Leadership

Colonel Eileen Collins

<p>History-making NASA astronaut and the extraordinary subject of a forthcoming feature documentary, <em>Spacewoman</em>, Eileen Collins reveals encouraging perspective and insight on the leadership skills needed to break barriers and become a successful pioneer in your field.</p><p>One of America’s most admired women, Col. Collins became the first female to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery shuttle flight in 1995, and the first female commander on the 1999 Columbia shuttle flight. In 2005, NASA tapped Col.

Rocky Bleier

<p>Rocky Bleier’s story - a gripping tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battle fields of Vietnam - has held audiences in rapt attention for years.

Afterburner Seminars

<p>Afterburner Seminars is a cutting-edge management training team composed of a select group of our nation&#39;s top military fighter pilots. Their mission: use combat-proven fighter-pilot skills to achieve victory in today&#39;s business world.</p><p>During their legendary Afterburner Day Program, your team will experience firsthand the similarities between business and air combat.

Archie Manning

<p>Archie Manning is proof positive that it doesn&#39;t take a championship team to make someone a champion. </p><p>As a 14-year veteran quarterback, Manning played in two Pro Bowls and was named NFC Offensive Player of the Year in 1978 with the New Orleans Saints. Manning co-authored <i>Manning: A Father, His Sons and a Football Legacy</i>, with his son Peyton.

Sheila Johnson

<p>Sheila Johnson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose accomplishments span the arenas of hospitality, sports, entertainment, the arts, education and humanitarian causes.</p>

<p>As CEO of Salamander Hospitality LLC, a company she founded in 2005, she oversees a growing portfolio of luxury properties including Woodlands Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, Innisbrook, a 72-hole Golf & Spa Resort in Innisbrook, Florida, and the much-anticipated Salamander Resort & Spa, currently being constructed in Middleburg, Virginia.</p>

Phil Simms

<p>Phil Simms, the Super Bowl XXI MVP and a 15-year NFL veteran, is the lead analyst for CBS Sports, appearing alongside Jim Nantz as the network&#39;s premiere NFL announcer team.</p><p>A former All-Pro quarterback, Simms led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl titles, while racking up stunning personal achievements. The Giants&#39; first draft pick in 1979, his career surpassed expectations, and is one of the most legendary in NFL history.

Ryan Estis

<p>Based on original research on today’s category-leading companies, Ryan Estis helps you lead through change, unleash your full potential, and enhance business performance, in the new economy. </p>

Tom Flick

<p>Dynamic and highly sought-after, leadership expert Tom Flick has delivered over 3,000 presentations to a "who&#39;s-who" list of clients that includes Microsoft, Starbucks, Google, Boeing, American Express, Amazon, NASA, MercedesBenz and the Pentagon. Mr. Flick addresses more than 100,000 men and women each year and has garnered a reputation around the world as an authority on leadership, helping organizations develop leaders, lead effective change and accelerate personal, team and organizational performance.</p>

Shawn Achor

<p>If you think the key to happiness is success, you&#39;ve got it all backward--and you&#39;re not alone. This prevailing theory is what longtime Harvard professor and award-winning speaker Shawn Achor has been trying to disprove for more than a decade.

Richard Picciotto

<p>Chief Richard Picciotto delivers a gripping, firsthand account of the day that altered history, underscoring the significance of courage, preparation and effective leadership when confronted with enormous adversity.</p><p>The FDNY battalion commander in lower Manhattan when it was the target of terrorist attacks on 9/11, Richard and his fellow firefighters selflessly rushed inside the World Trade Center towers to rescue those trapped inside.