Colonel Rick Searfoss - Programs

PROGRAMS All programs use spectacular video and still imagery to illustrate key points. Gripping, powerful visual impact to match the inspiring, content-filled messages.

LEADERSHIP "Mach 25 Leadership" -
The Real Right Stuff Attitudes, actions, and approaches for today's leaders at all levels. Purpose, program, people, perspective. True leaders balance all these elements to get the job done, build their organization, and uplift their followers. Colonel Searfoss personally knows that commanding a human space mission requires the utmost in competent, trustworthy, and service-oriented leadership: the real "right stuff." Too much is at stake for anything less. The challenges: formidable. The experiences: profound. The lessons learned: invaluable, for any leader, any profession, any time! This program superbly builds and motivates leaders at all levels to boldly take charge and make a difference. Click here for more info

TEAMWORK "Apogee!" - Take Teams to the Top Principles for all team players from rookie to mentor to leader. Successful human space missions demand that hundreds of different teams perform flawlessly and consistently. A Space Shuttle crew must act in unity as one of the most finely honed teams possible, comparable to a Super Bowl or World Series team, with billions of dollars and their own lives riding on their performance. They also need to interact with and motivate the members of a huge variety of other specialized teams to truly prepare for a mission. An awesome model for any team venture! "Apogee!" shares this teamwork legacy to accelerate your team's ascent to the pinnacle of cohesion and performance. Click here for more info

PERSONAL EXCELLENCE "Countdown to Success" Keys to unlock your potential for sustained outstanding performance. The competition to become an astronaut is fierce - less than one in a hundred qualified applicants is selected. What factors lead to such competitive success? Once selected, the training is long, rigorous, and constantly demanding. How does one progress from initial selection to making the extremely complex and difficult look easy during successful mission execution? Through constant, dedicated pursuit of individual outstanding performance. Rick will arm you with the astronaut achievement tool kit to launch on your own trajectory to peak personal effectiveness and out-of-this world results. The sky is not the limit! Click here for more info

SAFETY "SAFETY is the Mission" Accident- and incident-free high performance military and NASA jet flying career over 20 years. In-depth experience in flight safety programs in military operational fighter squadrons, flight test programs, and NASA Space Shuttle missions. Click here for more info

Resiliency - Transcending Adversity: Forging out into dangerous, dynamic, risky territory takes a special mindset and skills - "Right Stuff" Resiliency. Astronauts train continually to deal with adversity, emergencies, and "off-nominal" situations. Their experiences provide powerful tools for overcoming adversity in uncertain, tough situations. Click here for more info

CUSTOMER SERVICE "The CUSTOMER is the Mission" Imagine leading a 500 million dollar project, that was over 8 years in development, and peaked in a short, 16 day window, to deliver a unique service in the most hostile, unforgiving and dangerous environment possible, on behalf of thousands of clients and customers, who gambled their professional hopes, dreams, and future on your performance. Click here for more info

PATRIOTISM "America the Beautiful from Space" Fascinating stories, breathtaking images - beauty, wonder, hope America truly is a blessed and promised land. One orbital view forcefully confirms the special beauty and place our country holds on Earth. Through the glorious medium of 'astronaut earth observations' photographs, many of which he took himself, Rick will carry you on a breathtaking journey around this land, from North to South and coast to coast. A fascinating combination of inspiring historical, geographical, geological, and cultural stories with stunning images testifying of sublime beauty, wonder, and hope. This delightfully unique presentation will fill you with pride to be an American.

FUTURE "As We Dream" - A Spacefarer's Vision - Exciting and optimistic view of the technical and cultural possibilities. In a short 100 years humankind has gone from earthbound to living in space. What challenges and opportunities await us in the next 100 years? As Dr. Robert Goddard, inventor of the liquid fueled rocket engine, proclaimed, "Who is to say what is impossible? For the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the realities of tomorrow." With the rare combined perspective of having flown in space, a world-class technical education, and ongoing direct involvement with many private entrepreneurial space ventures, Rick offers an enthusiastic and optimistic view of the scientific, technical, cultural, and sociological possibilities.

CHANGE "Dare to Explore!" - Adventurous Innovation Develop flexible adaptability - embrace the opportunities change offers The six billion people on this jewel of a planet collectively share a very human need to explore. Yet at the same time, we all too often limit ourselves as we ponder fears and not hopes, fears usually revolving around the need for change. Change is real, it's upon us, it's ever-accelerating. Exploration, research, innovation, and charting the unknown as pioneered on the last frontier of space give startling examples of adaptability. Learn to embrace the opportunities change offers through this space explorer's insightful presentation. Click here for more info

NASA Shuttle Mission Pages

STS-58 STS-76 STS-90