Patrick Houlahan

Beyond being a cool movie, "TOPGUN," and the more recent movie "MAVERICK," displayed the elite of the elite: elite fighter pilots, elite teamwork, and the dedication it takes to succeed on any mission. You need an elite, high-performing team to complete your missions in your business. But how do you lead a high-performing team? How do you create a high-performing team in the first place? What are the key behaviors and attributes needed?

Hard work, introspection, attention to detail, and a charge to hold yourself and all those around you to the highest standards are the attributes that identify a TOPGUN pilot. However, these attributes are not reserved for the top 1% of Naval Aviators. It is possible for you and your team to execute at the same level as a TOPGUN pilot.

As a kid, Patrick Houlahan thought it would be cool to be a TOPGUN pilot when the first movie came out. However, it wasn’t until he graduated from TOPGUN that he began to understand what it really meant to be a “TOPGUN” graduate. Patrick flew fighters for 21 years and was a TOPGUN graduate for 14 years during that time. He has been in the business world for 20 years, and the lessons he learned from TOPGUN aren’t reserved for just the best of the best. When you apply those principles to your business, you create high-performing teams and succeed inside and outside your organization.

In Patrick's presentation, you’ll learn the top six lessons (Purpose, Dedication, Humility and Honesty, Tough Love, Teamwork, and Debrief) from TOPGUN and how they can be used in business to develop and lead high-performing teams. Apply these lessons, and your high-performing team will be the TOP 1% in your marketplace and achieve any mission they are given.

Patrick’s interactive presentation gives you and your team:

• LEARN six critical lessons from the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, TOPGUN.

• APPLY these lessons to the teams you lead and serve.

• BUILD high-performing teams to change the game in your organization.