Talk to us 
About Lead Like a SEAL
Leadership should hold when conditions change.
Former Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces and intelligence professionals. Founders and executive leaders. Specialists in elite sport and organizational psychology. Different backgrounds, brought together to help people lead well.
Start a conversationWho we are
Different backgrounds. A shared belief in leadership.
We come from environments where decisions affect other people, preparation matters and no one succeeds alone. Our team brings experience from Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, intelligence services, business, Olympic sport and organizational psychology.
What connects us is curiosity about people: how trust is earned, how teams make decisions when the answer is unclear, and how leaders help others do their best work.
Lead Like a SEAL brings those perspectives into leadership development for individuals, teams and organizations. We do not ask participants to become like us. We help them understand their own leadership and apply what they learn to the responsibilities they carry.
Where we come from
Experience that broadens the conversation.
Navy SEALs
A perspective shaped by preparation, mutual trust and the responsibility of acting as a team under pressure.
Army Special Forces
Experience of adapting to unfamiliar situations, sharing responsibility and working together toward a clear objective.
Intelligence services
A disciplined approach to assessing information, questioning assumptions and making judgements when the picture is incomplete.
Olympic sport
Olympic athletes and coaches contribute lessons in deliberate preparation, feedback, recovery and sustaining performance over time.
Organizational psychology
Understanding how people and groups behave helps connect individual insight with team dynamics, motivation and organizational context.
Founders and executive leaders
First-hand experience of building businesses, making difficult trade-offs and leading people through growth and change.
Our three partners
Different experience. Shared purpose.
Our partnership brings together special operations, human performance, medicine, intelligence and leadership education. We connect these perspectives to the decisions, relationships and responsibilities of leading a team.
Partner 01
Human performance & development
Brings 20 years of experience in the Navy, including service as an officer and instructor in naval special operations, with experience in human performance development and intelligence analysis. His experience also includes work as a SERE instructor. A coach to Olympic and national-team athletes, with 15 years of experience delivering team and leadership development for major international companies. Has led teams across Greenland, through the Northwest Passage and on multiple circumnavigations of Svalbard. His expedition experience also includes multiple expeditions to Canada. These experiences inform his approach to preparation, adaptability and shared responsibility.
Founder of an international philanthropic foundation and large-scale science and technology conferences in Europe. Serves on the boards of four businesses.
Perspective
Individual strengths, preparation, resilience and the relationship between personal development and shared performance.
Education & development
Studies in elite coaching and performance development at NTNU; a bachelor’s degree in Social Education from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences; Stanford LEAD at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and executive education at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Partner 02
Medicine & operational judgement
Brings 24 years of experience in naval special operations, including five deployments, with a background as an officer, doctor and intelligence service operator. Has experience from multiple expeditions in Greenland. Founder of the THOR Research Network, and founder and chair of the board of two local businesses.
Perspective
Combines medical, research and operational experience with entrepreneurship and board leadership. Brings these perspectives to judgement, human limits and responsibility in demanding situations.
Education & development
MD and PhD from the University of Bergen.
Partner 03
Leadership & execution
Brings 22 years of experience in special operations forces, serving as a special forces medical sergeant and an operations sergeant major, including 13 combat deployments. His background also includes work as a paramedic and flight paramedic.
Perspective
Combines operational leadership, emergency medical experience and management education to inform preparation, judgement under pressure, team coordination and follow-through.
Education & development
Two bachelor’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University.
Expertise with discretion
The illustrations are symbolic and do not depict the partners’ appearance.
Some members of our delivery team are not publicly identified due to professional confidentiality and security considerations. We describe relevant experience without identifying countries of service or operational units. During the proposal process, we clarify delivery roles, responsibilities and the information available for your organization’s due diligence.
Education and perspective
Practical experience. Continuing learning.
Our partners have completed studies at institutions including Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Wharton School and the University of Bergen. These educational experiences sit alongside the careers and responsibilities that shaped us.
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
University of Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
The institutions are referenced as part of our partners' educational backgrounds. They do not imply institutional partnership, endorsement or accreditation of Lead Like a SEAL.
Our point of view
Leadership is not a performance of certainty.
It is the work of creating enough clarity, trust and shared intent for others to act well - especially when the leader cannot know everything.
Lead Like a SEAL turns that belief into experiences where leaders can see their patterns, practise different choices and return to work with commitments that matter.
What guides us
A standard for the work and the way we work.
Earn trust
Do what we say, name what we see and protect the dignity of the people doing difficult work.
Make it real
Connect development to decisions, relationships and the operating context.
Hold the standard
Challenge with care and do not confuse comfort with safety.
Stay curious
Treat expertise as a responsibility to keep learning, not a reason to stop listening.
Share leadership
Put authority close to relevant information and make the team stronger than any individual.
Leave capability behind
Success is what the leaders can do without us in the room.
International by design
Nordic clarity. Global relevance.
Our program connects Norway and the United States, bringing participants into different environments to explore trust, judgement and collective performance.
Norwegian coastal conditions create a setting for practical leadership and reflection. The United States adds business perspectives, leadership conversations and applied challenges. Shared learning and relationships connect the journey and continue through the alumni network.
Our delivery standard
What every facilitator must be able to do.
Build trust
Establish a clear purpose, respectful boundaries and space for honest participation.
See the pattern
Notice the small interactions that shape trust and performance.
Give useful feedback
Offer specific observations with care and make room for another perspective.
Transfer the learning
Connect every insight to the participant's real leadership work.
The right people for your group
Your goals shape the delivery team.
Each engagement requires a different balance of operational credibility, coaching depth, sector understanding and group facilitation. We select facilitators for their ability to create trust, observe precisely, challenge respectfully and connect experience to executive reality.
During the program discussion, we explain the proposed team’s relevant capabilities, delivery roles and responsibilities within applicable confidentiality boundaries. Educational references describe individual backgrounds, not institutional endorsement or academic accreditation.
Begin the conversation
Meet the people behind the work.
Talk with us about the experience and perspectives that would be most useful to you.