Jas Hawker
- Commanding Officer and Leader of the Red Arrows, Royal Air Force (2006-09)
- Expert in team and organisational execution
Jas Hawker Speaker Biography
Jas Hawker joined the Royal Airforce aged 18 and went on to be the youngest ever pilot to fly the Tornado ground attack aircraft on the front-line. He has served on 4 operational squadrons taking part in both training and operational deployments all over the world.
In 1999 he was selected to join the Red Arrows and in 2007 he was selected to become their Commanding Officer and leader. He led the team on tours to the USA, Canada, the Middle East, India, Thailand and Malaysia as well as the UK and Europe.
Jas has undertaken a number of non-flying appointments within the Ministry of Defence, advising senior military officers and civil servants on strategic policy and planning issues. He was also deployed to Afghanistan as an operational level campaign planner, advising senior commanders.
Drawing clear parallels with the commercial world, Justin outlines the planning behind air missions, the purpose of debriefing and the need for continuous improvement. With remarkable Red Arrows film, he also demonstrates the critical importance of clear communication, making him one of the most highly sought after and popular motivational speakers.
He talks with credibility and authority on:
- The pursuit of excellence
- Leadership
- High-Performance Teams
- Teamwork in High Risk Environments
- Delivering Operational Change
- The art of effective debriefing
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With experience at the cutting edge of leadership, team work, high performance and risk management, Jas will describe the inner-workings of the world’s premier formation aerobatic team. He has led the Red Arrows across 4 continents delivering over 500 public displays to tens of millions of spectators. However, although recognised as world-class, the Red Arrows have to deliver this consistent output under continual change – each year the most experienced 3 pilots leave; there is a 33% turnover of key personnel. Consistent results are a function of culture, behaviour, process and leadership rather than individual stars. His high impact, entertaining and memorable presentations will inform, engage and inspire, with messages that will have impact far beyond the event itself.
TEAM DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
Jas also offers the opportunity to deliver exciting ½ day seminars tailored to, and aligned with your corporate objectives, which involve a unique and highly engaging insight into high-performance organisations. Through a powerful blend of dramatic in-cockpit video footage, interactive group exercises and real-life case studies, the team development seminar is an execution-focused interactive event, which gives delegates a completely fresh perspective on team and organisational performance, based on the behaviours and processes used by fighter pilots when working in complex cross-functional teams. The aim of the event is to motivate and inspire delegates via a high-impact intervention, to concentrate their minds on your major execution issues from a unique perspective, introduce some tangible tools which can be applied the next day and act as a genuine catalyst for performance improvement.
