San Francisco, CA
$16,500
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Anthony ‘AB’ Bourke’s 15 years of speaking to Fortune 1,000 and conference audiences around the world are a testament to his ability to motivate, energize and provide your team with real takeaways that they can implement the minute they walk out the door, challenged and inspired by his keynote speech.
As a United States Air Force fighter pilot, Anthony “AB” Bourke learned early in his career that the key to keeping individuals and organizations performing at their peak is a constant communication system where team members receive honest feedback on a regular basis delivered in a format that they expect. For fighter pilots, this feedback occurs after every single mission as part of a systematic ritual we call “The Debrief.”
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https://mach2consulting.com/about/
Major Anthony “AB” Bourke is a highly accomplished and decorated F-16 fighter pilot who flew tactical missions in service to our country all over the world. He has accumulated more than 2,700 hours of flight time in various high-performance aircraft and was one of the first pilots to fly an F-16 in homeland defense efforts over New York City in the aftermath of September 11th.
Following his impressive military career, AB applied the tools and techniques that made him one of our nation’s premier fighter pilots to the competitive world of business. He ascended rapidly to become the top producing mortgage banker in the Western US for a prominent lending institution. His success in the mortgage banking industry led to an opportunity with a California based start-up where his team dramatically grew annual revenue from $500,000 to $65M in just three years.
Following these two endeavors, AB combined his love of business with his passion for tactical aviation to build Afterburner Seminars, a global training company based on the lessons he learned in the military. While President & CEO, Afterburner grew into a best-in-class training company that was twice named one of Inc. magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies.
Currently, AB serves as CEO & Founder of Mach 2 Consulting and has shared his message of peak performance to more than 100,000 people in twelve different countries. AB brings his tactical knowledge and business acumen to the forefront of the management training world to share how fighter pilots, and other organizations where performance truly matters, can develop a feedback system to ensure continuous improvement and peak performance. His wealth of experience and ability to connect with audiences landed AB in Inc Magazine’s 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference.
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convention made him exceptional. Franchise owners have showered us with compliments and we often heard that AB was the best presenter we have ever had. “I gleaned a ton of applicable tools to take back into my business!” – and this came from a senior franchise owner. We are always hoping to find ways to re-ignite and re-inspire our experienced franchise owners and AB nailed it! In addition, AB was an absolute pleasure to work with and made the entire process incredibly easy from beginning to end. I highly recommend AB to any franchise group looking to really WOW! their franchise owners.
COO & PresidentPuroSystems, LLC
I wanted to write you to let you know how pleased we were with your participation at our 26th Annual Conference. As I mentioned before, we wanted to hire you for years, and I’m kicking myself for not having done it back in 2010. First, your programs were the #1-ranked item on our post-conference surveys. Our franchises noted that you gave them real, street-level tools that they can implement immediately. Specifically, your information on debriefing was a real hit that will have immediate impact on their businesses. Your breakout session on decluttering sent these guys home focused on the real, needle-moving activities that have a true impact on their company. At the home office, we’ve already built debriefs into our regular operations, and we will continue to use the information you provided to improve upon our company. I truly look forward to working with you again. Once we get through our season, I look forward to reconnecting on an ongoing engagement. Thank you again for THE BEST KEYNOTE WE’VE HAD IN OUR HISTORY.
President, The Decor Group, Inc.
You were a huge hit at OPCON! Very applicable and timely. I had countless people come up to me throughout the day Wednesday and compliment on your presentation. It was really fantastic.
PresidentPapa John's International, Inc
Just a quick note to tell you that you were a very BIG hit at the meeting yesterday. I got endless comments last night about how great everyone thought you were and I can honestly say from my perspective that your presentation was nothing short of a homerun. Your approach in understanding our business was thoughtful and the continued parallels that you were able to draw between your experience as a fighter pilot and our company were relevant and resonated clearly with the audience. I anticipate that the concept of “debrief” will be widely adopted throughout Grocery Outlet. I think I mentioned to you before that we hold this meeting twice a year, and it is very rare for a speaker to receive a standing ovation. You had every one of our 300 operators on their feet at the end of your presentation which is a testament to you and your subject matter. We look forward to having you back again in the future and please feel free to use me as a reference for other companies who are considering working with you.
Co-CEO Grocery Outlet Inc.
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