EXECUTIVE TRAINING
Leading
Under
Pressure
Leadership is tested most when pressure rises. This one-day executive experience equips senior leaders with the self-awareness and practical tools to lead with clarity and make better decisions.
Lead yourself. Calm the storm. Create the ripple that builds performance.
Format: One-Day Online Executive Workshop
Facilitators: Shanthi Menon, Dr Annu Pramod,
Pending
EXECUTIVE TRAINING
Oil & Energy
Operational leaders whose reactions under pressure carry direct safety and cost consequences.
Government
Public leaders whose decisions, made in reactive moments, carry public accountability.
Higher Education
Academic leaders navigating a culture where avoidance, not reactivity, is the harder pattern to break.
Corporate Enterprise
Executive teams whose emotional climate shows up directly in retention and engagement.
About the Session
Leadership is tested most when pressure rises. This one-day executive experience equips senior leaders with the self-awareness, emotional agility and practical tools to lead with clarity, make better decisions, navigate conflict and create a positive ripple throughout their organizations.
Learning Outcomes
Recognize emotional patterns and triggers.
Understand how emotions drive actions.
Identify avoidance strategies.
Use emotions as leadership information.
Respond intentionally under pressure.
Create an emotional climate that improves trust.
What You Take Away
01. Personal Emotional Trigger Map
02. Action-Tendency Profile
03. Emotional Avoidance Audit
04. Leadership Ripple Map
05. PAUSE Framework
06. Executive Operating Manual
07. 30-Day Leadership Commitment
Programme Timeline
09:00 — 10:00
The Anatomy of an Emotion
01
Understand what happens inside you before you react, from event to emotion to action.
10:00 — 10:15
Know Your Hot Buttons
02
Identify your triggers and the version of you that emerges when they're pushed.
10:15 — 11:15
From Emotion to Action
03
Explore action tendencies, automatic responses, and how to choose better leadership behaviours.
11:15 — 12:15
The Leadership Ripple Effect
04
See how your emotional state influences your team, decisions, culture and results.
12:15 — 13:00
What Are You Avoiding?
05
Uncover emotional avoidance strategies and the leadership cost of avoiding discomfort.
13:00 — 14:00
Emotions as Executive Data
06
Extract the needs, values and concerns behind your emotions and use them to lead more intelligently.
14:00 — 15:00
The Pressure Room
07
Apply your learning in high-pressure leadership scenarios and experience the difference.
15:00 — 15:30
My Executive Emotional Operating Manual
08
Create your personal action plan for leading with intention under pressure.
About The Facilitators
LEAD FACILITATOR
Shanthi Menon
MSc Strategic HRM (Wollongong) · SFHEA · EICP · PNLP Practitioner
An accomplished higher education leader and organizational development practitioner with over 35 years of cumulative experience. Specializing in emotional intelligence and executive effectiveness, she has designed and facilitated leadership programmes across the UAE and India. A visiting faculty member in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia, she is an active researcher published in international journals.
35+
Cumulative Experience
17+
Corporate HR Leadership
18+
Higher Education Leadership
Dr Annu Pramod
Professional Coach · John Maxwell Certified Trainer · Harvard Business School Online Alumna
A dynamic leadership and people-development professional with over 20 years of cross-sector experience spanning human resources, social work, consulting, and entrepreneurship. As Chief Transformation Officer and Managing Director at Thrive Training & Consulting, she specialises in leadership development, emotional intelligence, coaching, and workplace well-being. She is also the former Managing Director of PeoplePro International and an advocate for empowering individuals and organisations through transformative learning.
20+
150+
20+
HR & People Development
Learning & Development Modules
PeoplePro Leadership
Pending
Pending
