Exec Connect: Rise Above the Drama to Lead the Conversations Others Avoid

Date: Thursday, 3rd September 2026

Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Online

Dr Lizzy Bernthal’s Exec Connect Resilience Series is a game-changer.

Meet Dr Lizzy Bernthal again after her well-received 2 online workshops on 22 January 2026 and 6 June 2026, as part of the Exec Connect Resilience Series for 2026. Dr Lizzy is the MD of Release Your Potential, a resilience specialist, and a former Army Lt. Colonel with 25 years of global leadership experience in healthcare, including high-pressure environments such as Afghanistan.

With a PhD in resilience and a background in healthcare, Lizzy combines real-world experience with evidence-based tools to help you as a leader to rise above pressure, stay confident and lead with courage and impact as yourself - no body armour required. Her book ‘The Courage to be You: The Key to Unlock Your Resilience and Confidence as a Leader’ went straight to No. 1 Best Seller in 5 categories (Global Business Finance and Law, Scientific, History and Philosophy, Social Sciences, Career Guides, Vocational Career Guidance) on Amazon on Launch Day, 17 Feb 26 and is not available in major bookstores worldwide.

 Resilience and confidence aren’t just buzzwords; they’re essential for effective leadership.

In this 3rd of 4 sessions in Dr Lizzy Bernthal’s Exec Connect Resilience Series, you’ll learn how to spot the subtle “games” people play, protect your own energy, and rise above distractions, turning every meeting into a focused, productive, subtle “games” people play, protect your own energy and rise above distractions, turning every meeting and impactful one.

It’s not just about surviving meetings, it’s about leading them with confidence and clarity.

Even the most capable and compassionate leaders like you can find themselves drawn into patterns of drama, tension, conflict, and emotional exhaustion that can quietly erode our confidence and trust. This session invites you, as an inspiring senior female leader, to explore how to recognise these patterns, rise above them, and lead with grace grounded in self-confidence and resilience. You’ll leave with practical tools and techniques to rise above the drama, protect your energy, reset your focus, and create a calm, connected culture where you can flourish and enable those around you to do so too, both at work and at home.

Through real-world insights and proven resilience strategies, Dr Lizzy Bernthal will share how to reset your mindset, handle difficult dynamics with clarity and compassion, and maintain confidence even when challenges arise.

What We’ll Explore

• How to identify the subtle patterns that fuel drama and conflict in teams
• Practical tools to manage ‘tricky’ personalities with calm and authority
• Resilience techniques to stay centred and confident under pressure
• How to transform confrontation into constructive, values-led dialogue
• Strategies to protect your energy and lead without compromising who you are

You’ll Discover How To

• Understand the “Drama Triangle”, the roles that we can fall into without realising it
• Strengthen your resilience to remain calm and resourceful under pressure
• Build unshakeable confidence rooted in self-awareness, not perfectionism
• Recognise and overcome the inner saboteurs that trigger self-doubt or imposter feelings
• Explore Dr. Lizzy’s S.O.A.R.™ Framework to recover quickly from setbacks and sustain performance
• Lead with integrity, compassion, and courage, no body armour required!

The Big Takeaway

You’ll leave with a practical, repeatable framework to manage challenging situations and personalities with confidence — strengthening trust, protecting your energy, and leading with clarity and composure. 

Why Join

The way you respond to the people and pressures around you defines the culture you create. This session will help you reconnect with your grounded, confident leadership presence so you can influence from calm, not control, and lead with courage, compassion, and clarity.