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Leadership Under Pressure

Individuals, teams and organisations that succeed are resilient and thrive under pressure. A central feature of exceptional performance is creating teams that are highly effective. In turn, this requires a motivated workforce comprising employees who are focused on achieving team and organizational goals. Leaders need to help their teams naivigate through times of uncertainity and stressful situations, helping them build resilience and maintain performance.
  • Lead successfully through times of pressure, stress and crisis
  • Support the development of an effective and resilient team
  • Identify the signs of stress
  • Training options for individual learners, groups/teams & organization-wide

Course Code: OV-LUP

2 x half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 6-8 hrs on-demand learning | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)

This program is available for groups and teams

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2 x half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person (delivered on consecutive days)

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This course will help you to develop the leadership skills you need to lead successfully through times of pressure, stress and crisis. You will learn how our brains react to uncertainty and stressful situations and how to spot the warning signs early. You will then define how to move yourself and your teams through the necessary emotional changes, using your emotional intelligence and helping others to build their resilience in order for them to maintain high performance. During the course, you will work with a range of scenarios to evaluate different leadership approaches that you can then apply to your own teams. You will also explore a set of building blocks that support the development of an effective and resilient team and will consider how to leverage the intrinsic drivers that motivate people to perform under pressure.

This session is suitable for leaders who are focused on maintaining individual and team performance during a time of pressure, stress or crisis.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the signs of stress and decide when and how to intervene
  • Demonstrate emotional resilience in times of uncertainty
  • Formulate and implement a stress management plan
  • Guide others to reflect positively on adverse experiences
  • Develop a sense of purpose and psychological safety for your team
  • Use coaching questions to guide people through a challenging situation
  • Take action to maximize the dynamics of high performing teams
  • Identify actions to increase motivation when under pressure
Course overview

This course will help you to develop the leadership skills you need to lead successfully through times of pressure, stress and crisis. You will learn how our brains react to uncertainty and stressful situations and how to spot the warning signs early. You will then define how to move yourself and your teams through the necessary emotional changes, using your emotional intelligence and helping others to build their resilience in order for them to maintain high performance. During the course, you will work with a range of scenarios to evaluate different leadership approaches that you can then apply to your own teams. You will also explore a set of building blocks that support the development of an effective and resilient team and will consider how to leverage the intrinsic drivers that motivate people to perform under pressure.

Is it right for me?

This session is suitable for leaders who are focused on maintaining individual and team performance during a time of pressure, stress or crisis.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the signs of stress and decide when and how to intervene
  • Demonstrate emotional resilience in times of uncertainty
  • Formulate and implement a stress management plan
  • Guide others to reflect positively on adverse experiences
  • Develop a sense of purpose and psychological safety for your team
  • Use coaching questions to guide people through a challenging situation
  • Take action to maximize the dynamics of high performing teams
  • Identify actions to increase motivation when under pressure
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Live session delivered virtually or in-person. Up to 15 people per programme.

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