Aviation-inspired Leadership, Crisis Management & Decision-Making

flight leaders - providing simulations and cutting-edge leadership training

Welcome! Flight Leaders is part of McGallen & Bolden Group, offering leadership training, crisis management, crisis communication, effective communication, and better decision-making skills, for corporations, leaders and teams.

Tough times call for expert coaching

We are now in challenging times, where global conflicts, economic uncertainty, business changes, and even technological disruptions such as AI (artificial intelligence) and robotics are all quickly and acutely making us think, re-think, and hunt for answers. Such tough times mean that we cannot rely on “gut feel”, or allow less experienced hands to lead our teams through such troubled waters. We need peers with real experience in the field, solving problems through the decades to be on our side.

Combining nearly 80 years of collective experience

The aviation-inspired training and facilitation programs are co-developed by Capt. Michael Caston and Dr Seamus Phan, with collectively nearly 80 years of industry and field experience.

Capt. Caston is an EASA & FAA certified CRM facilitator/trainer, human factors specialist, flight instructor, and a retired airline captain with more than 40 years of flight deck experience. Dr Phan is a corporate and leadership development consultant, communicator and strategist with nearly 40 years of industry and professional experience, as well as an aviation enthusiast. Both Capt. Caston and Dr Phan make an excellent Red Team for your business, lending an incisive and collegial perspective to accelerate your business growth.

Aviation-themed “Red Team”

If you are a business leader or a team looking to expand and build your business, if you are a tech startup or even “unicorn” looking for a fresh perspective to your current leadership and operations, or if you are looking to build a crisis management and crisis communication program to better equip your business with incident-readiness, talk to us now. Or, if you like to work with a team who loves aviation and brings the best of aviation leadership, crisis management and communication principles into your ecosystem, whether you are a multinational corporation (MNC), Fortune 500 company, a tech or health tech firm, or just looking for a great teambuilding program, we are your team!

What’s Next Leadership at 30,000 Feet

We feature 2 types of coaching and interactive programs:

What can ancient China and feudal Japan teach us about leadership, crises and teamwork? What can pilots in a flight deck flying passengers and cargo teach us about effective communication with clients, leaders and peers, and solving emergencies and crises? How would we behave in a scenario of SOPs (standard operating procedures), sudden changes in our environment and ecosystem, and other unexpected events? Do we stay calm, follow through on the events and crises to conclude convincingly and effectively?

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