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Stay Steady Under Pressure: Resilience for High-Risk Sites: CoreSkills Course

Stay Steady Under Pressure: Resilience for High-Risk Sites: CoreSkills Course

November 6, 2025 from 1:00–3:00 PM ET

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$199.00 USD
$199.00 USD
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EHS leaders often operate in “always-on” mode — responding to incidents, ensuring compliance, and managing risk under scrutiny. 

This session builds emotional intelligence and resilience skills to help leaders remain calm, think clearly, and lead effectively in high-stress situations. Learn how to manage emotional triggers, maintain composure, and keep teams focused on safety.

Key Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize and regulate personal stress responses to maintain clarity and credibility in crisis or high-pressure moments.
  2. Model resilience behaviors that help teams remain focused and collaborative in challenging or hazardous conditions. 
  3. Strengthen emotional connections with frontline staff to improve communication and trust during safety-critical events.
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When you take this course, you'll walk away knowing how to:

  • Lead for safer outcomes – Develop the leadership skills to influence behavior, reinforce safe practices, and make compliance part of your team’s daily routine.
  • Lead change that sticks – Overcome resistance and ensure compliance becomes part of daily operations.
  • Coach for accountability – Empower your team to take ownership of safety and risk reduction.
  • Align teams for compliance success – Influence cross-functional groups to meet shared safety and regulatory goals.
  • Use tools for immediate impact – Apply practical frameworks and strategies to strengthen culture, reduce incidents, and improve safety performance.

Introduction

  • What is resilience? Why is it important now?  

EQ Model & Self-Assessment  

Personal Awareness

  • Emotions 

Breakout Session

  • Connecting Personal Awareness to current leadership challenges 

Self-Mastery Introduction 

Resilience

  • Mindset and meaning 

Breakout Session

  • Understanding meaning for me and others 

Leadership Connections

  • Empathy and service 

Influencing Others

  • Optimism and dealing with adversity 

Commitments and Close 

Joan Peterson, Vice President, Bluepoint Leadership Development

Joan Peterson, Vice President, Bluepoint Leadership Development

Joan brings over 30 years of experience in instructional design, facilitation, and coaching. Her areas of expertise include leadership development, performance, and innovation. Joan is noted for her unique workshop design and delivers measurable results by inspiring participants to build on their strengths to improve their bottom line results. She has a BA in English and a Masters Degree in Organizational Science from Villanova University and professional accreditations from DDI, Career Systems, Lominger LTD and Right Associates.

Gabe Encarnacion, President, Bennett-Bowen & Lighthouse

Gabe Encarnacion is the owner and President at Bennett-Bowen & Lighthouse (BBL Safety), a certified California small business providing PPE to construction, transportation, and petrochemical industries. With expertise in finance, strategy, and operations, he shares insights on leadership and safety as co-host of The Illusion of Safety podcast and through speaking at safety industry events locally and nationally.