Epic Leadership

They Don't work for you.
They choose to.

A diagnostic and training system that shows you exactly why they follow, or don’t.

Epic Leadership Course

The EPIC Leadership Course is 16 sessions designed for leaders who need autonomous, high-performing teams.

Students learn to use and master novel and ground-breaking concepts based on Special Operations principles specially modified for business use. The course incorporates the Leadership Operating System (LOS), the Green Beret Mission Planning (GBMP) process, the Strategic Insight Framework (SIF), Enhanced Franklin Grids, the Fear Inoculation process, MAPPED Goals, the Ethosynthesis® Culture Creation process, and more – providing a comprehensive toolkit for even the most experienced leaders. These concepts are designed to help leaders make optimal decisions, enhance strategic planning, and build resilient, high-performing teams.

Teams that lead themselves, because you built a system where they don’t need to wait for you.

LEAD WITH INTEGRITY,
RESILIENCE AND PURPOSE

GET YOUR LEADERSHIP DIAGNOSTIC

THE EPIC LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

EPIC Leadership starts where the popular theories stop: the ones that make you feel good but don’t produce results. The framework rests on four pillars. Empathetic. Purposeful. Inspirational. Character-driven. These aren’t aspirations. They’re operational responsibilities. Get them right and you build Fierce Trust™: the kind of trust where people follow you into uncertainty without being told to.

Every Green Beret faces the same problem: how do you get people who don’t work for you, don’t like you, and come from a different world to choose to follow you anyway?

That problem is now yours. Different context, same physics. EPIC Leadership™ is the system that solves it.

Who It's For

• Fortune 50 executives

• Government agencies

• Mid-market CEOs

• Frontline managers

• Any leader flying blind

What You'll Get

• EPIC Leadership Assessment™

• Leadership Profile

• Diagnostic Debrief with Rob

• EPIC Leadership Course

How It Works

1. Complete the assessment

2. Review your profile

3. Schedule a debrief

4. EPIC Leadership Course

TRUSTED BY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CNN, NBC, NPR, THE NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM CENTER, AND FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES.

THE EPIC ASSESSMENT

Based on decades of Special Operations leadership principles, this 15-minute assessment provides the honest, actionable insights you need to take your leadership to the next level. The EPIC Leadership Assessment®️ reveals what you need to know to become an elite leader. This comprehensive assessment shows you:

Where your leadership is already strong enough to drive results
Which blind spots might be holding back your team’s performance
How your self-perception differs from how others experience your leadership
Specific areas where small improvements could dramatically increase your effectiveness
What your supervisors, peers, and team members need from you—but may never tell you directly

TAKE THE ASSESSMENT NOW

CREATE A CULTURE
OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Reviews

"Mr. Schaefer has trained all my managers and made the entire organization a real team. We communicate and plan so much better now – and as a result, we've doubled our revenues within 2 years."

DEILY HERRERA: PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE SERVICES GROUPS

"Robert's expertise in leadership, management, and team building combined with his ability to articulate and express complex ideas has helped create a much stronger senior management team across all of our companies. He’s provided us with outstanding training, tools, and guidance that will allow us to work more efficiently and increase profits."

ROBERT BUNN: GENERAL COUNSEL, THE STRATEGIC GROUP

“Taking Rob’s course has given me the confidence, skills, and tools that no other leadership training in my military or professional career ever has. I highly recommend this for any individual or executive team looking to advance their leadership skills to the highest levels.”

Alex Hayes, President and Founder, Orion and Taurus, LLC

“Rob’s Training Programs are the best I've ever attended. I learned more in 4 hours than all other leadership training programs combined.”

CHADWICK PELLETIER: FOUNDER & CEO, DAVINCI FILM FESTIVAL & VERITAS FILM & TELEVISION

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