Preparation turns pressure into performance.

Michelle Huntington teaches teams to adapt fast, think sharp, and thrive under pressure. Her core message: you don’t rise to the occasion, you fall back on your preparation. With real cockpit stories and tools for antifragile leadership, resilience, and decision-making, she equips audiences to perform when it counts.

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What pressures are your leaders and teams facing?

In today’s unpredictable business environment, pressure moments aren’t rare, they’re constant. Change accelerates, risks multiply, and decisions carry greater consequences than ever before.

Leaders are expected to adapt fast, think sharp, and make the right call, even when the information is incomplete and time is against them. Teams are asked to stay resilient, cohesive, and focused when the ground shifts beneath them.

Here’s the truth: you don’t rise to the occasion, you fall back on your preparation.

And most organisations don’t prepare their people for real pressure.

The good news?

Pressure-ready thinking is a skill. With the right mindset and tools, leaders and teams can turn uncertainty into an advantage, stay calm in complexity, and perform when it matters most.

BOOK MICHELLE

Michelle Huntington brings lessons from the cockpit to the conference room. As one of only 500 female airline captains worldwide, she has led teams through storms, system failures, and split-second decisions where preparation was the only safety net.

Through keynotes and workshops, Michelle gives leaders and teams the mindset and tools to:

Adapt fast when plans change
Think sharp in moments of pressure
Lead with clarity when the path ahead is unclear
Build resilience that grows stronger through setbacks

Her sessions combine real-world stories with practical frameworks leaders can use immediately - no theory overload, no recycled clichés.

The result?

Teams leave equipped to make better decisions, stay steady under pressure, and create a culture that doesn’t just withstand change but uses it to perform at a higher level.