Decisions Under Pressure: A Masterclass for Senior Leaders

Judit Petho

4xCEO, ex-global COO, Strategic Advisor

Make consequential calls with confidence - in the age of AI

You've been in the room when a decision stalled for weeks — because no one wanted to own it.

You've also seen the opposite: a leader moves fast with total confidence, and gets it badly wrong in ways that took years to unwind.

Both are decision failures, and both are far more common than anyone admits.

AI is only making it harder, with more ability to analyse, which doesn't guarantee better judgment.

What separates the leaders who consistently make sound calls — under pressure, with incomplete information, in high-stakes conditions — isn't intelligence or experience alone. It's a set of specific mental habits and structural practices that most leaders have never been taught explicitly.

This is not a theoretical framework, nor a confidence-building seminar or a mindfulness approach to difficult decisions.

It is a practical, rigorous programme built from decades of real executive experience — tested across multiple CEO roles, a Global COO position spanning international markets, and refined through advisory work with senior leaders and boards navigating the decisions that actually keep them up at night.

Guest speakers: an AI scientist/founder, and a MedTech CEO

What you’ll learn

You'll learn to make consequential calls with confidence, understanding your own strength, using a practical methodology

  • Understand whether you tend to stall or to move with false confidence — and what to do about it so make better decisions

  • The ability to name the trade-off you've been avoiding, and the tools to make the call anyway

  • A practical decision framework (CLEAR) you can apply immediately to any consequential call, regardless of how much information you have

  • The tools to distinguish between instinct you can trust and instinct that feels identical but isn't

  • A decision log practice that, sustained over time, materially improves your calibration as a leader

  • A working understanding of why leadership teams consistently fail to surface their best collective thinking — and a simple structural fix

Learn directly from Judit

Judit Petho

Judit Petho

4xCEO, ex-global COO, Strategic Advisor (SMEs, startups, PE-backed)

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Who this course is for

  • CEOs, COOs, CFOs, MDs and board-level leaders who make high-stakes decisions regularly — and want to make them better.

  • Leaders who report directly to the C-suite and contribute to high-stakes decisions regularly — and want to understand them better.

What's included

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Live sessions

Learn directly from Judit Petho in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

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Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

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Course syllabus

4 live sessions • 4 lessons

Week 1

Jun 17—Jun 21

    Jun

    17

    Session 1

    Wed 6/174:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Why Senior Leaders Stall — and Why They Rush

    1 item

Week 2

Jun 22—Jun 28

    Jun

    24

    Session 2

    Wed 6/244:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Too Much Information, Too Little Decision — The Data Trap and the Group Problem

    1 item

Schedule

Live sessions

2 hrs / week

90-minute sessions each week

    • Wed, Jun 17

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Wed, Jun 24

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Wed, Jul 1

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Wed, Jul 8

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

Async content

1 hr / week

Pre-read materials, summaries, and reflections

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