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Leadership Accelerator: Performance Under Pressure

A 9-month executive partnership that closes the gap between leadership insight and leadership behavior when it actually matters.

 

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This Accelerator builds Leadership Reliability under Pressure — the ability to act with clarity, confidence, and strategic impact when stakes are high.

Most leadership programmes equip executives with frameworks and insight — but under pressure, those tools often go unused. When stress rises, leaders default to old reactive patterns. The result? Inconsistent decisions, diluted presence, and leadership behaviours that don’t stick.

The Leadership Accelerator is different.

This is a 9-month executive coaching and development partnership designed to strengthen how leaders think, decide, and lead when the stakes are high — so performance is reliable, not situational.

This Accelerator builds Leadership Reliability under Pressure — the ability to act with clarity, confidence, and strategic impact when stakes are high. 

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Why this programme is different

  • Performance under pressure, not just insight  
  • Behaviour change that holds in real-world conditions  
  • Integrated Mental Fitness 8-week Programme 
  • Live leadership application on real business challenges  
  • 1:1 executive partnership over nine months  

Most leadership development builds capability for calm conditions. This Accelerator builds leadership reliability when pressure hits. 

The Four Pillars that deliver change

1. Four Levers of Leadership Impact Framework

A clear leadership architecture that builds strategic range, behavioural flexibility, and decision confidence. The 4 Levers provide structure and coherence so development links directly to business impact and results. 

2. Mental Fitness

Science-backed Mental Fitness training that reduces reactive patterns and strengthens clarity, focus, and resilience under pressure. Leaders learn to shift state in real time — improving judgement, presence, and decision quality.
Leaders today don’t just need skills — they need internal regulation. We embed Mental Fitness throughout the programme to:

 

✔ Reduce self-sabotaging reactive patterns
✔ Strengthen focus, clarity, and resilience
✔ Improve decision quality under stress
✔ Enhance leadership presence and influence

 

This is not “nice to have” emotional wellbeing — this is performance psychology that shifts the inner operating system leaders used when pressure rises.

3. Leadership Live

Real-time application on live leadership challenges. Leaders practise strategic decision-making, tough conversations, and leading through ambiguity — closing the knowing–doing gap.

4. 1:1 Executive Partnership (9 months)

Sustained partnership for accountability, challenge, and traction. No one-off workshops. This is a high-impact coaching relationship designed to deliver durable behaviour change and leadership effectiveness that elevates performance and potential.

Outcomes that matter (real client impact)

Trusted by clients driving growth a scale. We partner with FTSE 100 organisations to SME’s and professional services. What aligns our clients is an appetite for growth when the economic landscape is challenging and ambiguous.  

✔  Clearer strategic decision-making under pressure

✔  More consistent leadership presence in high-stakes moments

✔  Reduced reactivity and conflict patterns

✔  Stronger accountability and follow-through

✔  Leaders who perform reliably, not just occasionally  

This is behaviour change that translates into business results — not just inspiration in the room.

Who this is for

  • Senior leaders and high-potential leaders stepping into bigger roles  
  • Leadership teams navigating complexity and change  
  • Organisations that need consistent leadership performance, not sporadic brilliance 
  • Sponsors who want measurable behaviour change, not just capability building  
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Ready to upgrade leadership performance where it actually counts?

If your organisation can’t afford leaders who perform well only when things are calm, this programme was built for you.
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NewlandRock Testimonial - 'I feel centred, at peace and calm.' Global Services Leader
NewlandRock Testimonial - It's been a very beneficial process and hopefully I can capitalise on the awareness and clarity generated through the sessions with you. - Commercial Director - property sector
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NewlandRock Testimonial - I implement what we work through after each session and it's working for me. Progress each time. Global Digital Leader
NewlandRock Testimonial - I have so much more clarity now. I feel my thinking has moved away from transactional. I'm at my best. I am leading through my values and can see the impact on my results. I feel more empowered in myself. A stronger conviction in my decisions. I am no longer shying away from significant stakeholder situations. Director Corporate Functions
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