Beth Adele Long

Practical Tools for Managing Incident Stress

New Relic

Gruntwork

Resilience Engineering Coach @ Continuous Re-integration

Watching a realistic simulation triggers the same stress response in the audience that we’d have as actual responders.

Watch a responder manage a simulated incident - live

Now you've had that familiar jolt of adrenalin, try simple practices that quickly soothe body and mind.

Experience a realtime nervous system reset

The breath, movement, and debrief practices you learn will help you down-regulate after incidents (or any stressor).

Leave with de-stressing practices you can use daily

Master the psychological triggers and strategic alignment frameworks used by VPs and Directors to assess leadership potential.

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager

Amazon

Google

Microsoft

Apple

Mike Li

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager of CO | Entrepreneur | Executive Coach

Cohort 8

Cohort 9

Most professionals spend a decade trying to guess the unspoken rules of the Executives. This course compresses that 10-year learning curve into a single experience. We shift your trajectory from an overlooked contributor to a reputable, confident leader by putting you in the 'hot seat.' You won't just learn the theory and frameworks of influence. Through well-designed simulation sessions, you will build the muscle memory required to lead through friction, manage up with ease, and level up your career trajectory.<ul><li>Live-Fire Simulations (4+ Hours): The Role Play Lab. You’ll step into the "hot seat" to role-play your toughest upcoming meetings. I will push back, challenge your logic, and help you pivot in real-time.</li><li>Strategic Combat Q&amp;A (6+ Hours): Bring your real-world "Managing Up" roadblocks. We’ll deconstruct your specific stakeholder dynamics and script your next move.</li><li>The Foundation (Self-Paced): 29 Modules &amp; 48 Lectures. Master the mechanics of influence on your own time so we can spend our live sessions doing the real work.</li></ul>

Build Executive Presence Into Your Muscle Memory

Manage up your leadership & stakeholders

Strategic Influence & Reframing Conflict

Leading & Facilitating Effective Meetings

Students must have proficiency in Business English. This course will focus on communication strategy, not basic grammar or vocabulary.

English Proficiency:

Students should be currently working in or seeking roles that require regular interaction with international or English-speaking teams.

Professional Experience:

A willingness to shift focus from mere language fluency (grammar, accent) to strategic impact (structure, delivery, and cultural decoding).

Mindset:

This course is designed for high-performing leaders who realize that technical excellence is no longer enough to move the needle.

You should enroll if you feel your contributions are overlooked or underestimated in high-stakes meetings or email chains.

ICs/managers who are ready to start mastering strategic communication to build credibility and influence your career trajectory

Learn to lead with clarity under pressure. Build a crisis plan, craft first-hour messages, and protect your organization’s reputation.

Crisis Communications Strategist

Kathryn Kolaczek

Crisis strategist teaching you to lead with clarity, control, and confidence.

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Students will leave this course with the confidence and practical skills to navigate any crisis with clarity and control. They’ll master the core fundamentals of crisis communications—from recognizing early warning signs and managing stakeholder expectations to crafting timely, credible messages and guiding recovery with integrity. By the end, students will not only understand how to respond under pressure but how to lead with calm, credibility, and purpose.

Master the Fundamentals of Crisis Communications with Confidence and Clarity

Spot risks before they become crises

Build a crisis-ready plan (and team)

Write under pressure with confidence

Align messages across stakeholders

Handle media moments like a pro

Run response drills and improve fast

PR or marketing pro seeking a clear, proven framework to lead crisis response with confidence.

Community-focused leader needing tools to protect trust and guide transparent crisis response.

Senior leader aiming to protect reputation and lead teams calmly through high-stakes crises.

Transform from anxious or unsure to confident, clear, and in control in every media interaction.

By the end of the course, students will transform how they show up in every media interaction — moving from uncertainty to confidence. They’ll learn how to craft clear, compelling key messages, anticipate tough questions, and stay calm under pressure. Through practical exercises, mock interviews, and feedback, they’ll build the skills to represent their brand authentically and with impact. Ultimately, they’ll walk away with a complete media toolkit — ready to handle interviews, press opportunities, and public statements with clarity, composure, and credibility.

Gain confidence, clarity, and control in every media interview and message.

Confident Media Presence

Clear, Impactful Messaging

Control Under Pressure

Ready-to-Use Media Toolkit

Municipal Leaders &amp; Spokespeople – Build confidence handling media on public issues, crises, and community updates.

Nonprofit Executives &amp; Communicators – Strengthen interviews, advocacy, and storytelling to represent your cause with impact.

Corporate Leaders &amp; PR Teams – Master key messages, protect reputation, and deliver confident, credible media responses.

Perform & lead confidently under pressure. Build skills for adaptability, resilience, and sustainable high performance.

ex-Amazon Chief EQ Evangelist

Amazon Web Services

Oracle

Splunk

Johnson & Johnson

Capital One

Rich Hua

ex-Chief EQ Evangelist at AWS. Reached 1.5 million people with EQ skills.

AI is raising the bar for performance and leadership. Priorities shift constantly, answers are incomplete, and leaders must move more quickly than ever. Teams don't underperform because they lack IQ but because of human factors due to uncertainty, pressure, and fatigue.This course equips you to thrive and succeed during rapid change. You'll learn to:• Strengthen emotional agility to think clearly in high-stakes situations• Increase adaptability and resilience (for self and team) to sustain high performance without burning out• Transform disagreements into better decisions through productive conflict• Lead with high expectations &amp; high empathy to bring out the best in others• Strengthen trust and connection in remote/hybrid work environments• Influence managers &amp; teammates to achieve your goalsYou will apply skills to Moments That Matter (MTM), creating a playbook with scripts and you can use immediately. Expect live practice, real scenarios, and personalized feedback.Whether you're a people manager or senior IC, this course equips you to elevate your own performance and your team's in the AI era.Rich was recently featured in Forbes for his pioneering work: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4rIbN6k">http://bit.ly/4rIbN6k</a>

EQ is the critical professional skill in uncertainty & change

Build an emotional recovery plan to sustain performance and prevent burnout

Boost your adaptability and resilience

Increase your social awareness and empathy

Cultivate a fearless and innovative team culture

Engage in generative disagreement to improve decision-making

Become a resonant and inspiring leader

People managers and leaders (heads of, team leads, directors). You run a team and have to get buy-in upwards and cross-functionally.

Senior individual contributors (ICs). Marketing leads, PMs, engineers, sellers, program managers, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

Teams who want high team EQ so you can move faster, raise the bar, deliver and receive feedback effectively, and operate with shared purpose