Leadership is most visible when circumstances are uncertain, fast-moving, and difficult to control.
In this on-demand webinar, Sal Lifrieri, author of Leading Through Chaos, explores how leaders can guide their organizations through moments of pressure, confusion, and rapid change. Drawing from real-world crisis management and security leadership experience, Sal discusses how clarity, steadiness, trust, and intentional communication can help stabilize teams when the path forward is not obvious.
This session is designed for HR leaders, security professionals, ASIS members, SHRM members, risk managers, supervisors, executives, and organizational leaders who want to strengthen the way they lead during high-pressure situations.
The webinar focuses on how leaders can make decisions with incomplete information, communicate without creating unnecessary fear, and reinforce a culture of resilience when it matters most.
Eligible for 1 SHRM PDC or 1 ASIS CPE credit. Other professional organizations may accept the webinar at their discretion.
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The Leadership Under Fire webinar examines what leadership looks like when the pressure is real. The session emphasizes that leadership under stress is not about perfection. It is about clarity, steadiness, and intentional communication.
Sal Lifrieri discusses how leaders can maintain situational awareness, make decisions with incomplete information, and communicate in ways that build trust rather than increase confusion. The webinar also explores how a leader’s behavior during moments of uncertainty can shape the culture of an entire organization.
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This webinar is especially relevant for professionals responsible for people, safety, culture, risk, and organizational decision-making.
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In high-pressure moments, people look to leaders for direction. A leader’s tone, timing, and communication style can either stabilize the organization or amplify confusion.
This webinar reinforces that culture is shaped less by mission statements and more by what leaders do when things go wrong. Calm, transparent, and decisive leadership builds trust. Impulsive or inconsistent leadership can create anxiety, misinformation, and instability.
For HR leaders and security professionals, this topic is especially important. Many workplace challenges involve people, perception, communication, risk, and trust. Strong leadership during these moments can help protect employees, support better decisions, and strengthen organizational resilience.
This on-demand webinar is eligible for 1 SHRM PDC and 1 ASIS CPE credit.
Participants should follow their credentialing organization’s process for submitting continuing education documentation. Other professional organizations may accept this webinar for credit at their discretion.
This webinar is based on themes from Sal Lifrieri’s book, Leading Through Chaos.
The book draws from Sal’s decades of experience in law enforcement, intelligence, crisis response, and security consulting. It explores how leaders behave under pressure, how trust is built or lost, and how decision-making, communication, and culture affect outcomes during difficult moments.
For leaders who want to go deeper, Leading Through Chaos offers practical lessons on what it takes to lead with clarity when the stakes are high.
Continue the conversation by exploring the book after you watch the webinar.
Sal Lifrieri is the President of PCC Secure and the author of Leading Through Chaos. His career includes decades of experience in law enforcement, intelligence, crisis response, workplace violence prevention, and security consulting.
Through his work with corporate leaders, security teams, and organizations facing complex risk, Sal brings a practical perspective on leadership, communication, trust, and decision-making under pressure. Learn more
Yes. This webinar is eligible for 1 SHRM PDC. Participants should follow SHRM’s process for submitting professional development credits.
Yes. This webinar is eligible for 1 ASIS CPE credit. ASIS members and certificants should retain completion documentation and submit the activity according to ASIS recertification requirements.
Leadership Under Fire is an on-demand webinar about crisis leadership, communication, trust, decision-making, and organizational culture during high-pressure situations
The webinar is designed for HR leaders, security professionals, risk managers, supervisors, executives, workplace violence prevention teams, and anyone responsible for leading people through uncertainty.
No. The webinar stands on its own. However, it introduces leadership themes explored in Sal Lifrieri’s book Leading Through Chaos.
Watch the webinar, claim eligible continuing education credit, and explore Leading Through Chaos for more real-world lessons on leadership, communication, trust, and decision-making under pressure.
