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Every risk professional has faced the challenge of presenting significant threats to senior leadership. How do you communicate catastrophic scenarios without triggering defensiveness or dismissal?

Join Rob Quail, Principal of Robert Quail Consulting, for a crucial masterclass in navigating the highest-stakes moments of risk management—having the tough, urgent conversations about existential risks with executive leadership. This 60-minute session will equip you with essential communication strategies, psychological insights, and practical techniques to ensure critical risks are not only heard but also urgently addressed.

Drawing on real-world examples and proven approaches honed in crisis, Rob will show how to frame urgent, uncomfortable truths to drive immediate executive action. You'll learn how to read the room, tailor your message to diverse executive temperaments, and establish the rapid credibility and trust necessary to influence top-level decision-making before risks escalate.

Learn how to:

Present high-impact risks to executives through structured communication to foster greater understanding and informed action.
Tailor messages to executive styles, build trust, and use psychology to influence sensitive risk discussions.
Deliver urgent, objective risk scenarios and provide executives with clear response options for mitigation.

Additional Information

Field of Study: Enterprise Risk Management
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic
Format: Group Internet Based
CPE Credit: 1

CPE Credit Notice

This is a group internet-based event for NASBA authorized continuing education credit. After the webinar, a Certificate of Completion for the webinar indicating 1 hour of CPE credit will be issued to those interested.

Riskonnect is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.