Leadership Under Pressure
Prepare for the moments that can't be rehearsed.
A two-day immersive program for leaders in safety-critical environments who need teams to create clarity, coordinate and make sound decisions when conditions change and the answer is not obvious.
AU$1,895 until 25 July · Employer invoice available · 12-person cohort
“It would have taken three days in the operational environment to generate the
learning we experienced in just one day.”
Assistant Fire Chief
Previous Cohort
Capable teams still lose clarity when the situation changes.
The plan is understood differently across the room. Critical information is assumed rather than shared. Roles blur as conditions change. Decisions make sense individually but fail collectively. Leadership Under Pressure gives leaders the chance to see those patterns, understand what drives them and practise more reliable ways of working—before the consequences are real.
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Designed for leaders where mistakes have consequences
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Safety leaders and HSEQ professionals
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Operational and frontline leaders in safety-critical industries
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Project and programme managers responsible for team performance under pressure
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Technical specialists transitioning to leadership roles
What participants leave with
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Practical frameworks for communicating clearly under pressure
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Sharper decision-making habits in complex, high-consequence situations
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Tools to build psychological safety and just culture in your team
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A briefing and debriefing process your team will actually use
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Clarity on where your team system holds — and where it breaks
Participants leave able to:
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Brief for shared understanding rather than simply distribute information
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Recognise when a team's mental model has diverged
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Communicate and coordinate more reliably as conditions change
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Lead structured debriefs that uncover why performance occurred
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Turn learning into practical changes for their own workplace
At a glance
Human Factors & Non-Technical Skills · Teamwork · Psychological Safety & Just Culture · Situation Awareness · Communications · Briefing & Debriefing
Day 1: Building High Performing teams to operate under pressure
Day 2: Leading in complexity & uncertainty
Decision-making · Leadership, Followership & Delegation · Performance Influencing Factors · Learning Transfer & Goals
Details
Location: 'Station HQ', Nundah, Brisbane
Dates: 24-25 August 2026
Duration: 2 full days
Facilitated by: Sam Gladman and Mike Mason, On Target
Cohort size: Limited to 12 participants
Pricing:
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Early Bird: AU$1,895 per person until 25 July
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Standard: AU$2,200 per person
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Group (3+ same org) AU$1,980 per person
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Corporate invoice available - contact info@OnTargetTeaming.com
One of our team attended Leadership Under Pressure and still regularly brings lessons and practical tools from the program into our work. He raved about the experience at the time, but more importantly, the learning has continued to influence how he thinks, communicates and works with the team.”
Josh Bryant,
General Manager - People, Risk and Sustainability
We've changed our pre-start onsite from a general chat to a brief/debrief format. Closing out the day prior before discussing the who, how and when of the day ahead. I'm getting more information, and it drives conversation every time
Sam Cockburn, Mid-Stream Operations SuperintendentAGIG
Participating in this programme highlights the areas of friction that plague every organization, but diagnosis isn’t the point. The beauty of the process lies in evolving methods and testing strategies before putting them to the test in the real world. For leaders of any level of experience, that’s a rare opportunity.
Safety & Resilience Principal Consultant
Sam Gladman
A former Air Force Squadron Leader and F/A-18F Instructor, Sam has led multinational military missions and served as an instructor of instructors and qualified Air Crash Investigator. He specialises in Human Performance and Non-Technical Skills — the disciplines that drive clarity, trust, and decision-making under pressure.
Mike Mason
A former RAF, fighter pilot and instructor, Mike now trains and mentors the next generation of fast-jet aviators. He co-founded On Target to help teams apply the same Non-Technical Skills that keep high-performing crews aligned and effective under pressure.
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“It would have taken three days in the operational environment to generate the
learning we experienced in just one day.”
Assistant Fire Chief
Previous Cohort
