Clients

"The general sessions and the breakouts were well organized and contained significant substance...That would be an awesome program by itself, but you also hammered home a strong message concerning task saturation and the drain it places on an individual's performance."

Charles W. Harris, Senior Vice President-Marketing
National Health Insurance Company

"Afterburner's success at NSA rested with the instructors' ability to demonstrate keen insight into NSA's culture and effectively present the Flawless Execution message. Analysts are a tough audience, a most difficult group to stimulate. [It was] a motivating experience for all involved. The information gleaned will continue to reap benefits for many well into the future."

Ronda Znader, Chief, Development Division
National Security Agency

"It was obvious that you and Tracey practice what you preach, because you certainly achieved "flawless execution" of your mission. I can tell you that the initial anecdotal and formal survey responses have been excellent."

Tony Togno
Director Meeting and Events
NAI Global

"Your mission planning theory and explanation of the serious ramifications of not planning were a crucial learning experience for our 1,200 employees that attended our National Meeting."

Norm Peebles, Vice President Human Resources
Nestle

"Some of the feedback we received included 'Extremely good - great messages to take back to our next-level team,' ...we are developing actions in 2005 to reinforce elements of your "Flawless execution model" throughout our entire organization."

Mary Ellen 'MEB' Bradshaw
Northrop Grumman Information Technology

"Everyone was thrilled you were there and that they had the opportunity to spend time with all of you. My dream come true event! Afterburner in the afternoon made it a perfect tie in for the conference theme event ..."

Diane Matheis
Manager, Corporate & Sales Events
Northwest/KLM Airlines

" I have been to many “training events” in my career, but I would rate yours as the highest. Not only did you give us a great experience, but also many tools that could be incorporated and truly impact the organization. "

Sue Muehlbach
Manager, Sales Training and Development
Northwest/KLM Airlines

"Your follow-up team building workshops with the Sales Force, in each State, have ensured that many of the lessons learned from the [ Flawless Execution Model ] are currently being transferred to the day to day work of our Sales Force."

Tom Sangster
Pfizer

"...One other point. Our concerns over the Afterburner's theme being too 'macho' for the women of the group turned out to be totally unfounded. All of the women in our company really got into the breakout exercises."

Mark McGraw, Manager of Sales, EMT Americas
Philips

"I applaud your unique concepts of problem solving and performance improvement and would recommend this approach to any forward thinking organization. [Your presentation] was well organized, stayed right on schedule, provided logical and understandable leadership and operational tenets; all accomplished in an entertaining setting and enjoyable atmosphere."

J. Edward Cassity, SVP & Chief Strategy Officer
Phoebe Hospital

"Without exception, everyone in attendance was delighted with your team building program and was using the terms from your motivational speech throughout [the] conference… Our conference management team acted on one of your key initiatives, 'debriefing'… You were right — by adopting the nameless, rankless approach, we were able to get very specific about potential problems and all worked to resolve the issues."

Gil Figueroa
Pick

"Not only did our group enjoy your high flying team building program, but found your message quite appropriate. It was apparent that you spent considerable time getting to know our company and PBCC."

Karen Crane
Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation

"The seminar was on the first day of the Conference and set the tone. It was a roaring success. We feel that Afterburner met and exceeded our expectations for both a team building and strategic planning learning experience which was thoroughly enjoyable."

W.J. Levy
The PQ Corporation

"THE AUDIENCE LOVED YOUR KEYNOTE PRESENTATION. Thanks for handling the client “tampering,” and our production requests, with such class! "

Mick Brennan
Associate Producer
ProActive , Inc

"Better than 80% of the group rated your keynote program outstanding. That's an incredible response from Public Storage. And, no one rated the program less than very good. You delivered everything you promised us and more."

Les Guttman
Public Storage, Inc.

"Our very diverse group of owners and managers thoroughly enjoyed the half day and lessons learned about the increased certitude of success if the Plan, Brief, Execute and Debrief. We look forward to working with you again so that we can build on this excellent foundation."

Bob Palmer
FedEx

"[Your Debriefing Workshop] was the best and most effective training activity that we conducted for our key managers in the past five years..."

Charles Palladino
Director Employee Relations & Development
Sara Lee Household & Body Care

"I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know what a tremendous job Kyle and his team did for Solutia back in November. His professionalismand desire to understand our company and commit to our success is second to none."

Deniz Eubank
Organizational Development Director for Solutia Inc.

"We have received lots of positive feedback from your dynamic interactive team building program. It was a great way to introduce our sales and marketing goals for 2003 and it provided us with many useful strategies that we continue to use on a daily basis… The Mission Planning Exercise took these concepts to the next level. It was a huge hit with our sales and marketing team — everyone walked away feeling energized & motivated."

Karen H. Morris
Sony Ericsson

"Even four months later, people are still talking about Afterburner Seminars. Your portion of the meeting really had a big impact on our managers. Plan, Execute, and Debrief are terms we hear around the office now. I feel we have built a great working relationship and I look forward to our next project together."

Greg Slaight, Program Manager
Sprint

"Kyle 'Cruiser' Howlin and his wingman Tracy 'Jackie O' LaTourrette were OUTSTANDING. Their high energy message was perfect for our target audience and was 'FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED.' ...Their program preparation was the best; every detail of their program was practiced well in advance of their arrival and they had impressive contingency plans in the event they were needed. "

Roger Smith, President and COO
SSP Partners

"From the minute the training started through the rest of the day, the iForce partners and Sun reps were highly engaged… We have received nothing but outstanding feedback from our reps and partners concerning the content and appropriateness of the training."

Barry C. Williams
Sun microsystems, Inc.

"The energy and enthusiasm both of you brought to your keynote presentations was greatly appreciated and helped contribute to a very successful event overall. However, most noticeable for the audience was the professional care and attention to detail that you put into the front end planning for the presentations and the customization of the slide program to reflect our business focus and needs."

Jim Carter
Syncrude

"I must say that your seminars and workshop were the reason for the most successful event ever in our history. Those are not only my words but exact comments received from members of our sales team."

Mona Lisa Sims, Director of Sales & Marketing Programs
System One Amadeus

"After ten consecutive years of national sales meetings, we've pretty much experienced the gamete of team building programs. None, however, melded so many elements as seamlessly as Afterburners while delivering key messages about focus and team."

Jodi A. Yegelwel
TDI

"We have had various keynote speakers and team building programs over the last 20 years, but none as invigorating and as on target as yours. As you know, we have a very aggressive group of salesguys that are tough to keep involved for more than 15 minutes. You guys kept them on the edge of their seats for 4 hours."

Scott Jordan, Executive Vice President
Ted Lansing Corporation

"It was a perfect team building session for our sales team who come out motivated — not just in the short-term — but on achieving long-term our objectives & budget."

Nick Di Marzo
Telstra

"I am not alone in saying that you did a great job in all regards — Afterburner received the highest marks in a follow up survey to conference participants."

Tricia Bergeron, Vice President, Investor & Corporate Relations
Thomas & Betts

"You have presented us with a new problem, 'how do we top your team building program'… I could go on all day, about the impact and more importantly the implementation of your presentation by our associates everyday."

James M. Hopper
Natural Food Group

"The overall evaluations were some of the best ever in our fourteen-year history. We truly appreciate your contribution to this unique team building program! More specifically, the evaluations had a net satisfaction rating of 100 for very satisfied and 0 for very dissatisfied. Our experience has shown that ratings of 80 or higher are outstanding. Your lecture was rated 93.5."

Ann Brown
UNC Charlotte

"We now understand what we are up against, the pit falls and how to attack it and make it become a reality in all of our stores....thank you for your assistance and direction in making this happen!"

Ray 'I am' Wright
Region Sales Manager
Verizon Wireless

"We agree in the value we received from Afterburner Seminars. It will be worthwhile to consider the next level of training offered by this group."

Wes Moyer
Corporate Controller
Mid Atlantic Car Wash Technology, Inc.

"Well, you did it again! The impact of your team building presentation made a big impression on all the senior managers in our company. The effects of your work for my division last year still lingers as our professional staff uses that experience in their day-to-day affairs."

Bob Palmer
Zurich Insurance Group