Kevin Sweeney

Do you feel you are under pressure constantly?

How well do you perform in today’s high pressure world?

Is your team prepared to handle being in the “hot seat”?

Does performance drop when your team is faced with unexpected changes?

Give your audience the strategies and tools to have peak performance when they are under pressure in today’s world.

Kevin Sweeney has experienced all these feelings as a combat pilot in two wars, where he was awarded the United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, as a successful Executive for a Fortune 50 company, and as an all-conference collegiate basketball player.

Kevin is the only person to have successfully landed a KC-135, the military version of the Boeing 707 four engine jet, after the two engines on his left wing came completely off the airplane while in flight.  He did it at night, at maximum weight, and on a Desert Storm combat mission.

Kevin’s high energy style puts the audience in the cockpit with him all the while showing amazing photos of his airplane, you get in trouble with him in the airplane, then we begin the journey of learning peak performance under pressure using comparisons between the flight crew occupation and strategies in comparison to our professional and personal lives. The audience experiences the engines physically coming off the airplane at the very end of the presentation when a spectacular picture of Kevin’s crippled airplane is shown.

Kevin’s engaging presence allows him to effectively share the knowledge he obtained while under life and death pressure to help organizations and teams perform positively and learn to excel when they are under pressure.  His Pressure Cooker Confidence™ 5 step strategy delivers a concrete process to create the skills and behaviors individuals and teams need to invest in proper preparation, have a passionate interest in results and foster the intense focus required to use pressure to enhance productivity.  Through passionate use of the strategy your team will expect to achieve even under extreme pressures.  They will get the job done and have fun doing it.  

Pressure Cooker Confidence™ will enable you and your team to say “I can, I will, I expect, and I did it” – when the pressure is on.

Pressure Cooker Confidence™ delivers a concrete process enabling you and your team to:

• Be properly prepared for the unexpected
• Position your mind to expect success
• Have the courage and the confidence to meet and beat your challenges
• Think of pressure like a champion
• Turn pressure into calm confidence
• Focus on the necessary, ignore the immaterial
• Get the most out of your team
• Be an MVP teammate
• Overcome tough obstacles
• Learn to enjoy the moment you have worked toward
• Learn to prepare for pressure
• Welcome the opportunity to perform under pressure

Pressure Cooker Confidence™ Credentials:

• Combat pilot in both Viet Nam and Desert Storm, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, multiple Air Medals, and the Air Achievement Medal. Attained rank of Lt. Colonel in the Air National Guard.
• Executive for a Fortune 50 company and also an Executive at a major software company.
• Educated with a MBA and two bachelors degrees.
• Collegiate All-Conference basketball player.
• Featured in Reader’s Digest and highlighted in a featured segment on the A&E channel titled “Frontline Pilots.”
• Adjunct Instructor in the School of Business at Washburn University.
• Recognized expert in performance under pressure. 

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Pressure Cooker Confidence™
How to Deliver Peak Performance in All Situations
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.

It's No Big Deal ... I've Been Here Before
Why the Work You Do Beforehand Matters More Than the Work You Do When It Happens
Lack of preparation not only reduces productivity for routine tasks, it allows the unexpected to create insurmountable obstacles. The presentation explains how Unshakable Dedication and Adversity Preparation make the routine easy, and the impossible doable.

I Can't Do It Alone
How Teams Excel When You Give Individuals the Chance
Team performance does not just happen. Creating effective teams take talent, time, and trust. Through the example of an airplane's team in trouble, this presentation presents the concepts of individual development, leadership delegation and cooperative feedback-for the good of the overall team.