Presence Under Pressure

Your leaders are performing. Not just at work. Everywhere.

They carry pressure well. They decide quickly. They hold it together. But the vigilance never quite switches off — even at home, even alone. Rest doesn't restore them. The best people around them have stopped pushing back. And something stays tight that no amount of strategy training will reach.

This isn't a performance problem. It's a defence pattern. And most leadership development doesn't touch it.

Presence Under Pressure gives senior leaders a precise, practical language for recognising what's driving their behaviour under pressure — and the ability to lead without constant defence.

Your leaders will:

• Know which voice is driving their decisions — before it drives them for you.
• Understand why they can't switch off — and what it's costing the organisation.
• Stop mistaking speed for clarity.
• Create space for honest conversation instead of managed silence.
• Lead from steadiness, not defence.

Three ways to bring this into your organisation:

Webinar: A 60-minute live introduction for your leadership team. No slides. No jargon. Just a clear, grounded session that names what your leaders are experiencing and gives them language for it. £500

Workshop: A full-day programme for up to 10 senior leaders. Introduces the four voices and the eight leadership conditions. Designed for teams operating under sustained responsibility who need something deeper than resilience training — something their leaders would actually respect. £500 per person

Executive Coaching: Ongoing 1:1 work with individual senior leaders. Monthly sessions built around the Presence Under Pressure methodology. For leaders who want a private, sustained space to lead more clearly.

Andrew Sillitoe is a former international athlete and coach. He lives in Prague with his wife and four children.

He spent 17 years coaching leaders and athletes before realising most of them weren’t tired from the work. They were tired from defending.

Andrew was one of them.

After his father died when he was 16, he learned to be strong by hiding everything that felt weak. By 42, the armour he’d built was crushing him.

He moved to Prague. Started walking by the Vltava River. Began writing short dialogues between four voices: the Stag, the Rat, the Wren, and the River.

These stories became the language he wished he’d had at 16. And still needs now.

Andrew works with leaders who recognise themselves in the Stag—founders, executives, leaders who are exhausted from performing strength.

Some travel to Prague to walk by the River with him for a day. Others join his workshop, Presence Under Pressure.

He is the author of three previous books on leadership and living well.

If you recognise yourself in these stories, you can find more at andrewsillitoe.com.