War veterans are NOT naturally cool under fire. People are NOT born with 007-esque levels of stoicism. Not even Sean Connery (God rest his mighty soul.) It’s a learned behaviour. And you can learn it too.

In this session Sarah will share her favourites stories from the frontline translated into simple practical takeaways that will help you to make good decisions under pressure, harness technology rather than become hostage to it, work effectively as a team under pressure and bounce back from setbacks stronger and better together.

About Sarah Furness:

After graduating from Cambridge university Sarah Furness followed her dream to be a combat RAF helicopter pilot. As a Squadron Leader led combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the first female helicopter pilot to fly and lead UK Special Forces missions.

She taught human performance, risk management and error management training at the world renowned Defence Academy of the UK and was pioneered the implementation of mental health at work and psychological safety measures into the defence wide aviation curriculum. She is a cognitive behavioural therapist and mindfulness coach and best selling author of two books: Fly Higher, Train your mind to feel as strong as you look, and The Uni-tasking Revolution: Focus on what really matters, get stuff done, waste less time.

She now translates battle-tested leadership and teamwork strategies into practicable and implementable tools that will transform mindset, behaviours and culture that ultimately wins more business.

She has worked with: Red Bull racing, Airbus, AWS, SugarCRM, Massey Ferguson, IWC, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jaguar, Boston Consulting group, Cisco, Deloitte, Dyson, Vodafone, Casenove Capital, MBDA, AstraZeneca, Allegan, Rolls Royce, PWC