How Business can Benefit from Military Aviation Training – Kevin Sweeney

<p>Military tactics can easily transition to business and help build strong teams. Accomplished author, businessman and USAF pilot talks about the importance of teamwork and how, as leaders, we should be interacting with those around us.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">When it comes to surviving a disaster, it’s not what you do at the time of crisis, it’s what you’ve done prior to that. -Lt Colonel Kevin Sweeney</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">Takeaways + Tactics </p> <ul> <li>As individuals, it is easy to focus on climbing the corporate ladder. But success comes when we work in teams.  </li> <li>Empower every team member to say something if they see a problem because, when disaster strikes, everyone is at risk. </li> <li>Train teams to anticipate problems to ensure they can handle pressure before they find themselves in a difficult position.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Guest Bio</p> <p>Kevin Sweeney, 'The Colonel,' has been a leader of men and women for over 30 years. He is a leadership expert who speaks to corporations and associations on performance under pressure, decisive leadership, and how to become the teammate your customers covet. He is the author of two books, Conversations with the Colonel: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Wisdom & Pressure Cooker Confidence, How to Lead When the Heat is On.</p> <p>'The Colonel' is the only person to have ever landed a KC-135, the military version of the Boeing 707, after the two engines on his left wing came totally off the airplane — and he did it at night, at maximum gross weight on a Desert Storm Combat mission.</p> <p>He has also been an Executive at a Fortune 50 company, a major software company, and an all conference athlete in college.</p> <p> </p> <p>To find out more about Kevin, visit </p> <p><a href='https://sweeneyspeaks.com/about/'>https://sweeneyspeaks.com/about/</a> </p> <p>You can also email him on <a href='mailto:kevin@sweeneys