Chad Williams
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SEVEN: Battle - Tested SEAL Team Leadership Protocols
A practical keynote on leading and executing under pressure.
When the plan collapses and pressure spikes, performance comes down to protocol. In SEVEN, former Navy SEAL Chad Williams recounts a real combat operation in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province that turned into a premeditated ambush while his team hunted a deadly suicide-bomb manufacturer.
Chad translates the seven SEAL Team principles that helped his unit regain clarity, control fear, and execute under fire into practical leadership protocols for the workplace. Audiences leave with a repeatable playbook they can apply immediately.
Audience Takeaways: 7 Protocols
- Aim Small, Miss Small (Goal Setting)
- Common Man with Uncommon Desire to Succeed (Heart, Desire)
- Humbly I Serve (Servant Leadership)
- Forged by Adversity (Overcoming Obstacles, Resilience)
- Earn Your Trident Everyday (Innovation, Progress)
- Control Emotions and Actions Regardless of Circumstances (Composure)
- He Who Has a Way Can Endure Any How (Purpose, Motivation)
Ideal for: leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, team building, company all-hands, and teams operating in high-change and high- pressure environments.
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Books by Chad Williams
“SEAL of God” (2012)
Days before Chad Williams was to report to military duty in Great Lakes, Illinois, he turned on a television and was greeted with the horrifying images of his mentor, US Navy SEAL Scott Helvenston, being brutally murdered in a premeditated ambush on the roads of Fallujah, Iraq. Steeled in his resolve, Chad followed in Scott’s footsteps and completed the US military’s most difficult and grueling training to become a Navy SEAL. One of only 13 from a class of 173 to make it straight through to graduation, Chad served his country on SEAL Teams One and Seven for five years, completing tours of duty in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq. Part memoir, part evangelism piece, SEAL of God follows Chad’s journey through the grueling Naval Ops training and onto the streets of Iraq, where he witnessed the horrors of war up close. Along the way, Chad shares his own radical conversion story and talks about how he draws on his own experiences as a SEAL to help others better understand the depths of Christ’s sacrifice and love.
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