Breaking barriers isn’t easy. Each is a grit growing experience. Samantha shares her experiences and lessons of her BOLD mindset in her captivating Keynotes.
As a former Air Force fighter pilot and wing commander, she spoke clearly and passionately about fighting through adversity to grow one’s grit. Our binational audience of Canadian and American military were inspired, moved, and motivated by her poignant and honest storytelling. If you care about promoting organizational excellence and building resilient teammates, then Dr. Weeks is a required voice at your next event.”
Leaders + Leadership + the People you Lead.
Culture plays a significant role in the effectiveness and success of any organization, but leaders often focus on strategy and execution without understanding the power of culture. Samantha saw, first hand, the power of culture when she joined the elite aerial demonstration squadron, the Air Force Thunderbirds, as it’s first-ever female solo demonstration pilot.
The equation of a leader, their leadership style, and the people made a significant impact on Samantha’s leadership philosophy. Over the last two decades, she’s taken her time on the Thunderbirds and used the culture equation to succeed in the cockpit and the corporate board room.
Samantha illustrates the power of leaders to harness and cultivate their company’s culture for today and tomorrow. She presents her audiences with action-driven ways to develop and evolve the culture they need to propel their people, performance, and profit to the max.
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While flying 18 inches away from other high-performance aircraft, Samantha Weeks learned quickly how trust and teamwork can be the difference between life and death.
Discover lessons from a Thunderbird and veteran Air Force fighter pilot in this dynamic keynote. Trust is critical to the success of teams, and it doesn’t just happen – it requires each of us to do our part. From a foundation of trust, authentic action, bold commitment, and empathetic leadership set high-performance teams on a trajectory to unparalleled heights.
Dr. Weeks meets your audience on ground-level, cultivating a map to navigate workplace environments to grow trust and teamwork, even when it seems impossible.
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“Dr. Weeks provided our organizations a wonderful presentation with her experience and passion shining through her presentation on critical conversations around high-performing teams.”
Samantha Weeks, Colonel, USAF retired, PhD was the first-female solo demonstration pilot on the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds.
She served as an Air Force Fellow to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and was chosen for the Lorenz Fellowship, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Military Strategy, with a focus on leadership development. Her PhD research was critical to the success of the RAND study and former Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein’s Focus Area One: Revitalizing the Squadron.
As the first-ever Chief Transformation Officer at a $7B public company, Samantha seamlessly transitioned to excel in the corporate world. During her tenure, the culture initiative she designed and implemented saw a 10% Return on Investment in less than two years.
Dr. Weeks’s career spans over two decades of service, speaking, and leading highly complex and diverse organizations. Her passion is now to pass on her lessons and experiences to today’s leaders to accelerate their success to the highest altitudes possible.
flying hours in the F-15C, F-16 and T-38.
combat hours in support of Operations
Northern and Southern Watch.
managed capital assets while training and certifying 400 pilots.
revenue growth and a 15% net income increase as Chief Transformation Officer, at a $7B public company.
amazing sons, cheering from the home
front when Dr. Weeks is speaking
When everything shut down due to COVID, my leadership team and I knew we needed to provide a top notch speaker for our 2020 graduation ceremony. Samantha Weeks was the absolute best! Her message was inspirational, clearly on point for our audience, and left our students feeling empowered to set out and achieve their dreams.”
Email Dr. Weeks directly at Samantha@DrSamanthaWeeks.com
