Our people talked about your presentation all weekend and you made a tremendous impact on our Outside Salespeople and Managers. We have used outside speakers for many years and I honestly don't think that we've ever had any that were so prepared or as appropriate as you and Thumper.

Larry Samuelson
Vice President
Genuine Parts Company
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The impact that the Afterburner Seminar had was incredible. Not only was it the highest rated segment of our annual meetings, but our store managers have begun to apply what they learned on a day to day basis. The Afterburner Seminar received a standing ovation after every one of its programs. This has never happened before.

David Bogage
Director of Management Development
Home Depot
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Last week at our annual kick-off sales meeting, Jim Murphy was one of our keynote speakers. He was fantastic. When Leslie first came to me with the idea, I questioned the relevance of a fighter pilot to business. Believe me, he brings it all together in terms we could relate to and with a program that keeps you on the edge of your seat with periodic goose bumps on your arms. He spoke for 1-112 hours; I wish it would have been 3.

Paul Harris
Vice President International
Honeywell

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Having been involved with many "team building" type exercises before, I can honestly say yours was the most relevant, practical, entertaining and thought-stimulating program I have ever seen.

Joseph C. Lane
President
IBM Credit Corporation
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Flawless. This describes the commentary I received from everyone in attendance as a result of your keynote address at our client conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
You and Scott Vasina delivered the most concise—and customized—presentation that I have ever seen. You truly engaged our audience by skillfully incorporating a high degree of our company and industry information into your message.

Brian E. Jarrel
Vice President
International Banking Technologies
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All ninety of the people here at iMediation are still talking about your speech, and continue to use many of the tools that you left us with on a daily basis, especially "Brief, Execute, Debrief" and the Flight Control Panel concept of monitoring your key business indicators.

Jeff Morgan
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
iMediation, Inc.
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The concept of using "Top Gun" fighter pilots and drawing similarities to planning their missions to the business environment is right on target.

David R. Engwall
Director, National Sales
Johnson & Johnson
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It was great meeting you and having a chance to speak to you about your exciting career. This year's Junior Achievement National Leadership Conference in Tampa, Florida will be remembered for years to come because of the energy infused by you and your team at Afterburner. Your outstanding facilitation of the full-day event on Saturday has gotten rave reviews from our participants. And most certainly, Crystal Clements and Byron James, our two winners of the flights in your L-39 jet, will be talking about their exhilarating experiences for decades to come.

David S. Chernow
President & CEO
Jr. Achievement
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Sincerest thanks to Afterburner Seminars for the great seminar last week. I've received a lot of good feedback on it, as well as several inquiries from general agents about how they might contact you to discuss programs. The top executive for my line of business was delighted with it.

Diana K. Ruddick
Vice President
MassMutual
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WOW! Did you ever strike a nerve...Our president had us re-write his closing presentation to incorporate many of the points that you made during your presentation. The CEO of McKesson Pharmaceutical asked to borrow a pen and paper and started taking notes during your presentation.

Kay Giuseppe
Vice President
McKesson HBOC
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I knew my mission was accomplished when I saw every one of my managers taking notes during your entire speech. The feedback following your presentation was equally satisfying. Many of our managers personally thanked me for bringing in your program, and are now planning to use you for their future events.

Paul Reinbach
FMS Coordinator WRBG
Merck
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I know that all in attendance during the Afterburner's bonus session were thrilled with the experience. When you can get that many hospital CEOs excited at one time - and in this depressing environment - you must have a winner!

Marlene K. Hulteen
Group Vice President
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
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