Performing Under FIRE for Business

  • 19 May 2026
  • , 10:15 UTC+1

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Every day, individuals make thousands of decisions in environments characterised by uncertainty and constraint. In today’s business context, leaders and teams at all levels are expected to deliver more with fewer resources. Routine responsibilities, unexpected events, and critical incidents alike directly influence individual and organisational performance.

Whether managing conflict, leading key meetings, delivering complex projects, or responding to business disruption or restructure, pressure is a constant. The differentiator is not the presence of pressure, but how leaders and organisations respond to it. If you remove technical competence from crisis management training, what does it leave?

Performing Under Fire for Business strengthens decision-making, leadership effectiveness, and team performance under pressure. Drawing on proven techniques and frameworks from Emergency Services, crisis management, elite sport, and evidence-based performance practices, it develops the core capabilities required to perform in high-stakes environments.

These fundamentals sit at the centre of effective leadership and are directly transferable across industries, roles, and organisational levels, complementing and enhancing existing learning and development initiatives.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Speakers:

  • Mark Kassab

    MD and Senior Collaborator

    Mark J Kassab is the founder of MJK FIRE Ltd, a leadership and crisis management consultancy focused on strengthening the performance and resilience across individuals, teams, and organisations. He is also the visionary behind “Performing under FIRE for Business”, an immersive and interactive experience that employs a wide range of visceral and unconventional learning methods and content. Mark supports leaders in improving safety culture through practical, behaviour-focused approaches that enhance outcomes in a world of V.U.C.A. Following a 32 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service, including time spent delivering leadership and command training at the Fire Service College, Mark now works globally with a wide and diverse range of private sector organisations. His work centres on leadership, human factors, decision-making under pressure, performance coaching and preparedness for disruption.

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