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Business Is Combat. Success depends on how well all members of your team execute their individual missions, every single day. Many corporations are great at planning-but when it comes to executing, they fail.

That's where Afterburner can help. We lead the world's top corporations to breakthrough performance through the pursuit of flawless execution. A Winning Team The 50 men and women on Afterburner's team are uniquely qualified to teach the skills needed for breakthrough performance. Our team of former and current fighter pilots has a powerful mix of combat experience, combined with extensive business skills. Many members of our team are graduates of the nation's top business schools and academies. Our cutting-edge corporate training uses the combat proven methodologies of fighter pilots to help your team achieve victory in your rapidly changing business environment. Whether you are in sales and marketing, operations or management, Afterburner can help you transform your team into a highly competitive fighting force. Precision Focus At Afterburner, we have an unwavering focus on improving your company's ability to execute. We do this using the Afterburner Flawless Execution Model. First, we help create the optimal environment for improved execution. We teach companies to overcome any deficiencies in leadership, organization, teamwork, communication, and discipline that contribute to poor performance. Second, we train corporations in the methodologies of flawless execution: Plan. Brief. Execute. Debrief. = Win! The model is simple, but it's far from simplistic. It is a powerful formula that will unleash breakthrough performance in any organization. This combination of sound organizational development and combat proven methodologies have made Afterburner one of the fastest growing training firms in the country.

Uncommon Success An Inc. 500 company, Afterburner has been featured in nearly every major business publication in the United States including the Wall Street Journal and Business Week. Meetings and Conventions Magazine named Afterburner "The hottest speakers on the circuit right now." With worldwide reach, Afterburner has trained nearly 100 of the Fortune 500 in the past six years. The company has earned a stellar reputation among its clients as a truly revolutionary training company, delivering relevant, tangible value with every offering.

Extensive Client Capabilities Afterburner can help your company bring about rapid organizational change that will lead to tangible improvements in execution and performance. Our arsenal of services is designed to improve execution at the individual level as well as the global enterprise level. Call one of our Afterburner Business Development Consultants today and let us create a customized corporate transformation plan for your company. Strap yourself in and get ready to see performance improvement at Mach 2.

Plan.Brief.Execute.Debrief=Win!: A Fighter Pilot's Secret to Business Success [Keynote] In this session your group will learn how Fighter Pilots attack their missions in both training and combat. Plan - Learn how Fighter Pilots plan for a mission using the "Six Steps to Effective Combat Mission Planning." Brief - Communicate the plan to maximize the quality of front line execution. Execute - Discover how Fighter Pilots ensure Flawless Execution in their missions by eliminating performance draining Task Saturation. Debrief - Implement nameless/rankless feedback sessions in your squadron to guarantee maximum learning.

Eliminating Task Saturation [Keynote] Task SaturationSM (information overload) is the #1 productivity killer in business today. Learn how Fighter Pilots overcome Task Saturation by employing "The Three C's." Checklists - Provide critical guidance in an emergency situation and reinforce your normal daily procedures. Crosschecks - Keep you focused during information overload. Check Six - Use teamwork to guarantee that a wingman is always watching out for you.

The Afterburner Day [Half to full day event, group sizes 12-1000] The Afterburner Day is an interactive, hands-on experience where your team will compare the similar situations faced in business and in air combat. During the Afterburner Day, your group will work side-by-side with some of America's top Fighter Pilots and learn how they excel in the business of combat. The day begins in the main briefing room where you will learn how Fighter Pilots adapt to change, assess risk, and prepare for their mission using the Six Steps to Combat Mission Planning. Suddenly, an urgent telegram will interrupt the briefing and alert your team that they have been attacked by a coalition of hostile competitors. Your Fighter Pilots will split into squadrons (breakout groups of 15) where, with the help of their Afterburner facilitator, they will have one hour to formulate a plan to regain your market share. Leadership, teamwork, and communication will allow each group to overcome the challenges of this dynamic Mission Planning exercise. The Afterburners use SCUD missile attacks, intruders, and information overload to closely parallel today's task saturated work environment in a fun, new format that ensures a lasting impression. After utilizing these tools for planning and execution, your team will discover how Fighter Pilots learn from their mistakes through an effective debrief. The Afterburners' nameless/rankless debriefs shed new light on how your associates can identify and learn from costly mistakes.

Brief to Win! [Half to full day event, group sizes 12-1000] On any given day, in any fighter squadron across the country, men and women climb into their jet aircraft prepared to do battle. They have been well trained. Their job knowledge is unquestionable. They are extremely motivated. The mission runs flawlessly and an important target is destroyed exactly as planned. The key words here are "exactly as planned." We are talking about Flawless Execution, a stumbling point for many businesses today. Why do the highly talented and motivated teams in so many businesses with a great plan fall short when it comes to execution? It is because the plan is not properly communicated to the men and women who must take the battle to the competition. Through combat testing, fighter pilots have developed a life-saving/mission perfecting formula for communicating the plan which we call "Briefing to Win!" We will facilitate this lesson in an attention-riveting, real time simulation of a complex air battle. The Afterburner fighter pilots will expose your team to the fog of war and then teach them how to burn through the fog using precise briefing and communication techniques. Once your team has "aced" their mission, The Afterburner facilitators will move to a real world case study tailored to your business.

Program Brief: Leaning Forward [2.5 - 3.0 hours, group sizes 12 - 1000] If you don't have time for a full Afterburner Day, yet still want to lead your group through an awesome team building event, then our high energy, fast paced Leaning Forward Program is for you. This event captures the essentials of the Afterburner Day in a compact format, focusing on planning and debriefing. Leaning Forward is an interactive, corporate event program where your team will learn, via lecture and experiential learning, how fighter pilots strive for flawless execution in every single mission. Your group will work side-by-side with some of America's top fighter pilots and learn how they excel in the business of combat. Our Afterburner team brings these lessons to your own business environment, in living color, using a multimedia presentation, a role playing breakout session with experienced military fighter pilots as facilitators, and punctuated by an intensely climatic and motivational closing. The energy and skill training of this event will improve your group's performance at every level.

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