Afterburner

Afterburners is a team of America's fighter pilots trained to Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief - Win, in pursuit of flawless execution. Using the combat-proven methodologies of fighter pilots, Afterburners can help you transform your team into a highly competitive fighting force. The combination of sound organizational development and combat-proven methodologies have made Afterburners one of the fastest growing training firms in the country. Afterburners leads the world's top corporations to breakthrough performance through the pursuit of flawless execution.

Afterburners teaches the Flawless Execution Model SM, the process used by Fighter Pilots around the world to execute missions when the stakes are high and failure is not an option. Corporate survival, like surviving in combat, depends on execution. Afterburners' team of 50 men and women fighter pilots (both former and current) has a powerful mix of combat experience combined with extensive business skills. Many members of the team are graduates of the nation's top business schools and academies. Afterburners uses the combat-proven methodologies of fighter pilots, 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. Afterburners 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.

Step One - Plan - The plan starts with an objective that is clear, measurable and achievable and supports your company's overall strategy.

Step Two - 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 to their peril.

Step Three - Execute - Generally, there in one thing that gets in the way of flawless execution. It is called Task Saturation, which simply put, is task overload, when you and your team have so many competing priorities that you have a melt-down. In business, this could be any day in a manager's life when the pace of business is out of control. Task saturation can drain the entire organization and keep you from accomplishing your ultimate goal - to execute the perfect mission. Flawless Execution uses developed techniques to help minimize task saturation. Afterburners will teach your team how to develope and use these tools as part of your workplace arsenal.

Step Four - Debrief - The last sep 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! Our goal is to win by implementing a disciplined management process. We really win if we have planned carefully, briefed our plan thoroughly, executed our plan with dicipline and debriefed the mission.

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 Saturation (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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