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Green Beret | New York Times Bestselling Author | Speaker | Storyteller | Leadership & Human Connection Expert
Lt. Col. Scott Mann (Ret.) is a retired U.S. Army Green Beret, New York Times bestselling author, internationally recognized speaker, and storyteller who has spent decades studying what allows people to build trust and perform when the stakes are at their highest.
After more than 20 years in Army Special Forces, Scott translated lessons learned in some of the world's most complex environments into a career helping leaders and organizations strengthen human connection, build trust, and lead through uncertainty. He is the author of Operation Pineapple Express, Nobody Is Coming to Save You, The Generosity of Scars, and Game Changers, and the creator and performer of Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret and 11 Days, the story of Operation Pineapple Express.
Scott's work reaches far beyond the military. Through keynote speaking, storytelling, books, media, and leadership programs, he gives corporate leaders, teams, and organizations practical tools for navigating low-trust environments, communicating with greater impact, and building relationships that drive performance.
In addition to live engagements, Scott partners with brands and organizations through strategic campaigns, media appearances, original content, sponsored collaborations, leadership initiatives, and experiential events. He is particularly well aligned with brands built around leadership, performance, resilience, service, human connection, family, and the American experience.
Are you looking for a strategic partner who can build trust and turn hard-earned lessons into meaningful action?
Ways to Collaborate with Scott
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Scott partners with select brands whose values authentically align with his audience and body of work. Opportunities can include long-term ambassadorships, sponsored content, integrated campaigns, product storytelling, media appearances, event activations, and custom collaborations built around leadership, performance, service, resilience, family, and the American experience.
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Scott Mann’s workshops turn decades of Special Forces leadership and human connection experience into practical tools teams can use immediately. Through interactive sessions focused on trust, communication, leadership, storytelling, resilience, and navigating low-trust environments, Scott helps organizations strengthen relationships, improve performance, and build teams capable of operating effectively when the stakes are high.
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From corporate conferences and leadership summits to fireside chats, panels, and experiential events, Scott brings a rare combination of storytelling, humor, hard-earned leadership lessons, and audience connection to the stage. His live appearances can be customized around trust, leadership, human connection, resilience, high performance, and leading through uncertainty.
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Scott creates authentic, story-driven content that allows brands to tap into his credibility and communication style for use across their own channels. UGC opportunities include testimonial-style videos, product integrations, campaign creative, educational content, brand storytelling, and short-form video, giving brands compelling content without requiring publication to Scott’s personal audience.
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Scott’s NY Times
Best Selling Book
Operation Pineapple Express
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Berets who come together to save a former comrade—and 500 other Afghans—being targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Operation Pineapple Express is Scott Mann’s New York Times bestselling account of the extraordinary civilian-led effort to rescue Afghan partners and their families during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Drawing on his own involvement in the mission, Scott tells the story of veterans, active-duty service members, volunteers, and everyday Americans who built an unlikely network to help people escape when traditional systems failed. More than a story of Afghanistan, Operation Pineapple Express is a powerful examination of trust, loyalty, moral courage, and what ordinary people are capable of when they refuse to leave others behind.
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