The Program Podcast

Mac & Cole discuss ways to address and attack complacency on that team.

In this episode, Mac & Sam discuss the importance of setting the example.

Chris Warner, a leadership educator, and author of “High-Altitude Leadership,” which I strongly recommend to our audience. He is a keynote speaker, Emmy-nominated film-maker, and entrepreneur. The Marylander founded Earth Treks, a chain of climbing gyms that is now one of the largest in the nation, serving more than 1 million customers per year.

Kap sits down with JR Butler.

JR co-founded Shift Group in 2022 and serves as its CEO. Shift helps companies find top-quality candidates by connecting athletes and veterans with career opportunities. https://www.shiftgroup.io/

Eric and Brady discuss the "back brief."

The back brief is an effective communication tool that all Program teammates challenge our clients to implement. It is a highly useful but utterly underutilized tool to ensure team transparency, clarity, and alignment.

Brady & Jamey discuss the debrief.

A debrief should occur at the end of any operation, where an organization discusses who and what went well and who and what needs to improve. It is the single best way an organization improves. And typically, it fails to occur.

Kap sits down with Nancy Frates. Nancy is an advocate and thought leader in the ALS community and the mother of Pete Frates, the inspiration of and the man who helped the Ice Bucket Challenge become a global phenomenon. Nancy’s Ted Talk has amassed over 1 million views on Ted.com, Nancy works closely with organizations that support and provide care to those living with the condition, and is an ALS advisor to various pharmaceutical companies.

Kap sits down with his son, Axel.

"I asked Axel to join me because I wanted to hear how I am doing as a teammate and leader from, along with his Mom and sister, my most important teammate."

Welcome to The Program's new Corporate short-form podcast, The Debrief.

Kap sits down with Brady; they discuss "A leader's greatest mistake."

Program Founder and CEO, Eric Kapitulik discusses “Effective Communication” with Naval Aviator and Program Corporate Lead Instructor, Brady Turnage.

Eric Kapitulik, The Program Founder and CEO, sits down to speak with Coach Rand Pecknold, Head Coach of Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey, the 2023 NCAA Men’s Champion.

The Program Principal and Lead Instructor, Jake MacDonald, sits down with Eric Kapitulik, CEO and Founder, to discuss Physical, Mental, and Emotional Toughness on Mt. Everest and how to apply those same lessons learned in the world's highest altitudes to our daily lives.

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Kap & Sam sit down to discuss Sam's life as portrayed in section 5 of The Program Book "No Excuses."

Mac & Omri discuss the development of leaders/captains on a team.

Omri & Sam discuss excuses, how to combat them, and how Sam rates his days to ensure he stays on the attack.

Omri & Mac discuss emotional toughness in the third episode of a three-part series on toughness.

Mac & Omri discuss mental mistakes, and how to develop mental toughness. 

Omri and Mac discuss toughness. 

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Operation Spartan Shield

Situation:

You are operating in 2 man sniper/spotter teams near Karbala, Iraq. Intel has identified an IED-making factory inside the city. The exact location is unknown

Mission

Two-man sniper teams will insert covertly at various points in the city. When locating the target, teams will neutralize with precision fire or air assets. Expect resistance. Teams will extract via hello at SAR 2. Don't be late.

Executed as a two-person team

Insert

4 Rounds

Sideline to Sideline Plank Push

11 Warfighters

Actions on Obj

Teammate 1

101 yd burpee broad jump

Teammate 2

5 rounds

10 Kaiser Belt Squats @ 1.25 BW

20 KB Swings

Switch when both partners are done

Extract

202 yd teammate carry (buddy drag, fireman carry, etc., Switch as needed)

Escape and Evade

If any team finishes more than 10 mins behind, lead team

101 yd low crawl w/ sandbag

* For the Plank Push, we used a 2×8. 2 teammates get in the bear crawl position with their hands on the Plank and push it across the field. Sideline to sideline = 53 Yds

You can sub regular barbell squats w BW on the bar for Kaiser Belt Squats

Mac & DJ Dolan discuss The Power of Gratitude 

Mac & Omri discuss three common phrases we hear from coaches that we believe to be misconceptions. 

In this episode, Kap hosts; Rob Hale, co-founder and President of Granite Telecommunications, LLC, a communications company headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established in 2002, Granite has grown rapidly and consistently and now supplies over 1.75 million business lines, has annual revenues exceeding $1.7 billion, and employs over 2,300 people. He is an owner of The NBA's Boston Celtics and owner of the Boston Cannons pro lacrosse team. 

In this episode, Omri Rachmut & Jake "Mac" MacDonald discuss standards and how they help shape our team's culture. 

Jake “Mac” MacDonald graduated in 2000 with a degree in English from Tufts University, where he was a four-year starter and Captain of the Varsity Football team. After graduating, Jake was commissioned as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. While on active duty, Mac completed two combat tours to Iraq as a Light Reconnaissance Platoon Commander. He continued to serve his country as a Major in the Marine Corps Reserve and deployed to Afghanistan as a Scout Sniper Platoon Commander. Mac has received multiple awards for combat valor as well as a Purple Heart after being wounded in action. Mac is now a Lead Instructor and Principal at The Program, as well as the co-author of The Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High-Performance Leaders and Teams.

Jake "Mac" MacDonald and Omri Rachmut discuss accountability. What it means, how to create a culture of it, and what are some of the best ways to develop it.

Coach Reilly has coached Connecticut High School basketball for the past 27 years, 22 of them at state powerhouse East Catholic in Manchester CT. During that time, he has amassed a career win-loss record of 428-208. His teams have won 4 State Championships; in 2014, 2016, 2019, and this past season in 2022. 

Jamey joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and was a member of the elite

special forces team DET 1. During his time with the USMC, he participated in five combat

deployments on either a two-man sniper team or as part of a 40-man raid team. He is a skydiving

Jumpmaster and qualified in High-Altitude Low-Opening (HALO) skydives, and has served as a

Combative Diver, Explosive Instructor, Breacher, Ranger, USMC Martial Arts Instructor

Trainer, and a USMC Scout Sniper. James has competed in numerous road races, including

multiple ultra marathons that were 50 miles in length. 

Sami Jo Small is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. As a member of the Canadian national team, she was a three-time Olympic medalist and four-time World Championship medalist. In this episode Kap and Sami, discuss her journey as an elite level athlete as portrayed in her book "The Role I played". 

Entering her 14th season as the head coach of the Florida State softball program in 2022, Lonni Alameda has guided the Seminoles back into one of the nation’s best teams. After seven Women’s College World Series appearances from 1987-2004, the Seminoles have returned to the final site of women’s collegiate softball four times in the last seven complete seasons (2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021), including winning the program’s first NCAA National Championship in 2018, a WCWS Finals appearance in 2021, a WCWS semifinals appearance in 2016, as well as eight consecutive trips to the NCAA Super Regionals (2013-19, 2021). Florida State had earned seven ACC regular season/division titles in a row and six straight ACC Tournament titles heading into the 2021 season and now owns 17 ACC Championships.

Kap sits down with John Tillman, head coach of The University of Maryland Men's Lacrosse program. They discuss what is takes to build a championship culture.

Kap sits down with The Program Teammate, Stacey Pesce. They discuss her story as portrayed in section #6 of The Program Book, "Hard Work". 

Kap sits down for a conversation with teammate & President of The Program Corporate, Cory Ross. They discuss Cory's path to becoming a United States Marine Corps Officer as well as his story portrayed in section one of The Program Book on Creating & Sustaining a Championship Culture. 

Kap is joined by wrestling legend and recent recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Coach Dan Gable for a fascinating conversation on his extraordinary career.

For Episode 15 Kap is joined by Lt Col David Grossman. David Grossman is an American author and law enforcement trainer who has specialized in the study of the psychology of killing, a proposed subset of psychology focused on the study of the effects of killing on the human psyche. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army

For Episode 14, Kap is joined by critically acclaimed author Dr. Leonard Sax for a conversation on his book, "Why Gender Matters".

For Episode 13, Kap and The Program Podcast were joined by James Kerr, the author of Legacy - What the All-Blacks can teach us about the business of life. Part 2 covers sections 7 through 15 of the book.

The New Zealand All- Blacks are New Zealand’s national rugby team. They are the most successful international men’s rugby side (or team) of all time with a winning percentage of 77.41%. This discussion covers the first 6 (of 15) lessons in leadership we can learn from them on how they (and we) are able to achieve it.

For Episode 13, Kap and The Program Podcast were joined by James Kerr, the author of Legacy - What the All-Blacks can teach us about the business of life. Part 1 covers the first 6 sections of the book, stay tuned for Part 2!

The New Zealand All- Blacks are New Zealand’s national rugby team. They are the most successful international men’s rugby side (or team) of all time with a winning percentage of 77.41%. This discussion covers the first 6 (of 15) lessons in leadership we can learn from them on how they (and we) are able to achieve it.

The CEO and Founder of The Program, Eric Kapitulik sits down with the co-author of The Great Barrington Declaration, Dr Jay Bhattacharya for a conversation on Covid-19.

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The CEO and Founder of The Program, Eric Kapitulik sits down the New York Times best selling author, Jessica Lahey for more information on Jessica please visit https://www.jessicalahey.com/.

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Attack!

Kap is joined once again by the powerful Fred Kofman for a conversation centered around Fred's book, Conscious Business.

Join Kap for a captivating discussion with the author of Performing Under Pressure, Hendrie (Hank) Weisinger.

Join Kap and Coach Murphy for a conversation centered around Coaching and Parenting!

As featured in the hit Netflix show "Drug Lords", Jemeker Thompson-Hairston is a former drug dealer who rose to the top of the cocaine trade during the peak of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States. 

This week Kap is joined by two-time World Champion Triathlete, Speaker, Author and Coach Siri Lindley.

This week Kap is  joined by good friend of The Program and the Head Coach of Nebraska Football, Coach Scott Frost. After six years coaching in the NFL, Coach Frost led the UCF Knights to a 13-0 season before joining his alma mater as their Head Coach! 

Attack!

In what has been an especially challenging period for our nation, Kap is joined by a panel of teammates and leaders for an honest and open conversation on race during these unprecedented times.

Guests include:

• Anthony Grant - Head Coach, Dayton Men's Basketball
• Traci Green - Head Coach, Harvard Women's Tennis
• Mikado Hinson - Director of Player Development and Chaplain, Texas A&M Football
• Randy Shannon - Defensive Coordinator, UCF Football
• Charmin Smith - Head Coach, Cal Women's Basketball
• Travis Daigle, Former Army A-Team Soldier and Program Instructor

Kap is joined by Keanon Lowe, former Oregon Wide Receiver, who courageously confronted a would-be shooter at Parkrose High School, saving countless lives in doing so.