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Afterburner Inc is a team of elite military professionals that are experts in helping your team pursue Flawless Execution. Using Afterburner’s Flawless Execution methodologies they can help take your team to the next level in performance. The combination of sound organizational development and combat-proven methodologies has made Afterburner Inc one of the fastest growing training and consulting organizations in the country. The Flawless Execution Model is a proven process used by elite military professionals around the world to execute missions when the stakes are high and failure is not an option. Corporate success, like success in combat, depends on execution.
Afterburner’s team of men and women elite former military professionals has a powerful mix of combat experience combined with extensive business skills. Many members are graduates of top business schools and academies. Afterburner uses the combat proven methodologies of elite military professionals working with your team to achieve victory in a rapidly changing business environment. Flawless Execution works! It is dynamic and powerful because it is simple to use, yet the effects are lasting. The results are disciplined, coordinated and predictable. Afterburner has an unwavering focus on improving your team’s ability to execute. Your team can improve execution and stay one step ahead of the competition in just four simple steps.
The Flawless Execution Model
Plan… The plan starts with an objective that is clear, measurable and achievable and supports your company’s overall strategy.
Brief… You communicate the plan. It is essential that people on the front lines know exactly what is expected of them. Businesses ignore this often at their peril.
Execute… Even with a solid plan and a good brief, a mission can still fail due to Task Saturation or task overload. Task Saturation is the reality or perception of having too much to do without the time or resources to accomplish it. Even with the resources people still have to manage conflicting priorities. We know that as Task Saturation increases, performance decreases therefore, at Afterburner we help teams combat Task Saturation by identifying resources and managing priorities.
Debrief… The last step is the Debriefing. After each mission, Fighter Pilots hold a nameless, rankless Debrief. Each person, without fear of reprimand, rehashes what worked, what did not work and why both the good events and the bad events happened. We then take the key lessons learned from the Debrief and apply them to the next plan. Debriefing speeds up learning. It lets us fine tune the processes that ensure success.
Win!… Afterburner’s goal is to win by aligning your team around a disciplined, scalable process in order to achieve business results.
Afterburner has offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. They have performed training events in 38 countries and have had their materials translated into more than 20 languages. With over 300 events per year, the Afterburner team has trained more than 100 of the Fortune 500 companies on the Flawless Execution Model. At Afterburner, ”Leading the World’s Top Corporations to Flawless Execution” is more than just a sloganit’s the foundation of their company. Afterburner has been on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies twice. The success of their clients has translated to their own success as well.
Program Descriptions
Keynotes
Flawless Execution Keynote
A Fighter Pilot’s Secret to Business Success
In this session your group will learn how Fighter Pilots attack their missions in both training and combat. This keynote includes both a Main Speaker and a Wingman Fighter Pilot and is highly customized to meet the needs of your audience.
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.
Leading Flawless Execution from the Top with Jim Murphy
Afterburner’s leadership keynote speaker Jim Murphy has helped top business leaders transform strategy into action. Historically fewer than 20 per cent of all initiatives actually get accomplished. This keynote will help align your team around your strategy and understand exactly what to do and how to do it. This 60 to 90 minute keynote is based on Jim Murphy’s ground breaking book ‘Flawless Execution’.
The Afterburner Day (Full or Half Day Event (5-6 hours) Group Sizes 12-1,000). 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.
Leaning Forward (Half Day Event (3-4 hours) Group sizes 12-1,000). 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.
