A Navy SEAL's Guide to High Performance
With Simon Sinek, Rich Diviney
The Navy SEALs are among the highest-performing teams on the planet. It’s not just their physical skills or courage that sets them apart. Instead, it’s their trust in each other, their leadership, and their teamwork that make them truly exceptional. The best part is their principles for success are included in this course and can be transferred to anyone. Join Simon Sinek and Rich Diviney, a 20-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, to sharpen your leadership skills, elevate your performance at work, and build trusting teams.
Explore the Course
1Boot Camp ▾
Get your boots on the ground with insights into: what makes SEALs exceptional, what high performance really looks like, and how to build trust in any setting.
- Welcome!Video
- High Performance in ActionVideo
- Reflection: High Performance in Action Reflection
- What Businesses Get Wrong About High Performance Video
- Reflection: What Businesses Get Wrong About High PerformanceReflection
- The Three Dimensions of TrustVideo
- Reflection: The Three Dimensions of TrustReflection
- Applying the Three Dimensions of TrustVideo
- Reflection: Applying the Three Dimensions of Trust Reflection
- The Circle of SafetyVideo
- Reflection: The Circle of SafetyReflection
- Additional Resource GuideReading
- Something Completely DifferentVideo
2Basic Training ▾
Dive deeper into the keys to creating high-performing teams as Rich and Simon teach about culture, leadership, feedback & more.
- The Secrets of High PerformanceVideo
- Reflection Exercise: The Secrets of High PerformanceResource
- A Culture of AccountabilityVideo
- Reflection: A Culture of AccountabilityReflection
- HierarchyVideo
- Hierarchy: Dynamic SubordinationReading
- Reflection: Hierarchy Reflection
- The Responsibilities of LeadershipVideo
- Reflection: The Responsibilities of LeadershipReflection
- Honest FeedbackVideo
- Reflection: Honest FeedbackReflection
- FailureVideo
- Reflection: FailureReflection
- Something Else Completely DifferentVideo
3Advanced Training ▾
Any team can be high-performing when everything is going right. Only great teams can perform when things go sideways. Learn the prerequisites for mission success under any circumstances, including how to address and resolve trust issues.
- The Trust MatrixVideo
- Visual: The Trust MatrixReading
- Skills and AttributesVideo
- Reflection: Skills and AttributesReflection
- Vulnerability with ConfidenceVideo
- Reflection: Vulnerability with ConfidenceReflection
- Damaged TrustVideo
- Reflection: Damaged TrustReflection
- Repairing TrustVideo
- Reflection: Repairing Trust Reflection
- Even More of Something Completely DifferentVideo
4Officer Candidate School ▾
Your performance is downstream of your mindset. Get your mind right, get your team right, and get your performance right.
- Thinking Long TermVideo
- Reflection: Thinking Long Term Reflection
- Making DecisionsVideo
- Reflection: Making DecisionsReflection
- Listen, Learn, LeadVideo
- Reflection: Listen, Learn, LeadReflection
- CompetitionVideo
- Reflection: CompetitionReflection
- Poor LeadershipVideo
- Reflection: Poor LeadershipReflection
- Hoarding Information and Remote WorkVideo
- Reflection: Hoarding Information and Remote WorkReflection
- Parting TipsVideo
Meet Your Instructors
Simon Sinek
Eternal Optimist
Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work they do.
A trained ethnographer, Simon is fascinated by the people and organizations that make the greatest and longest-lasting impact. Over the years, he has discovered some remarkable patterns about how they think, act, and communicate, and also the environments in which people operate at their natural best.
Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace—which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times.
Rich Diviney
Retired Navy SEAL Captain
Rich wakes up every day to discover, inspire, and accelerate the potential of human beings. Rich draws upon 20+ years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer where he has achieved multiple leadership positions, including the Commanding Officer of a Navy SEAL Command. This experience forged in him the belief that every human being has a purpose.
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