Kevin Sweeney | SpeakerHub

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Are you looking for a way to encourage your team and teach them how to excel under pressure while achieving exceptional results?

During his presentation, Kevin teaches people how to have:

- Exceptional results when the heat is on

- Confidence and performance under pressure

- Decisive and effective leadership

- Courage to overcome obstacles as they arise and excel

- Cohesive teamwork to utilize the strengths of each person in the group

- The ability to become the teammate your clients, customers, and colleagues covet

- Precise communications and the ability to follow directions with exactness

- Laser beam focus to improve productivity

Kevin Sweeney is the only person to successfully land a KC-135, the military version of the Boeing 707 four engine jet, after two of the four engines were ripped completely off the airplane while on a night combat mission in the Gulf War. This challenging experience taught him to think on his feet and be highly flexible, which means that he will quickly make adjustments to his presentation to be sure that your audience is receiving the most applicable information possible.

The unique life experiences of Kevin Sweeney have molded him into an inspirational speaker, allowing him to effectively motivate members of any organization. Through his presentation, people learn how to shine during the tough days by using specific techniques, helping them to maintain a calm composure when faced with a change and/or a challenge.

A captivating storyteller and inspirational icon, Kevin shares a wealth of experience about the tools necessary for excelling when the heat is on! He adapts his presentations to match the needs of the audience, and each person will walk away with a renewed hope and increased motivation to be a decisive leader. He teaches audiences how to be the "go-to" person in the organization, so that they can become the teammate their customers, clients, and colleagues covet.

Experience Highlights:

- Experienced Fortune 50 Executive

- Military combat pilot decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross

- Flown military combat missions in two wars, Vietnam and Desert Storm

- 1st Team All-Conference collegiate athlete and teammate

- Well educated with two Bachelor's Degrees and a MBA

- Author of two books

- Business school university instructor

- Proud to be a dad and grandpa

Current position (1)

Keynote Speaker

Kevin Sweeney

Degrees (2)

BA in Business and Economics

Washburn University

1967 to 1971

MBA

University of North Dakota

1973 to 1975

Presentations

Presentations (1)

Pressure Cooker Confidence - How to Lead when the Heat is On

Pressure Cooker Confidence enables you to say I can, I will, I expect, and I DID IT when the heat is on.

Kevin’s flagship presentation is built around his dramatic life and death flight during a night combat mission in Desert Storm when both of the engines on his left wing came completely off the airplane. Kevin will mentally position you in the cockpit with him to personally live through the incredible experience and challenges he and his team, his aircrew, faced on that flight.

Discover why the hard work you do beforehand matters more than the work you do when the pressure is on. Through his five principles of Pressure Cooker Confidence Kevin will show you how to:

- Deliver peak performance when the heat is on.
- Ignore the immaterial and focus on the right thing, at the right time, and in the right order.
- Become the teammate your customers, clients, and colleagues covet.
- Lead when the going gets tough. (And trust me, it will get tough).