Speaking Examples
Fox News Interview:
General Teichert discussing American response to attacks in the Middle East.
Veterans Day Speech at the Supreme Court:
A poignant reminder to stay connected to the source of our power.
Wreaths Across America Keynote:
A powerful reminder of our responsibility to Rememeber, Honor, and Teach.
Bakersfield National Cemetery Memorial Day Keynote Speech:
A charge to carry on the powerful patriotic legacy of those who have gone on before us.
Resilience Day Speech:
A mandate for resilience through community-building in light of the tragic death by suicide of his best friend.
Keynote Speaking Topics
American Leadership in a Challenging and Changing World
Dominance, deterrence, and defeat; competitors, allies, and partners. How we consider these terms in a world filled with hostility and opportunity will determine our success or failure.
General Teichert describes the current situation and proper strategy from his seasoned perspective on the frontlines of strategic competition – as our nation’s senior defense official in Iraq, leading international affairs for the Air Force and the Space Force, and as a sought-after national security and international affairs commentator on national media. Learn from these lessons to be properly poised for ongoing geopolitical transformation in a world that won’t waiting for anyone.
BOOM – Leadership that Breaks Barriers, Challenges Convention, and Ignites Innovation
Leadership will determine whether your organization accomplishes its mission – whether it soars through the air or is shackled to the ground. It’s all based on care, character, continuation, and communication!
Learn invaluable lessons from a seasoned leader, based on stories and lessons from his leadership of the highest-visibility base on the planet, his command of the singular location critical for every aerospace breakthrough for the last eight decades, and his unique position guiding internationally impactful activities in war-torn Iraq during COVID. The audience will walk away inspired and informed about how to implement these concepts in their own contexts.
Paradigms, Relationships and Risk Management: Seizing Opportunities and Stiff-arming Opposition
Avoid the powerful trappings of the comfortable and alluring path of the status quo. Harness the concepts of shared humanity and mutual benefit. Properly understand, mitigate, and utilize risk.
General Teichert weaves together lessons from a deadly F-22 crash, a weekly meeting with an Iranian-aligned Iraqi military leader, and a test pilot’s experience with risk on the edge of the envelope. The result illuminates compelling real-life applications for audiences to seize opportunities and stiff-arm opposition.
Innovation on Afterburner
We live in a world that is constantly changing, and those who don’t move with it will get left behind. In an environment surging with the explosive energy of change, those who are complacent and defiant will become irrelevant relics of history, while those who are poised to seize fleeting opportunities will bury their competitors.
General Teichert unveils leadership and innovation lessons from The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe where his team dwarfed the innovation activity of the rest of the Air Force combined. He leads the audience on a massively effective innovation journey while offering a roadmap for replication.
Stop operating on autopilot when you need to be in afterburner!
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