Book Jack Becker, Leadership Speaker
About This Speaker
Jack Becker is a leadership, teamwork, human performance, and safety expert who brings decades of elite aviation experience to the stage. He founded Flight Level Solutions, Inc. to help organizations improve execution, strengthen team performance, and reduce errors. Jack draws on the same peak-performance skills he developed while flying combat missions in the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet. In addition, his military career included roles as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, instructor pilot, landing signal officer, quality assurance officer, and crew resource management (CRM) instructor.
Jack has logged more than 2,500 hours in supersonic fighter jets. He has also guided Naval aircraft to the carrier deck for over 10,000 hours. As a decorated combat veteran, he flew high-profile missions throughout the Middle East. As a result, his keynotes carry the same energy and precision he brought to every mission.
As one of the Navy’s most decorated Landing Signal Officers, Jack Becker helped advance CRM-based process improvement for carrier aviation. He was responsible for more than 21,000 mishap-free carrier landings. Moreover, his combined experience as an LSO and top CRM instructor showed him how the Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect model could transform performance in the workplace.
Jack earned a BS in Political Science with a focus on organizational leadership from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He also competed in varsity football and ice hockey during his time there.
Now Jack serves as CEO of Flight Level Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in human performance and organizational execution. He applies his “repeat your successes and eliminate mistakes” mindset in the civilian aviation world as an international wide-body airline Captain and evaluator instructor pilot. Jack lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with his wife, three daughters, and their golden retriever.
Videos
Speaking Topics: Jack Becker
Supersonic Success
In this exhilarating keynote, combat-decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker equips your team with the precise protocols that enable elite military aviators to optimize performance and execute under pressure while continually accelerating improvement. Jack's process creates a psychologically safe environment where people can speak openly, share strengths and weaknesses without fear, enjoy high EQ and vulnerability as a team, and know their inputs truly matter. This action-packed keynote is a results-based adventure, leaving teams inspired to continually improve both professionally and personally, exactly as elite fighter pilots do. Jack’s simple and repeatable process will teach your team how to repeat successes and eliminate mistakes. Your team will simply perform better. Perfect for every level throughout your organization. Make your team agile and cohesive with this process of continual improvement. From management and sales teams to construction crews or anyone else striving to achieve peak performance, Jack allows teams to go behind closed doors to learn why U.S. fighter pilots are the best in the world. Make your team a Top Gun with Supersonic Success! Key Takeaways: • Perfect for any company striving to improve every day • Learn the C.R.M. (Crew Resource Management) critical skills so your company can and will start performing better immediately • Learn to implement the Top Gun Supersonic Success process of Brief–Execute–Debrief–Perfect to immediately change the mindset throughout your organization • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team, allowing you to attract and retain top talent • Elevate the performance of your team by capitalizing on successes and eliminating repeated failures • Learn to use “The Wingman Mentality” and improve mutual support. • Achieve peak human performance at supersonic speeds!
Supersonic Sales
This action-packed keynote is a results-based adventure, leaving sales teams inspired to continually improve both professionally and personally, exactly as elite fighter pilots do. Jack’s simple and repeatable process will teach your sales team how to repeat successes and not repeat failures. By capitalizing on how to appropriately use ego to your advantage, your team will simply close more deals. And by creating a Wingman Mentality throughout your sales force, your team's sales will skyrocket! Make your sales team agile and cohesive with this process of continual improvement. This keynote is perfect for any salesperson striving to achieve peak performance. Jack allows teams to go behind closed doors to learn why U.S. fighter pilots are the best in the world. Make your team a Top Gun with Supersonic Sales! Key Takeaways: • Learn how to capitalize on the appropriate time to use ego to your advantage • Learn the C.R.M. (Crew Resource Management) critical skills so your sales team will start performing better immediately • Learn to implement the Top Gun Supersonic Success process of Brief–Execute–Debrief–Perfect to immediately change the learning curve • throughout your organization • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team, allowing you to attract and retain top talent • Skyrocket sales numbers by capitalizing on successes and eliminating repeated failures • Learn to use “The Wingman Mentality” and improve mutual support. • Achieve peak sales performance at supersonic speeds!
Supersonic Safety
In this high-impact safety keynote, dynamic speaker and former F-18 pilot Jack Becker shares the precise protocols behind the split-second decision-making capabilities, situational awareness, and continual improvement loop that make fighter aviation the pinnacle of high-risk task execution. This fast-paced keynote capitalizes on Jack’s adaptation of the Crew Resource Management process. This simple step-by-step game plan will ensure your team improves every day by repeating successes and not repeating failures. Perfect for everyone from frontline operators to C-suite executives. This process will make your team improve today! Jack’s heart-pounding stories of combat missions draw parallels directly to your team’s everyday challenges. His secrets of reducing human error will have your organization performing at Top Gun levels immediately. His tools and techniques of improving communication, decision making, and situational awareness have helped countless industries achieve Supersonic Safety! (This topic can be custom-tailored for any industrial safety application) Key Takeaways: • Learn how Jack’s training reduced OSHA recordable mishaps at a Fortune 500 company by over 60%! • Specifically detail how fighter pilots perform high-risk tasks at supersonic speeds with the Crew Resource Management critical skills for continual improvement. • How “The Wingman Mentality” and mutual support identify and eliminate hazards in the workplace. • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team, allowing you to attract and retain top talent • Motivate and inspire your team, instilling a relentless pursuit of perfection.
Supersonic Perfection in Patient Safety
In this pivotal keynote for healthcare providers, former naval aviator turned patient safety expert Jack Becker unveils how adapting aviation-grade skills can help your team minimize errors and continually improve care quality. From EMTs to surgeons, nurses to administrators, the C.R.M. critical skills have been helping healthcare providers “do no harm!” Medical errors are avoidable, and Jack’s process for increasing patient safety is truly groundbreaking. This exciting keynote will help any healthcare team achieve peak levels of human performance immediately! Key Takeaways: • Perfect for any healthcare providers striving to minimize errors and improve every day. • An in-depth look at how the C.R.M. critical skills are drastically improving patient safety in healthcare. • A specific “how to” detailing exactly how the Top Gun Supersonic Success process improves patient safety through all levels. • Vital insights to how “The Wingman Mentality” and mutual support drastically and instantly improve patient safety.
Supersonic Success in Athletics
In this hard-hitting keynote, former collegiate athlete and decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker reveals the precise preparation, team bonding, and continual optimization secrets that enable fighter squadrons to perform with championship execution under extreme pressure. From collegiate athletic programs to professional sports teams, Jack’s Supersonic Game Day keynote redefines how coaches and athletes achieve Top Gun success. Having played collegiate football and ice hockey at the Naval Academy, Jack knows what it takes to win at high levels. Now, he uses jaw-dropping stories of combat challenges and successes to draw a direct parallel to game day dominance. Your team will be motivated and inspired to succeed every day from off-season preparation through game day execution. If you want to win, you need Supersonic Success! Key Takeaways: • Perfect for any college or professional athletic team looking to guarantee victory. • An inside look at how US fighter pilots prepare and execute missions that guarantee victory in air combat, our “game day.”. • How championship-level sports teams are benefiting from the Top Gun Supersonic Success process for continual improvement. • How fighter pilots achieve peak Game Day Performance every mission
Supersonic Success Deep Dive Workshop (customized to your length of time)
In this interactive deep dive workshop, combat-decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker equips your team with the precise protocols that enable elite military aviators to optimize performance and execute under pressure while continually accelerating improvement. This workshop dives even further into the intricacies of the Crew Resource Management critical skills and the Top Gun Supersonic Success process by helping teams increase their teamwork, leadership, and situational awareness to astonishing levels. Jack runs interactive exercises with your entire team, teaching his invaluable lessons learned from real-life combat missions. If your team is ready to take human performance to the next level, this workshop will be a home run! Key Takeaways: • Perfect for any organization looking to accelerate its peak performance • A detailed look at how situational awareness enhances teamwork and can help nearly everyone in the American workplace. • Learn the secrets to achieve peak human performance just like fighter pilots and FBI/CIA agents do.
Entertainment Add-On
Not only is Jack Becker a Navy fighter pilot, but he’s also a professional musician. He plays the guitar, piano and sings at venues up and down the East Coast when he’s not on stages speaking. Have Jack play the guitar or piano and sing along at your opening or closing reception - he knows over 1,800 songs by heart, and the attendees can make requests and sing along with him to add some fun - just like in the TOPGUN movies!