Jason Redman: Thrive Under Pressure
Former Navy SEAL officer, combat leader, and resilience expert Jason Redman helps organizations overcome adversity, lead through crisis, and achieve victory after life’s ambushes.
Quick Facts:
- Retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant with 21 years of military service
- Led combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Served as both enlisted SEAL and SEAL officer
- Survived a life-threatening enemy ambush after being shot eight times
- Formats:
- Keynote Speaker | Leadership Expert | Navy SEAL Veteran
- Audiences:
- Executives, leadership teams, military organizations, sales professionals, first responders, entrepreneurs, and organizations facing change, disruption, or adversity.
- Outcomes:
- Build crisis-ready teams with elite performance principles.
- Harness failure as fuel for growth and resilience.
- Lead confidently when stakes are highest.
- Travels from: Chesapeake, VA
- **US Fee range: $20,001 - $35,000
Talent Services
Keynote Topics:
Get off the X and LEARN to LEAD
Topics include
- Get off X
- REACT Methodology
- LEARN to Lead and the 3 Rules of Leadership
- Leadership Fence
The audience will leave with
- A clear understanding how to assess a crisis and develop a plan to move from it
- Tools to quickly and effectively motivate and communicate to their teams to lead them to a point of success and confidence
- Jason Redman REACT method to move through a change or point of adversity
- Techniques to make stronger leaders and teams
- Individual leadership balance
Pointman for Life
Topics include
- Mission/Values
- Destination & Course
- Risk Assessment & Indicators
- Overcome Mindset to Get off X
- REACT
The audience will leave with
- A plan for setting long- and short-term goals with a path to a clearly defined mission
- Professional, personal and leadership situational awareness and risk-assessment tools
- The ability to REACT and quickly Get off the X! (X being the point of attack, crisis or sticking point) when necessary and continue moving the needle in life
Six Tenets of Success
Topics include
- Live Greatly
- Lead Always (3 Rules)
- Love Deeply
- Stay Humble
- No Regrets
The audience will leave with
- Techniques to build a relentless, resilient mind – The Overcome Mindset
- A clear understanding of how to manage stress through proven SEAL techniques
- Tools to be a more effective, balanced leader increasing productivity in individuals and teams
- How to have create a positive mindset in negative situations
- A new perspective on how they view the world around them
Five Principles of Elite Performance
Topics include
- Perspective (“No Bad Days”)
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Mission/Goals
- Overcome and Get off the X
The audience will leave with
- A new perspective on how they view the world around them
- A deep understanding of how to lead teams and how to be an effective member of an elite-performing team
- The levels of leadership and communication required to be a more effective multi-dimensional leader
- Guidelines for goal setting and maximizing performance
- How to enact change to overcome adversity and quickly assess a crisis situation, identify a solution and move to and execute
Will You Be Ready?
Topics include
- Ambushes
- Get off X
- REACT Methodology
- Pentagon of Peak Performance
The audience will leave with
- A mindset of planning for the best but being prepared for the worst
- How to adapt to overcome adversity and quickly assess a crisis situation, identify a solution and move out of the crisis and execute
- Defining and maintaining balance as a leader in five key areas of life through the Pentagon of Peak Performance
- How to create more balance in everyday life through proven productivity tools
The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL
Topics include
- The story of Jason’s NY Times bestselling book The Trident
- Jason Redman catastrophic injury and road to recovery
- Jason, Erica (The Long Haired Admiral) and the Redman family’s journey
The audience will leave with
- Inspiration and motivation from one of America’s great heroes
- Jason Redman leadership failure and plight for redemption
- An appreciation and understanding that in any adversity we encounter in life, we have a choice
- A snapshot of the life of a Navy SEAL told through riveting real-world stories of failures and successes, overcoming adversity and getting off the X
- A love story
Talent Short Bio
Jason Redman is a retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant, bestselling author, leadership expert, and motivational speaker whose extraordinary journey from adversity to triumph has inspired audiences worldwide. With a distinguished 21-year military career, including 11 years as an enlisted SEAL and 10 years as a SEAL officer, Jason led elite teams through some of the most challenging combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Throughout his military service, Jason developed a deep understanding of leadership, accountability, resilience, and high-performance teamwork under extreme pressure. His career was defined not only by operational success but also by overcoming significant personal and professional setbacks. Early leadership challenges nearly ended his SEAL career, yet through humility, discipline, and determination, he rebuilt trust, strengthened his leadership capabilities, and emerged as one of the military’s most respected combat leaders.
Jason’s life changed forever during a fierce enemy ambush in Iraq when he was shot eight times, including devastating injuries to his face and arm. Facing overwhelming odds, he refused to surrender to fear or defeat. His remarkable recovery and return to service became a powerful symbol of perseverance and resilience.
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