Ten U.S. Navy SEAL-inspired leadership principles, refined into a disciplined process — teaching your team to lead themselves, contribute as teammates, and grow into leaders.
“A team follows leaders
who have proven worth following.”
Personal discipline and self-awareness — earn the right to lead others by leading yourself first.
Trust, purpose, and selfless action — the relational skills that turn contributors into people others want to follow.
Multiplying influence through others — building successors and results that outlast your presence.
Sustaining leadership as a lifelong practice — a durable habit of growth, not a one-time event.
Each principle has its own chapter, self-assessment, and application plan — the substance behind the framework, not a loose theme.
The four phases above aren't a one-day event — they're delivered through a structured hybrid program, with real workplace practice between every session.
A leadership baseline assessment and one current leadership challenge, identified before the room ever meets.
Participants define their Personal WHY and build the Phase 1 foundation the rest of the program stands on.
Guided sessions carrying participants through Phases 2 and 3 — trust and shared purpose, then developing others and leading under pressure — each one opening with what happened since the last.
One observable behavior, practiced on the job — not a worksheet, an actual change in how they lead that week.
Phase 4 in practice — one selected leadership behavior, sustained for 30 days, so the program outlasts the last session.
A leadership program your team will actually use — grounded in real Navy SEAL principles, tested through a 20-year Leadership Development Program, and built to change behavior, not just deliver a good day.
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Bruce DeRuntz, PhD is a leadership development professional, speaker, and author focused on preparing individuals and organizations for real-world leadership.
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