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From Navy SEALs, to veteran advocates, to military pilots… Key Speakers Bureau hosts a diverse repertoire of Navy SEAL motivational speakers that are sure to inspire a BIG impact with any audience. Military service distinctively prepares speakers with a host of qualities and skills that they can convey to your audience; such as leadership development, teamwork, communication, performance motivation, and personal accountability. We’ve identified our favorite devoted veterans and patriotic speakers that can provoke change in your organization as well as convey their support for the land of the free and the home of the brave through the medium of lecture.

Jocko Willink

Jocko Willink is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. Jocko spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. As commander of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War. Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams. There, he spearheaded the development of leadership training and personally instructed and mentored the next generation of SEAL leaders who have continued to perform with great success on the battlefield.

Leif Babin

Leif Babin is a decorated former Navy SEAL officer, co-author of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and co-founder of Echelon Front, along with Jocko Willink, where he serves as leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Leif served thirteen years in the Navy, including nine as a Navy SEAL. As a SEAL platoon commander in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, he planned and led major combat operations in the Battle of Ramadi that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s 1st Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War.

Brent Gleeson

Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran with multiple tours to Iraq and Africa and other theaters of war. Upon leaving SEAL Team 5, Brent turned his discipline and battlefield lessons to the world of business and has become an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and building high performance teams to culture and organizational transformation. He is the Founder and CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, a progressive leadership and management consulting firm with a focus on business transformation and building high-performance cultures.

Rorke Denver

Commander Rorke T. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other international hotspots. He starred in the hit film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures. His New York Times bestseller, Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior, takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program. In his second book Worth Dying For: A Navy SEALs Call to a Nation, Rorke tackles the questions that have emerged about America’s past decade at war—from what makes a hero to why we fight and what it does to us. Rorke was most recently seen on FOX’s American Grit. The series followed 16 of the country’s toughest men and women as they faced a variety of military-grade and survival-themed challenges set in the wilderness.

David B. Rutherford

David B. Rutherford is a former US Navy SEAL motivational speaker and medic who is also a behavioral training expert. Drawing from his experiences in the military as well as his experiential research of the human condition and psyche, David motivates and inspires audiences to adopt the mindset of a Navy SEAL in their own lives—persevering and thriving through fear and overcoming adversity with strength and power. Emotional, entertaining, and raw, David’s presentations are captivating and proven to drive real impact.

It’s a common concern of business leaders: how can our company benefit and treat ethically its employees, customers, shareholders, society and the environment whilst also being financially prolific?

But never fear! It turns out there is a crucial link between these two business goals—check out a few pillars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) below to learn how everyone involved can benefit from businesses implementing CSR initiatives.

Treating employees with respect, fostering talent, and encouraging personal growth is a crucial pillar to producing an ethical AND productive company. Employees who feel nurtured and encouraged in their place of work are likely to work in ways that are more productive and innovative. Refer to the Whole Foods story for a good example of this. Speaker John Mackey co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, built his business by treating his employees with respect and care by designing programs such as the Whole Foods Market Healthy Revolution, a healthy eating program designed to radically improve the health of company team-workers, while significantly cutting the cost of corporate health care.

Gone are the days in which corporate and social responsibly was defined by a firm making financial donations to a charity. In order to truly be socially responsible, companies must ensure all facets of their business are being conducted ethically and with the greater good in mind. In addition to conducting ethical business being the morally upright thing to do… it has also been proven that developing a robust corporate philanthropy and ethical practices program within your firm can actually attract higher-performing employees to work for your company.

Now more than ever, the business and personal choices we make regarding our environment are crucial to our society’s well being and longevity. Having a clear strategy that details how your company will ensure its choices are beneficial to the environment is a good place to start. Going green benefits everyone involved—in his book Green to Gold as well as his presentations, speaker Andrew Winston discusses how smart companies can use environmental strategy to build their competitive advantage by “lowering their costs, reducing risk, increasing revenues, and enhancing brand value“.