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Lunch Keynote - Wednesday
Pressure Cooker Confidence™
How to Deliver Peak Performance When Under Pressure
Wednesday - Lunch served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker - 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Do you feel constant pressure all around you? Does pressure erode your productivity and ability to get the job done? Is your team prepared to handle being in the "hot seat"?
Kevin Sweeney helps organizations and teams perform positively and excel when they are under pressure. Pressure Cooker Confidence™ delivers a concrete process to create the skills and behaviors individuals and teams need to invest in preparation, have a passionate interest in results and foster the intense focus required to use pressure to enhance productivity. Through passionate use of the process we and our team will expect to achieve even under extreme pressures. We will get the job done and have fun doing it. We can have that Pressure Cooker Confidence™ when we need it.
Pressure Cooker Confidence™ enables you to say “I can, I will, I expect, and I did it”—when the pressure is on.
This presentation 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. Through the example of an airplane’s team in trouble, this presentation will teach you how to put yourself and your team in position to handle the pressure we all face. Team performance does not just happen. Creating effective teams take talent, time and trust. You will learn to expect to be put under pressure and then to excel under that pressure. You will learn how to become the ‘go to’ person in your organization when the going gets tough.
Five Principles for Success
- Preparation
- Passion
- Focus
- Team
- Self Confidence
The ROI of Pressure Cooker Confidence™
- Attain your revenue and profit goals and objectives earlier that you thought possible.
- Be positioned to meet and overcome all challenges—pinnacle performance under pressure.
- Drive and determination to compete at the highest level.
- Develop personal enthusiasm that drives you to achieve time and time again under pressure.
- An unstoppable laser beam focus in your personal life and career.
- Learn to deliver levels of customer service none of your competitors can compete with.
"Life is made up of experiences, don't miss any, believe in yourself. I can, I will, I expect and I did it!" – Kevin Sweeney
About Kevin Sweeney
Kevin has been successful throughout his life in multiple endeavors including the military, the corporate business world, athletics, and education. Kevin is a recognized expert and authority on taking the pressures we all face daily and turning those pressures into calm confidence, using the pressures to enhance our productivity.
Kevin is a retired Lt. Colonel in the United States Air National Guard. He is a Command Pilot having flown combat missions in both Viet Nam and Desert Storm. He has been awarded numerous decorations including the Air Achievement Medal, multiple Air Medals and the United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. Kevin has been featured in a Reader’s Digest article titled “Bring Them Home” and a segment on the A&E channel titled “Frontline Pilots”.
He has been a successful business executive for a Fortune 50 company for over two decades in sales, sales management and operations. While in sales, he always exceeded his quota and was frequently in the top 5% of salesmen in the firm. Kevin has managed sales budgets of more than 100 million dollars per year, and had operations responsibilities for multiple Fortune 100 companies.
In college Kevin walked on and made the basketball team at a major University after having never played high school basketball. Kevin has excelled academically as well. He has received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and a Bachelors of Business Administration. He has also received a Master of Business Administration. With his education Kevin has been an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Business at Washburn University.
