to inspire alignment and achieve disciplined execution on your team

  • How to get your teams to offer authentic, necessary feedback

60 Minutes
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2 Elite Military Speakers
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Unlimited Attendees
FLAWLESS EXECUTION FOR SALES

In this 60 minute keynote, we teach sales teams how to use discipline to meet shared goals and we share a proven sales planning process that fuels annual sales strategies, weekly account plans, and single-sales-call plans across the globe.

Key Takeaways
  • Peak Performance

  • Teamwork

  • Accountability

  • Sales Strategy

  • Change Management

  • Business Strategy

60 Minutes
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2 Elite Military Speakers
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Unlimited Attendees

I appreciate the high energy approach and universal message.

Tom Covey,
Area Business Manager
Pfizer