Get To Know ME

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With an extensive background in military leadership, I incorporate these experiences into my philosophy and leverage them to provide an unmatched depth to my work and deliver impactful services to my clients.

With concrete values, passion, and dedication to engage each person, organization, and team with a focused mission, I seek to promote a way of living that increases mental readiness and psychological resilience which leads to excellence.

With an extensive background in military leadership, I incorporate these experiences into my philosophy and leverage them to provide an unmatched depth to my work and deliver impactful services to my clients.

With concrete values, passion, and dedication to engage each person, organization, and team with a focused mission, I seek to promote a way of living that increases mental readiness and psychological resilience which leads to excellence.

Brian's Performance Coaching Philosophy

BACKGROUND

Brian Bishop, M.A.

  • Military Police Leader and Combat Veteran
  • Trained in suicide intervention, crisis intervention team, domestic violence intervention, and other tactical and leadership courses
  • M.A. in Sport and Performance Psychology
  • M.S. Candidate in Military and Emergency Responder Psychology

Brian Bishop is a 12.5 year veteran of the US Army where he served in the Military Police Corps as a commander, law enforcement operations leader, and team member on multiple comprehensive fitness task forces. While serving as a leader at varying levels, Brian implemented mental resiliency and suicide prevention techniques in a high-risk occupation, seeking to optimize performance in stress inducing chaotic environments including combat. As a graduate of the United States Military Academy and University of Denver with a Masters in Sport and Performance Psychology, Brian has incorporated his experience and education into his current work within the athletes with disabilities and primarily first responder communities, completing hundreds of hours of mental skills training sessions and workshops. This work has enhanced performance through promoting mental readiness, increasing resiliency, and facilitating performance flexibility in stressful situations. As the concept of psychological resilience continues to grow and evolve within the high-risk community and beyond, Brian’s mission is to be on the frontlines of its incorporation into more agencies, teams, and organizations across the nation.

Barbora Kijasova, M.A., CMPC
Co-Founder & Creator
Brian Bishop, M.A.
Founder & Owner

The Founding of AEE Mental Performance

Armor Equip Empower (AEE) Mental Performance is a performance coaching company founded and owned by Army veteran, Brian Bishop, in creative collaboration with co-founder and creator Barbora Kijasova, a native of the Czech Republic. AEE’s primary focus is on training the mind along with the body in an effort to help individuals improve performance readiness, sustain resilience, and achieve excellence in life both personally and professionally.

AEE, founded and creatively developed between two individuals from different countries and professional backgrounds, maintains a philosophy that encompasses core beliefs that stem from combat as well as extensive leadership experiences and an ancient warrior philosophy that emphasizes loyalty to the mission and duty to the people. From these experiences, AEE sustains a focus on compelling action oriented living and promoting a way of living that increases readiness and mental resilience allowing for the sustainment of high performance in high stress environments.

Aligned with similar values, shared passion to help those who help others, and joint dedication to engage each person, organization, and team with professionalism and respect, Brian and Barbora embarked upon a mission to engage with and meet the needs of their respective communities. From this commitment, AEE strives continuously to armor, equip, and empower individuals across the nation and beyond to perform at their best when it matters most.

Brian Bishop, M.A.
Founder & Owner

My Mission

I train the mind along with the body in an effort to armor, equip, and empower organizations and individuals to work towards improving mental readiness, maintaining psychological resilience, and achieving excellence in life both personally and professionally.

My Purpose

 

Committed to a purpose, I serve those looking to develop personally and enhance their performance. From the first responder community to the athletes with disabilities community and the general population, I do this by providing an opportunity to train the mind along with the body to create valuable connections between thoughts and actions.

My Vision

 

Individuals, teams, and organizations across the nation with the mindset that is armored to effectively overcome adversity, equipped to reach human potential, and empowered to achieve excellence.

MY values

Concepts I live daily and that drive my purpose and passion which did not develop overnight. These were crafted with a clear understanding of the root of my actions and vision for my service.

Through the highs and lows of my performance as a consultant, I remain steadfast and true to these core professional values.

Professionalism

Discipline, integrity, standards, doing what is right legally, morally, and ethically, as well as leading by example. I will do what makes sense and, most importantly, what is right, ALWAYS.

Communication

I strongly believe in communication ALWAYS. Through working as a team, members are receptive to innovative ideas and information sharing that takes individuals, teams, and organizations to the next level.

Teamwork

Common focus equals improved performance due to a positive work/performance environment. I put the interest of the clients before my own individual needs.

Flexibility

I roll with the punches. When things don’t go well, my priority is to adapt. That said, I strive to create an atmosphere of performance flexibility within my clients.

Respect

Respectful interactions build feelings of trust, safety, and well-being. I show this with respect. I honor relationships with my clients as well as relationships with colleagues.

  • brian.bishop@aeementalperformance.com
  • Denver Metro Area, CO

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