
Waldo Waldman: The Importance of the Team
Leadership Expert and Former Air Force Fighter Pilot
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Lt Col (ret.) Rob “Waldo” Waldman is a decorated veteran who shares how commitment, collaboration and courage can help you overcome fear, break performance barriers, and give you the courage to take action in rapidly changing competitive environments. Known as “The Wingman”, Waldo is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo. He teaches organizations how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with their employees, partners, and customers while sharing his experiences as a combat decorated F-16 fighter pilot and businessman.
Waldo Waldman overcame massive claustrophobia and a fear of heights to become a fighter pilot and believes that the key to building a peak performance culture of trust lies with your wingmen – the people in your life who help you to overcome obstacles, adapt to change, and achieve success.
“In business and in life, you should never fly solo.” – Waldo Waldman
Commitment, Collaboration and Courage are the three tenets of Waldo’s peak performance programs. His compelling stories about overcoming adversity, earning trust, and breaking performance barriers are heartfelt and will inspire you and your team to reach new heights both personally and professionally.
Waldo Waldman is a graduate of the U.S Air Force Academy and also holds an MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior. He is an inductee into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame, a prestigious award that honors speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence, and has been bestowed on less than 180 speakers worldwide. He’s been featured on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Inc. Magazine, and The Harvard Business Review, and his clients include Hewlett Packard, Verizon, American Express, The Denver Broncos, MassMutual, Siemens, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and dozens of national associations.
In addition to his speaking engagements, Waldo’s is also founder of The Wingman Foundation whose mission is to build funds and awareness for soldiers, veterans, and their families in need.
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NEVER FLY SOLO!
The Power of Partnership to Reach New Heights in Business
Flying solo? You might think so. But take a good look around. You have support staff. You have managers. You have suppliers, vendors, and distributors. And you have colleagues, family members and significant others. By placing your trust in those around you, you can overcome obstacles, adapt to change, and break performance barriers during adverse times. By placing your trust in your wingmen and by being a wingman to others, there is no mission you can't complete!
Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman, The Wingman, overcame a lifelong battle with claustrophobia and a fear of heights to become a combat decorated Air Force fighter pilot and highly successful businessman, entrepreneur, and The New York Times best-selling author. His motto is Winners Never Fly Solo! Through his captivating personal stories and high energy videos, learn how you, like a fighter pilot, can succeed in highly competitive and demanding environments.
Discover how to prepare diligently for every mission; employ loyal wingmen to promote integrity and trust; and lead your team with courage, compassion and conviction. Be inspired to take to the skies knowing that you have wingmen to help you face challenges and change with confidence while maximizing your potential in all aspects of your life.
WINGMAN LEADERSHIP: Building a Corporate Culture of Courage & Mutual Support Assist in creating a collaborative culture of trust, commitment, and mutual support that will promote growth, adapting to change, and innovation. A focus will be on core values, accountability, open communication, and teamwork.
KEY DELIVERABLES:
The key to building a high-powered organization that encourages innovative thinking, loyalty to the mission, effective communication, and a relentless commitment to excellence lies with its leadership. In this high-energy program, Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman highlights the difference between managing others and leading them to be responsible, empowered and confident wingmen. What results is a more productive and efficient organization with superior morale that can rapidly overcome challenges and competition both internally and externally.
Waldo will discuss proven leadership principals based on his experience as an AF Academy graduate, decorated fighter pilot, and seasoned businessman. A relentless passion for the mission, dedicated teamwork, and a commitment to excellence are a few key elements of this engaging and highly interactive seminar. Attendees will learn leadership tools based on four key modules:
I. WINGMAN ATTITUDE: “Belief Drives Passion. Passion Fuels Commitment”
II. VISION: “Beware of Distractions Disguised as Opportunities”
III. VALUES: “To get to the head, go through the heart.”
IV. COMMUNICATION: “It’s not what you say or do, it’s what they perceive.”
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