Grace Under Fire: Power Dynamics and Reading the Room

One-day interactive workshop for professionals to navigate power dynamics and communicate with clarity and composure under pressure.
About this Event

In high-stakes moments, what matters is not just what you say — but how you hold the room.
A senior stakeholder challenges your idea.
A colleague pushes back publicly.
A meeting suddenly becomes tense.
Grace Under Fire is an interactive workshop designed to help high-performing professionals navigate power dynamics and communicate with composure under pressure.
Through guided exercises and practice scenarios, participants will train how to respond clearly and credibly when conversations become difficult.

🎯 You will learn how to:

✅ Read power and status signals in the room
✅ Respond to pressure without over-explaining
✅ Hold your ground when challenged
✅ Manage emotional reactions without losing authority
✅ Communicate with clarity in high-stakes conversations
This is a hands-on session focused on practice, feedback, and real-world application.

Prescott Gaylord

Improv Director | Embodied Presence Coach | Applied Theatre Practitioner

Prescott helps leaders stop performing — and start embodying it.

With 20+ years in improv theatre and embodied leadership, he’s trained executives from LinkedIn, PayPal, DBS and more to think on their feet, speak with presence, and stay grounded under pressure.

Former Artistic Director of Baltimore Improv Group, Prescott blends movement, theatre, and humour into a training style that’s disarming, practical — and fun.

Expect:

✔️ Big shifts without the stiffness
✔️ Playful pressure-testing that lands deep
✔️ A safe space to experiment, mess up, and grow

Anna Ong

Storytelling Coach | Founder, What’s Your Story Slam | LinkedIn Top Voice

Anna helps leaders speak like they mean it — no fluff, no corporate filler.

She’s a former banker turned storytelling coach who’s trained thousands and personally coached over 300 leaders to ditch jargon, speak with clarity, and own their presence — whether in a boardroom or on a stage.

Anna is the creator of What’s Your Story Slam — Singapore’s longest-running live storytelling show — and a LinkedIn Top Voice on authentic leadership.

Expect:

✔️ Tough love + practical tools
✔️ Big “aha” moments with zero eye-rolls
✔️ Coaching that makes your story stick — and sell

🎤 Together, they’ll help you:

✔️ Stay sharp under pressure
✔️ Command a room without shouting
✔️ Speak stories that resonate — from your gut, not a Google Doc