I have been leading teams and coaching individuals professionally since 1993. From 1988-1992 I served with 3rd Ranger battalion during which I helped the removal of Manuel Noriega in 1989 when I parachuted onto a hostile Panamanian airstrip. I graduated Ranger school with honors earning one of two distiguished "Merrill's Marauders" awards; an award earned only by two in each class and chosen by his peer group for demonstrating exceptional teamwork, leadership, and communication under long periods of stress and pressure-often the result of days without food or sleep-throughout the entire 72 day course. I completed Ranger service with honor at the rank of Sergeant. In 1990 I co-founded and became president of Leading Concepts Team Leadership Instutute - a corporate training program for all levels of management, in-tact & cross-functional teams, and orginazations looking to overhaul thier culture from top to down. I am also the Co-authr of Rangers Lead the Way: The Army Rangers Guide To Leading your Organization Through Chaos (http://www.rltw.net).