A combat-proven leadership system designed to install the single most powerful mindset in any organization. This keynote delivers a fighter pilot’s framework for empowering your team to stop filling roles and start filling gaps, ensuring victory when the stakes are highest.
Your Greatest Threat Isn’t the Competition—It’s the Gaps in Your Team.
You have a team of dedicated professionals, yet critical tasks still fall through the cracks. Why? The problem isn’t the people; it’s the empty space between them. These are the gaps in your organization—the dangerous void between well-defined roles where communication breaks down, handoffs are fumbled, and accountability dissolves.
These gaps exist for one reason: a lack of ownership. When individuals are conditioned to only manage their specific duties, they develop blind spots to the mission. They see a problem forming in the gap next to them and assume “someone else” will handle it. But no one does. This creates a culture of passive responsibility where your team can execute their individual jobs perfectly and still fail as a whole.
As a decorated U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who flew in combat, Hasard Lee operated where the consequences of a team failing to take ownership were life-or-death. He learned firsthand that victory in the highest-stakes environments is not determined by individual talent, but by a collective culture of absolute ownership where every person is empowered to fill the gaps. Now, as the bestselling author of “The Art of Clear Thinking” and a sought-after leadership expert, he translates this combat-proven playbook for the business world, delivering a practical framework that transforms teams into resilient, decisive forces that win.
Imagine a team where every individual feels a profound sense of duty to fill the gaps they see. This is the “Own the Outcome” culture, and this keynote provides the combat-proven playbook to build it. It’s about re-engineering your team’s mindset so they see the gaps not as someone else’s problem, but as their opportunity to lead.
This transformation delivers the framework to:
Take Initiative: Your team will learn to actively scan for vulnerabilities between roles and departments, taking the initiative to close them before they can cause damage.
Instill True Ownership: Replace the “not my job” mentality with a powerful sense of personal responsibility for the entire mission. Your people will learn that their duty isn’t just to fill a role, but to ensure the team wins.
Create a Cohesive Force: By teaching your team to own the outcome together, silos crumble. They will learn to communicate with intent and operate as a single, unified unit that is resilient, adaptive, and relentlessly focused on success.
The result is an organization that is structurally sound because every person on the team has chosen to make it so. You will build a team that doesn’t just fill roles—they fill gaps.
The Own the Outcome™ framework prioritizes collective mission success over individual task completion, proactive initiative over passive accountability, and filling gaps over simply filling roles. Leaders who adopt this approach emerge with a playbook for creating a culture of absolute ownership. They are equipped to build truly resilient teams, ready to solve any problem, and empowered to win, no matter the obstacles.
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Hasard’s leadership and decision-making under uncertainty are forged from direct, high-stakes experience as a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with over 80 combat missions. His expertise extends to developing leaders, having instructed hundreds of fighter pilots, while leading strategic innovation through his involvement with the F-35 program. He also spearheaded an organizational AI transformation within the U.S. Air Force, yielding methodologies now adopted by air forces internationally. These principles were the basis of his Wall Street Journal bestselling book, The Art of Clear Thinking, and he now applies these insights to help Fortune 500 companies like Meta, IBM, and Microsoft develop actionable strategies to lead their teams to victory.
What sets a keynote by Hasard apart is a multi-faceted approach designed for lasting impact. It begins with his real-world, high-stakes leadership experience. Hasard hasn’t just studied leadership; he’s lived it, leading pilots in combat and making life-or-death decisions. This gives his message a rare and compelling authenticity that audiences immediately recognize and connect with.
To further maximize your event’s success and extend its value, Hasard provides comprehensive support. This includes a world-class marketing package with engaging videos and promotional content to help you boost attendance and build buzz around the event. His commitment is to fostering a lasting impact where success is measured by progress in the months after the event. He facilitates this by providing targeted resources, such as a customized Field Guide for every attendee. This actionable blueprint distills key insights and strategies from the keynote, tailored to their specific challenges, ensuring they can reference and apply learnings.
In addition, Hasard conducts an after action debrief a month after the event to answer questions and provide guidance to ensure the momentum continues to grow.
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Yes, Hasard has extensive experience in both live and virtual formats.
As a fighter pilot, Hasard specialized in executing complex missions under extreme pressure, often adapting to unexpected circumstances with minimal lead time. He brings that same decisive, ‘mission-first’ mindset to every engagement. So, regardless of your event’s lead time, please fill out the Booking Inquiry Form. Hasard will review your request and do his utmost to find a way to support your event. If he is already scheduled, he’s committed to helping you find another outstanding speaker who can deliver for your audience.
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