The Colonel's Speech Topics and Descriptions

Conversations With the Colonel

Imagine getting the opportunity to sit in your living room and have a conversation with a gentleman who has been a leader of thousands of men and women. A man who has been awarded the esteemed Distinguished Flying Cross from the United States Air Force. A man who battled the physical loss of both engines on the left wing of his airplane during a night combat mission in Desert Storm and won! A man who has achieved incredible success as a sales leader in a top 50 American company. A man who led his college basketball team to it’s highest ranking in history. Well… imagine no more.

Conversations With the Colonel puts you and your team front and center, up close and personal with Lt. Colonel Kevin J. Sweeney, the author of “Conversations with the Colonel.... Lessons of Life, Leadership, and Wisdom” and “Pressure Cooker Confidence, How to Lead When the Heat Is On.” The Colonel will discuss with you an authentic, ethical and realistic view of the attributes needed for successful performance under pressure.  The Colonel shares his extraordinary experiences across a wide and varied spectrum that few if anyone can match. 

His sage advice and strategies on leadership, peak performance, team, change, sales, and lessons just in life are griping, entertaining and motivating.  Your team will sit back, relax and learn from this dynamic and respected leader. Their hearts and minds will become receptive allowing them to absorb the advice and counsel of this distinctive individual who happens to have a warm and endearing personality.  Your team will leave the experience with the firm belief that they can excel and succeed beyond their previous expectations.  The remarkable experience of the Conversations With the Colonel lingers long after the personal encounter and gives them the tools for a successful and enjoyable life both personally and professionally.

...Pressure Cooker Confidence™

How to Deliver Peak Performance when the Heat is On

Pressure Cooker Confidence™ enables you to say “I can, I will, I expect, and I did it”—when the pressure is on. The Colonel’s flagship presentation built around his dramatic life or death flight during a  mission in Desert Storm introduces the five principles of Pressure Cooker Confidence™.  Learn why the hard work you do before hand matters more than the work you do when the pressure is on. 

Colonel Kevin  J. Sweeney will position you mentally in the cockpit with him to personally live through his incredible experience and challenge of having the two engines on his left wing come completely off his airplane while on a Desert Storm combat mission.  You will feel the skill, resolve, and team attributes necessary to lead your team to a successful landing in such a dire circumstance.  You will learn how to apply these same principals to your personal and professional life.  You will understand the steps necessary to put you and your team in position to excel under the pressures we all face.  Team performance does not just happen.  Creating effective teams take talent, time and trust.   You will learn how to become the ‘go to’ person in your organization when the going gets tough and trust me it will get tough.