Sessions

Repeated from Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.

Pressure is everywhere, affecting everyone, including corporate executives running companies, managers working toward critical milestones and employees striving to elevate their careers. Competition is fierce, and we're often working in pressure-cooker environments. How can we perform our best while under extraordinary pressure? This session will showcase real-world examples from high-profile individuals such as corporate executives, Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs who face extreme pressure. You will learn:

• How to better manage pressure so it becomes a competitive advantage for you in growing your career and in helping your organization drive performance.
• 22 “pressure solutions”—practical, actionable techniques that maximize success during pressure situations.
• How pressure affects your brain and strategies you can use to perform under pressure in the moment.
• Why the top performers managed pressure more effectively than the rest based on a study of more than 12,000 people.
• Longer-term “COTE of Armor” (Confidence, Optimism, Tenacity, Enthusiasm) strategies that help inoculate you against pressure and increase your confidence as you walk into a pressure situation.