The TESS Group
Training Event Safety Solutions
Half-Day Online
Leading Through Uncertainty
Build resilience, lead with clarity, keep teams moving
- Team leaders and people managers navigating restructures, budget cuts, or strategic shifts
- Middle managers caught between senior leadership decisions and team anxiety
- HR and L&D professionals supporting leaders through organisational change
- New managers facing their first real period of uncertainty
- Anyone leading people through the rise of AI, economic shifts, or constant change
Welcome and Scene Setting
Introductions, housekeeping, context for the day
The Uncertainty Landscape
Types of uncertainty: economic, AI, political, workforce. Interactive poll
Leading Self First
Personal resilience, stress responses, energy management, self-assessment tool
Break
15 minute comfort break
Communicating Through the Storm
Honest messaging, psychological safety, frameworks, role-play scenarios
Keeping Teams Moving
Team performance and wellbeing in disruption, real case studies
Your Personal Action Plan
Three commitments to take back this week
Close & Next Steps
Wrap-up, resource pack, feedback, and information on further development opportunities including AI apprenticeships and coaching programmes
For the Individual
- Build personal resilience under pressure
- Communicate with confidence when you don't have all the answers
- Manage your own stress and energy as a leader
- Practical tools you can use immediately — not theory
- Connect with other leaders facing similar challenges
For the Organisation
- More resilient leaders who maintain team performance through change
- Better internal communication during uncertainty
- Reduced attrition from poor change management
- Teams that stay productive when the ground is shifting
- A leadership culture that embraces uncertainty rather than fears it
- A natural stepping stone into levy-funded AI apprenticeships that help teams turn uncertainty into opportunity
- A personal leadership resilience toolkit you can apply straight away
- Practical frameworks for communicating with clarity when you don't have all the answers
- Strategies for supporting team wellbeing without losing performance
- A peer network of like-minded leaders facing similar challenges
- A CPD certificate of attendance
| Format | Half-day (3 hours) interactive online workshop |
| Delivery | Online via Zoom — camera on, fully interactive |
| Date | Wednesday 7th May 2025, 12:30–15:30 |
| Cost | FREE — no charge, no obligation |
| Group Size | Limited places — small group for quality interaction |
| Approach | Facilitated discussion, polls, role-play scenarios, peer problem-solving |
| Facilitator | Jamie, leadership development coach at The TESS Group |
Jamie is an experienced leadership development coach at The TESS Group, specialising in helping leaders develop resilience and communication skills during periods of organisational uncertainty. Jamie draws on real-world experience working with senior leaders across multiple sectors.
Questions? Contact [email protected] or [email protected]
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Compare all our AI programmes side by side. Find the right fit for your team, department, or organisation — every programme is fully levy-funded.
All LevelsAll Departments100% FundedReserve Your Spot
This half-day workshop is completely free, but places are limited to keep the group small and interactive. Secure your place now and join a cohort of leaders committed to developing their resilience and leadership capability.
Register Your PlaceNo credit card required. Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected]