Brian Flanagan

Background

About Brian Flanagan

A highly energetic Business Development Executive passionate about helping people and partners grow their clientele and increase their business. Retired US Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer with extensive academic training and professional experience in personnel recruiting and management. Highly adept at delivering measurable results in high-stakes and fast-changing work environments. In both my military and civilian careers, my expertise, training, and passion are focused on identifying, recruiting, and developing high-performing teams of professionals. I thrive in environments where the mission is clear but the team must overcome adversity to achieve the organizational goal. In one example, I created a task force at the Pentagon with a mission to bring military leadership principles to civilian leaders. Over the course of three years, I designed the curriculum, secured funding, staffed the organization with 538 facilitators, and surpassed our goals by training DoD civilian employees and active-duty military personnel. The program still exists today and is financially self-sustaining. In my civilian career as an technical professional, I have drawn on the singular experiences of military personnel management. I prefer to combine quantitative measures with the human element which is paramount when working with service members in combat zones and on bases. In that environment, careful and active listening, along with an empathetic understanding of an individual and his/her circumstances, often mean the difference between a successful outcome and a problematic one. I am focused on providing organizations the tools and resources so they can grow, become adaptive in an ever evolving landscape.