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SUMMARY:LGDA Online event: Leadership - Cost and Resilience by Klao Bell-Le
 wis
DESCRIPTION:Leadership – Cost and Resilience
 Date: 18 November 2026
 T
 ime: 18:00 – 19:30 CET
 Format: Online via Microsoft Teams
 Language: 
 English
 PDU: 1 PDU available
 Organized by: PMI Germany Chapter – Loc
 al Group Darmstadt
 Contact: LGDarmstadt@pmi-gc.de
 The Emotional Price 
 of Leadership and How EQ Builds Sustainable Resilience
 Leadership involv
 es taking calculated risks\, making tough calls\, and absorbing high-stake
 s pressure—carrying a heavy personal and emotional toll. While organizat
 ions often focus strictly on technical and strategic deliverables\, leader
 s frequently face the hidden \"emotional cost\" of leadership: burnout\, i
 solation\, empathy fatigue\, and the strain of navigating crisis and chang
 e.
 In this webinar\, Klao Bell-Lewis\, MA\, PMP draws on her extensive 2
 0-year career spanning strategic leadership\, crisis communication\, and p
 roject management in the financial and development sectors to explore the 
 psychological realities of modern leadership. This session examines how hi
 gh emotional intelligence (EQ) serves as the ultimate risk-management tool
 \, helping leaders safeguard their well-being\, navigate vulnerability\, a
 nd lead with empathy without sacrificing strength or team trust.
 Drawing
  from her global experience leading high-impact teams across complex secto
 rs—including her roles as Head of Corporate Communications at the Caribb
 ean Development Bank\, Manager of Public Relations and Corporate Affairs a
 t Scotiabank Jamaica\, and Communication and Social Impact Manager at CEME
 X Jamaica—Klao shares real-world insights on maintaining steady leadersh
 ip presence during high-pressure disruptions.
 Participants will discover
  why traditional leadership models that ignore emotional toll fail\, how e
 motional intelligence creates sustainable resilience\, and how leaders can
  protect their teams' morale while successfully steering through uncertain
 ty.What Participants Will Learn:
 -Navigating the Emotional Toll of Leade
 rship: Understand the psychological and emotional risks leaders face when 
 absorbing stress\, managing crises\, and carrying organizational pressure.
 
 -Leveraging EQ for Risk Management: Learn how high emotional intelligen
 ce improves decision-making under uncertainty by helping leaders read emot
 ional currents within teams.
 -Managing Empathy Burnout: Discover boundar
 ies and self-care strategies to lead with high empathy without absorbing s
 econdary trauma or burning out.
 -Building Trust Through Vulnerability: E
 xplore how acknowledging risks and emotional realities authentically build
 s psychological safety and stronger team loyalty.
 -Fostering Emotional R
 esilience: Develop personal coping mechanisms and cognitive reframing tech
 niques to bounce back from setbacks\, failures\, and high-pressure conflic
 ts.
 Value Participants Will Gain
 Participants will leave with a practi
 cal roadmap for recognizing and managing the emotional cost of leadership.
  They will gain actionable EQ tools to strengthen personal resilience\, pr
 event burnout\, lead through crises with authenticity\, and cultivate supp
 ortive\, high-performing organizational cultures.
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ORGANIZER;CN=PMI Germany Chapter e.V.:MAILTO:website@pmi-gc.de
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