How to Lead Calm When Stakes Are High | Claire Hayek (Ep. 159)

What if the reason your leadership breaks under pressure has nothing to do with skill — and everything to do with your brain? 🧠 Claire Hayek grew up dodging bombs in Beirut, spent 20 years in high-stakes engineering, and discovered something most leaders never see coming: pressure doesn't just slow your decisions down — it quietly hijacks them. 🔥 As a certified neuroscience coach, TEDx speaker, founder of MSP Teambuilding, and author of the forthcoming Calm Under Fire, Claire breaks down the survival patterns running your team without anyone noticing — and exactly how to rewire them. This one will hit different. 💡 So here's the question: when pressure hits, is YOUR brain working for you — or against you? #PressureProofLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ClaireHayek #NeuroLeadership #CalmUnderFire #ExecutiveLeadership #MentalFitness #LeadershipPodcast #TeamCulture #RisingTideLeadership FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR LISTENERS For individual leaders: clairehayek.com/reset (Pressure Reset Scripts, free download) For founders/leaders and their teams: clairehayek.com/pp-scorecard (Pressure and Performance Scorecard, free assessment) For founders/leaders and their teams: clairehayek.com/pressure-archetype ( Under sustained pressure, every leader defaults to one of five behavioral patterns. This assessment identifies yours.) ABOUT CLAIRE Website: clairehayek.com and mspteambuilding.ca Upcoming book Sep 9 2026: The Leadership Skill No One Taught You: Calm Under Fire in the Age of Disruption Join Advanced Readers Club and more info here. Book cover 2D and 3D MEDIA ASSETS Podcast Guest Profile (attached) and link here  Headshot here  Media Kit CONNECT WITH CLAIRE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairehayek   Podcast: The NeuroLeadership Edge - https://www.clairehayek/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claire.hayek  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClaireHayek?sub_confirmation=1  X: https://x.com/clairehayek  Threads: https://www.threads.com/@claire.hayek  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theclairehayek  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/clairehayek.bsky.social  Substack: https://substack.com/@theclairehayek  –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Work it out by LiQWYD   / liqwyd   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/liqwy... Music promoted by Audio Library    • Work it out – LiQWYD (No Copyright Music)  ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––