Short-term Programs

Leadership & Crisis Management

Leadership & Crisis Management

Leading crisis situations effectively

In crisis situations, effective communication is key to maintaining trust and reputation with stakeholders. It becomes particularly challenging when information is constantly changing and available 24 hours a day, while dealing with the emergency itself. 

If organizational leaders are not prepared, a crisis can quickly escalate and become even more difficult to manage. 

This program is designed to empower leaders with the skills they need to effectively navigate a crisis situation, ensuring that their organization emerges stronger. 

Over four days, participants will have the opportunity to tackle the subject of crisis management from the first signs to the aftermath. On each day, participants will be divided into groups and will have access to three sessions with guest speakers, followed by the launch of a challenge for discussion and resolution over dinner. After dinner, each group will present the key conclusions, which will form the basis of the wrap-up of the theme. 

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Date

2026

Duration

4 days

Investiment

3.000€

Format

Face-to-face

Day 1: From 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. (includes network cocktail and dinner)

Day 2: From 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. (includes network cocktail)

Day 3: From 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (includes network cocktail)

Day 4: From 3pm to 9pm (includes network cocktail and dinner)

Language

Portuguese

Local

Carcavelos, Portugal

Reasons For Choosing This Program

FOR YOU

  • Willingness to anticipate and prepare for a future crisis situation, ability to develop individual and joint strategies for action before, during and after the crisis 
  • Better understanding of the factors that can trigger a reputational crisis 
  • Building a strategic communication plan for crisis situations  

FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

  • Train C-level managers to deal successfully with a reputational crisis in collaboration 
  • Prepare senior managers to address the different stakeholders during and after a crisis situation 
  • Provide a set of tools to build a more resilient business through a crisis-ready organization 
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Participant Profile

A program specifically aimed at C-level leaders who want to be prepared to face crisis situations and who want to improve their ability to communicate in public and high-pressure contexts.

The Program

The program consists of four four-hour sessions, held every three weeks. 

In each of these sessions, one of the program's modules will be covered in full: 

  • Risks and situations that can lead to a crisis 
  • Methods and tools for actively dealing with a crisis situation 
  • Leadership in crisis situations with case studies from various sectors 
  • How to reinvent an organization after a crisis 

Day 1 
Before the crisis 
Risks and situations that can lead to a crisis: 

  • Geopolitical risks 
  • Environmental changes 
  • Preparing for a crisis situation (strategy, plan, command, control and activation) 


Day 2 and 3 
Methods and tools for actively dealing with a crisis situation: 

  • Leadership foresight 
  • Risk to brands 
  • Stakeholders 


Leadership in crisis situations with case studies from various sectors: 

  • Crisis management and investor relations on the capital market 
  • Brand Jeopardy 
  • Industry crisis 
  • Crisis in management 


Day 4 
After the crisis 
How to reinvent an organization after a crisis: 

  • Corporate responsibility 
  • Crisis with government and state actors 
  • Dealing with the press and media 

Academic Direction

Miguel Pina e Cunha
Professor @ Nova SBE
António Cunha Vaz

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Application Process

  1. Fill in the form.
  2. Communication of acceptance within 72 hours
  3. Finalization of the application with the Program Advisor

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Program Advisor

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Contact me:

Bernardo Almeida
Bernardo Almeida
(+351) 912 633 139

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