Leadership Under Pressure | Silvia Rizzo on Performance, Mistakes & Decision Making

What happens to leadership when the pressure is real, the information is incomplete, and the consequences matter?In this episode of Zenith Exposure, we sit down with Silvia Rizzo, a leadership and performance professional who works across high performance sport and business, helping people navigate leadership, decision making, error management, and mental resilience in high pressure environments.Silvia shares insights from elite sport and explores what pressure actually does to performance, why some people become more adaptable after failure while others become more rigid, and how leaders can respond to mistakes without losing credibility or confidence.We discuss decision making under uncertainty, pressure and performance, responsibility, identity, control versus adaptability, and the lessons business leaders can learn from high performance sport.Silvia also challenges common assumptions about what it means to perform at a high level and explains why leadership is often revealed not when everything goes according to plan, but when mistakes happen and certainty disappears.Whether you're a leader, entrepreneur, athlete, executive, or professional working in a high pressure environment, this conversation offers practical insights into performing and leading when the stakes are high.Follow Zenith Exposure for more conversations about leadership, performance, decision making, resilience, and personal growth.