Highly Engaged Teams account for 23% increase in profit
57% Attrition
Employees don’t quit their job, they quit their boss
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Who we are
Forged in the Battlespace
Honed in the Business Space
Engaged.
That’s the feeling I had as a US Air Force fighter pilot. I was a key member of an elite team doing meaningful, challenging work. I owned my work, I was accountable to my team, and we were—and still are—the best in the world.
I emulated that system in Corporate America and led teams to win Billions in contract awards.
I’ve formalized that system—Total Engagement—and now I’m offering it to your team.
Total Engagement is a results-oriented leadership system inspired by military jet pilot training, where “the only way to learn to fly a jet is to fly a jet.” Great leadership creates engaged, productive teams, so we train leaders from the team’s perspective using three integrated frameworks.
PILOT is leadership in concept. It teaches the core principles of credible, competent leadership.
VAST is leadership in context. It’s a business design framework that shows the team what they’re doing and why it matters—creating clarity, alignment, and purpose.
FLITE is leadership in practice. It’s an iterative, interactive execution framework where you learn to lead by actually leading.
Engagement isn’t an HR metric, it’s an emotion…and an experience. It’s purpose, pride, and respect. It’s being physically, mentally, and emotionally immersed in your work.
Engagement doesn’t happen by accident. It’s created by competent leaders who know how build great teams. We believe that leadership can be learned, and that is best learned by doing.
The Total Engagement System is built using the same principles used to train Air Force jet pilots: interlocking conceptual, contextual, and practical frameworks, which are all essential to the making of leaders.
Engagement is the difference between winning and losing.
Real Member Stories: Transformations That Inspire and Motivate
When I worked directly with Brian, I needed a partner that was willing to 'overcommunicate’ and be transparent to work at the "Speed of Trust". Brian was all of that and much more! He always puts others and the mission ahead of himself and can be counted on no matter what.
Ken Kuebler (Colonel, US Air Force, Retired)President and CEO, Kuebler Advisory Group, Former Program Executive Officer - Fixed Wing, US Special Operations Command
I had the privilege of working closely with Brian on a complex, high-stakes R&D initiative. Under his leadership, a highly diverse, cross-functional team came together as a unified force. In a world where leadership is too often reduced to PowerPoint and buzzwords, Brian Maddocks is the real deal.
Jerry Gendron (Colonel, US Air Force, Retired)Former Program Manager, Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) US Special Operations Command
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