The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: Thriving Under Pressure

20 Aug 2026
12:00 PM PDT | 03:00 PM EDT
60 Minutes
In today's demanding corporate world, leading with emotional intelligence is no longer a soft skill it's a strategic advantage. Managers are constantly balancing performance targets, team dynamics, and the pressure to adapt to change, all while managing their own emotions. When the stakes are high, what separates effective leaders from the rest is not just what they know but how they show up under pressure. Join us for "The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: Thriving Under Pressure," a dynamic one-hour live session designed to equip you with practical tools to lead with composure, clarity, and confidence even in challenging times.

This interactive experience will help you build emotional awareness, strengthen resilience, and enhance your ability to respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively. You’ll walk away with immediately actionable strategies to improve emotional regulation, decision-making, and team engagement key ingredients for leadership success in today’s fast-paced environment.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

  • You want to lead with confidence instead of reacting from stress
  • You're ready to manage your emotions so they don't manage you
  • You want to build stronger, more connected relationships with your team
  • You're looking for practical, research-based strategies you can apply immediately
  • You believe in leading with both strength and empathy This is not a passive webinar
It's a highly engaging, experiential session featuring live exercises, guided reflection, and real-time application of emotional intelligence tools designed to elevate your leadership effectiveness.

AREA COVERED

  • Emotional Resilience: The Foundation of Strong Leadership
    • How to stay grounded, calm, and confident in high-pressure situations
    • The four cornerstones of emotional resilience: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and optimism
    • A guided technique to shift from emotional reactivity to deliberate, composed leadership
  • Leading with Emotional Intelligence
    • The neuroscience behind emotional triggers and how to manage them effectively
    • The "90-second rule": mastering your emotions before they master you
    • How emotionally intelligent leaders inspire trust and loyalty, even in times of uncertainty
  • Growth Under Pressure: Turning Setbacks into Strengths
    • Reframing failure as feedback how elite leaders and athletes stay focused after setbacks
    • How to cultivate a growth mindset that fuels learning, adaptability, and confidence
    • A simple reflective exercise to turn emotional challenges into leadership growth moments
  • Practical Strategies to Stay Emotionally Centred
    • Daily habits of emotionally intelligent leaders: boundaries, balance, and perspective
    • How to lead difficult conversations with empathy and authority
    • Interactive scenarios where you’ll practice applying emotional intelligence in real-world situations

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • Mid-to-Senior Managers who want to stay composed and effective under pressure
  • Team Leaders aiming to motivate and support their teams through uncertainty
  • HR Professionals and executives focused on developing emotionally intelligent workplace cultures
  • Any Professional ready to strengthen their leadership presence and emotional agility
  • You want to lead with confidence instead of reacting from stress
  • You're ready to manage your emotions so they don't manage you
  • You want to build stronger, more connected relationships with your team
  • You're looking for practical, research-based strategies you can apply immediately
  • You believe in leading with both strength and empathy This is not a passive webinar
It's a highly engaging, experiential session featuring live exercises, guided reflection, and real-time application of emotional intelligence tools designed to elevate your leadership effectiveness.
  • Emotional Resilience: The Foundation of Strong Leadership
    • How to stay grounded, calm, and confident in high-pressure situations
    • The four cornerstones of emotional resilience: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and optimism
    • A guided technique to shift from emotional reactivity to deliberate, composed leadership
  • Leading with Emotional Intelligence
    • The neuroscience behind emotional triggers and how to manage them effectively
    • The "90-second rule": mastering your emotions before they master you
    • How emotionally intelligent leaders inspire trust and loyalty, even in times of uncertainty
  • Growth Under Pressure: Turning Setbacks into Strengths
    • Reframing failure as feedback how elite leaders and athletes stay focused after setbacks
    • How to cultivate a growth mindset that fuels learning, adaptability, and confidence
    • A simple reflective exercise to turn emotional challenges into leadership growth moments
  • Practical Strategies to Stay Emotionally Centred
    • Daily habits of emotionally intelligent leaders: boundaries, balance, and perspective
    • How to lead difficult conversations with empathy and authority
    • Interactive scenarios where you’ll practice applying emotional intelligence in real-world situations
  • Mid-to-Senior Managers who want to stay composed and effective under pressure
  • Team Leaders aiming to motivate and support their teams through uncertainty
  • HR Professionals and executives focused on developing emotionally intelligent workplace cultures
  • Any Professional ready to strengthen their leadership presence and emotional agility
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Live + Recorded Session
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Transcript (PDF Transcript of the Training)
Downloadable Recorded Session
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Group Session Participants + Recorded

Live Session with unlimited participants. Invite any number of attendees to join.

Speaker Profile

ins_img Yoke van Dam

Yoke van Dam has been called the Kintsugi queen™ because of her ability to join, repair and transform teams into something quite wonderful. Her work is like Kintsugi, the Japanese art form that mends broken pottery with gold. Yoke works with teams that may have become disjointed, to reconnect and -find their flow again. This approach helps leaders stay optimistic when they encounter flaws and missteps in their organizations leading them to the gold at the 'end of the rainbow.’ As a qualified behavioral change coach with veri-fiable in-the-eld experience (2000+ team members, 2 300+ hours training, and 350+ coaching …

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