Lunch and Keynote: Resilience in the Face of Adversity & Opportunity from Crisis

Highly decorated former career combat Green Beret Colonel John Fenzel, who served as a White House Fellow during and subsequent to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will discuss crisis leadership under perhaps the most trying circumstances of a lifetime. 

What was it like to be in the White House on September 11, 2001? In the 20th Anniversary year since that terrible day, John will give his first-person account from the White House. What happened? What followed in the weeks and months ahead, on the ground, for our Army Green Berets? What does it take to not just overcome adversity, but to conquer it, so that, in the end, you and your team come out better and stronger for the experience? How have others used adversity to their advantage, and how have they taken advantage of the challenges confronting them in the most challenging circumstances? How training for adversity is not only possible, but recommended as a means to promote resilience, trust, perseverance, and teamwork. How adversity is our greatest opportunity to become stronger and more successful—through resilient culture, bold action, realistic training and innovation.