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Leading Under Pressure

Managing Organisational & Personal Crises

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This training course is split into the following modular components:

MODULE I Leadership Excellence in Handling Pressure & Stress
MODULE II Strategic Crisis Management, Incorporating Security & Major Emergency Response

This comprehensive course consists of two modules that can be attended as a full 10-Day event or as separate 5-day courses.

Why Choose Us

Leading Under Pressure training course is designed to strengthen your leadership abilities when the workplace becomes demanding, stressful, or crisis-driven. This training course helps you understand your strengths and limitations under pressure, enabling you to manage both yourself and others more effectively during high-stress situations.

This leadership training course is based on the latest insights from crisis researchers, analysts, and experienced practitioners. You will learn proven strategies to stay calm, make smart decisions, and guide your team confidently through uncertainty. Practical case studies and hands-on exercises ensure that learning is immediately applicable in real workplace scenarios.

This course focuses on best practices for crisis leadership and crisis management, ensuring you avoid common mistakes made by many leaders during emergencies. You will gain practical tools to lead confidently, manage stress effectively, and make better decisions under pressure, ensuring your team performs at its best when it matters most.

Why Choose Leading Under Pressure
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Leading Under Pressure training course, participants will be able to:

  • Build leadership skills for handling pressure and stress in the workplace
  • Understand how different personality styles respond to stress and pressure
  • Acquire deep knowledge of strategic crisis management essentials
  • Develop strategies for effective and efficient organizational response
  • Identify the five deadly leadership behaviours that worsen a crisis
  • Apply six winning strategies that lead to success in challenging situations

This training course aims to develop strong leadership and crisis response skills, helping participants to become resilient, proactive, and confident decision-makers. You will gain practical techniques to manage your team during emergencies, communicate clearly, and maintain a calm presence when stress levels rise.

Who is this Training Course for?

This Leading Under Pressure training course is ideal for professionals who must lead others during stressful situations. It is particularly suitable for:

  • Individuals with leadership responsibility in any industry
  • Security and fire management personnel
  • Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professionals
  • Emergency and crisis response teams
  • Professionals assigned crisis management duties without formal training

This course is perfect for anyone who wants to strengthen their leadership performance during high-pressure situations, improve team resilience, and learn best practices for crisis response and decision-making.

Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This course uses proven adult learning methods to ensure strong understanding, retention, and practical application. Sessions include interactive case studies, group exercises, participative lectures, and detailed handouts. Participants are encouraged to actively engage in workshops and group discussions to reinforce key learning points.

The course is delivered through a mix of:

  • Interactive lectures with slides and manuals
  • Group activities and syndicate workshops
  • Case studies and real-life crisis scenarios
  • Role-play exercises and practical application sessions

By combining theory with hands-on practice, this course ensures that participants can immediately apply what they learn in their workplace. The training concludes with a clear action plan for implementing strategies and improving crisis leadership skills.

The Course Content

MODULE I

Leadership Excellence in Handling Pressure & Stress

Personal Leadership Skills for Handling Pressure & Stress
  • Stress and its effects on the body, mind and spirit
  • Holistic response to stress
  • Relationship between mind and body
  • Personality styles and response to stress
  • Turning stressful challenges into opportunities
  •  Leading a team under tremendous stress
Enhancing Communication Skills in Times of Stress
  • Passive & aggressive responses
  • Assertive communication during stressful times
  • Managing conflicts during times of stress
  • Giving and receiving criticisms during stressful moments
  • Managing body & mind healthily
  • Developing a healthy lifestyle
Leading with Confidence during Challenging Times
  • Coping with sudden change
  • Leading others during sudden changes
  • Recognizing the symptoms of short term and long term effects of stress
  • Motivating yourself and others under pressure
  • Managing your mind in a positive manner
  • Leading others with confidence
Improving Leadership Effectiveness in Managing Crisis
  • Crisis management skills
  • Recognizing opportunities for change in a crisis
  • Helping the team look for creative opportunities
  • Practicing creative leadership in facing a crisis
  • Removing blocks to creative solutions in a crisis
  • Creative leadership effectiveness
Developing & Training Your Team to Handle Pressure, Stress & Crisis
  • Training and developing employees to handle stress and pressure
  • Stress handling techniques for you and your employees
  • Helping the team to see the positive side of change in the workplace
  • Implementing creative problem-solving skills for your team when facing crisis
  • Enhancing team effectiveness during stress
  • Developing a personal action plan
MODULE II

Strategic Crisis Management, Incorporating Security & Major Emergency Response

Evaluate, Mitigate and Responding to Challenges
  • Understanding Strategic Crisis Management
  • Consider the complete range of risks to your organisation
  • CMT and ERT - Roles & Responsibilities
  • Issues management, master this before it becomes a Crisis
  • Who Else Should be Involved (Internal + External)?
  • Nine deadly Leadership behaviours & Six winning strategies
  • Understanding 'denial-curve' and 'group-think' syndromes
Planning & Security – Who and What Else Should be Considered
  • Security Management & Asset Protection
  • Case Studies, why some companies fail, and others survive
  • Based on the previous module, self-evaluation questionnaire
  • Developing, improving & implementing Emergency Response Plans
  • Business Continuity Management (BCM) Strategies
  • Case Study and Workshop
Crisis Communications & Incident On-Scene Management
  • Incident Command Systems (ICS)
  • On Scene Crisis Management, essential elements for success
  • Emergency Communication Centres, avoiding the ten most common mistakes
  • Reputation Management - Managing Social Media
  • Press Conference & step by step guidance on how to conduct TV interviews
  • Case Study
  • Exercise: Crisis Communications Strategy
The Human Factor – What Can Go Right and What Can Go Wrong?
  • Alerting and Warning
  • Evacuation Strategies
  • Major Incident Simulation - Role Playing Workshop
  • Psychological & Welfare concerns in Crisis Management
  • How to improve staff morale and confidence in the process
  • Questionnaire, are your batteries in good condition
  • Corporate Case Study – when the board get it wrong
Crisis Management Plan Testing, Training and Exercising
  • Case Studies x 2 with the same root cause, are we learning?
  • Exercises: a programme of learning and of validating plans and procedures
  • How to get advantageous results from an exercise
  • Post Incident evaluations, de-briefing skills, managing hot & cold de-briefs
  • Critique report writing, executive summaries and key recommendations
  • Closing the loop. Implementing recommendations, continuing the process
Recognition

Certificate

  • • Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.
Collaborations

In Partnership With

Anderson Copex Coventry