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 Become a Samurai Executive

 

For Those Leaders Ready for Something Deeper

 

This exclusive Executive Research Project evaluates how much 700-year-old Samurai principles impact leadership performance by evaluating:

  • Greater decisiveness
  • Increased speed in execution
  • Clarity under pressure and elevated strategic impact
  • Courage to confront real issues with integrity
  • Higher Honor and Bravery in Teams:
    • Forge trust and integrity so unbreakable that teams follow without hesitation. 
    • Uncover fears that stop greatness.

 

!!! Only offered to a select group of CEO and Executive audience members for a limited time !!!

 

“I want to expand my business through acquisitions.
This helped stop my fear of calling companies cold.”
CEO Member

“Pushed me from just thinking about fear and death
to actually living with more urgency and intention.” 
CEO Member

“Within days, I recognized how fear was holding me back
—and began seeing opportunities I’d long ignored.”

—CEO Participant, Pilot Cohort

 

Enroll Now

An exclusive program 
developed at Johns Hopkins University and based on the bestseller

"The Code of the Executive"

by Don Schmincke 

Why This Research is Needed?

 

Most executives want people who:  

  • Innovate.

  • Take risks.

  • Say uncomfortable truths.

  • Challenge and are willing to be challenged.

  • Win in targeted markets.

  • Are honest and transparent.

So you do all the right stuff:

  • Coaches

  • TEDx talks

  • Seminars

  • Thought leaders

  • Bestselling books

  • The best operating system

But you still face organizational dysfunction:  

  • Change resistance.

  • Risk avoidance.

  • Slow decisiveness. 

  • Lack of accountability.

  • Fear and hesitation.

  • Missed performance targets.

  • Misalignment with your vision.

  • Unproductive behaviors.

  • Lack of bravery  to confront the real issues.

What if something deeper sabotages your efforts?

 

This experiment explores the role of:

Human Fear and Selfishness

Is it possible that ancient wisdom can stop 

Fear and Selfishness

from sabotaging executive efforts?

 

The Research Behind the Initiative

  • A Samurai training manual first codified during Japan’s Kamakura era over 700 years ago.(1) 
  • Permission granted by Oxford to adapt and test its insights.

 

 

Now you will learn it.

 (1) the content emerged during the Japanese Heian period (794–1185) and formalized during the Kamakura period (1185–1333).

INTRODUCING

 

Designed for busy CEOs.

 

 

What Participation Looks Like

 

We will measure your performance enhancment in just 7-modules:

  • Fast, short video lessons (only 5 - 7 minutes long)
  • Implementation exercises to apply each principle in your own executive decisions immediately
  • Rapid instructional modalities
  • Brief, easily consumable content
  • Useful downloads

 

And Performance Checkpoints

with your Chair, Guide, or Coach

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Why Use Samurai Training?

(a brief 20-second overview)

 

What's In The Program?

MODULE 1: Initiation
Prepare yourself emotionally, mentally, and physically for the journey ahead. 

MODULE 2: Fear
Identify what stops you from reaching higher, taking risks, and improving your performance.  Learn how to move beyond your fears, and seek higher potential.

MODULE 3: Death
Sustaining strength requires continuous evolution. Change is necessary. What must "die" in order for you to ascend higher? 

MODULE 4: Dying
Primal, selfish, ego-driven behaviors hinder growth and performance. Understand how to deal with removing the EGO and let go of what's holding you back.

MODULE 5: Progress Checkpoint
Here you check your development with your manager or trusted colleague. The observations and feedback help you evolve and drive your journey to the next level.

MODULE 6: Bravery
How to be brave enough to do the right thing, create superior results, make wise decisions, and honor your values and purpose.

MODULE 7: Honor
Honor is critical for successful leadership. It drives trust, honesty, and integrity. Your journey becomes strained when disrespect arises from others, but a Samurai has no excuse to violate this Code.

Initial Research Reported from Members:

  • “I now wake up every morning asking myself how can I be braver today”

  • “The OODA loop process helped me become fearless about feedback. It’s been incredible. Before I was nervous about getting feedback. Now it's absolutely a must!”

  • "After the second module on fear, I finally had that difficult conversation with my wife. Our marriage is now improving!”

  • “The constant reminder that someday I must die was surprisingly powerful. It interrupted the subconscious. It made me check my motives, my energy, and how I was showing up in real time.”

Too busy?

This program was designed for you!

Short lessons, on-the-spot exercises, and coach feedback baked in.

The busiest executives always invest time sharpening the blade.

 

Now dig deeper to explore a new level within yourself.

Individual Member

Tuition 

$2750

$375

Provided at-cost to fund this research project only.

(Seats are limited)

Enroll Here Now

 

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Note: This program is offered strictly as a research collaboration. All findings will be published in aggregate; individual data remains confidential.