Name: Resilience Under Pressure – Leading Through Challenge (APAC)
Start: 2026-02-10T01:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-10T02:15:00+00:00

APAC

WeQual Rising Leaders: Resilience Under Pressure – Leading Through Challenge

Pressure is now part of every leader’s daily reality. Strong leadership in these moments begins with the internal systems that help you stay steady, self-aware, and grounded. This session gives Rising Leaders a practical way to strengthen those inner foundations so you can lead with composure when challenges intensify.

This Leadership Insights session focuses on what it truly means to lead when circumstances are demanding, expectations are high, and teams look to you for steadiness. Rising Leaders often carry significant delivery pressure while navigating complex environments. This conversation builds your internal leadership capacity – helping you understand how your mindset, triggers, and energy patterns shape your ability to respond effectively.

Together, we’ll explore the internal habits that help leaders stay centered, make decisions with intent, and recover quickly after high-pressuring moments. Using real-world examples, we’ll explore strategies for maintaining clarity even when information is incomplete, and how to create psychological steadiness for yourself and your team. You’ll hear lived leadership experiences with practical strategies you can apply immediately to your role.

Danielle (Dan) Handley – Senior Advisor; Former Chief Customer & Transformation Officer, Bupa.

Dan brings more than 25 years across financial services and health, leading large-scale transformation at the intersection of digital, data, technology, and customer experience. Her leadership experience in high-pressure, hybrid environments provide Rising Leaders with a grounded, relatable perspective on building internal resilience through systems thinking, clarity, and modern leadership behaviours. Dan is also a WeQual Awards Finalist (APAC, 2022)

Takeaways:

Strengthen internal resilience systems
Recognize triggers and stay centred
Make clear decisions in complexity
Build team confidence
Sustain energy and focus

Danielle Handley ‘Dan’

Bupa

Senior Advisor, Former Chief Customer & Transformation Officer

Danielle (Dan) Handley has over 25 years’ experience across Financial Services and Health, focusing her efforts on designing the strategy and execution to solve some of the organization’s most complex problems.

Dan is passionate about the intersect of science and creativity to deliver exceptional customer experiences. This passion has led her to work closely with data, digital, technology, customer and strategy skill sets to drive change and lay the foundations for the successful adoption of AI.

Dan is also passionate about culture and the attributes of modern leadership in a more digitised, hybrid, and complex working environment, where systems thinking and servant leadership are two capabilities she believes are critical for success.

Dan is a WeQual Awards Finalist, APAC 2022 in the Operations Category and therefore a Lifetime Member of WeQual Executives.

Cristina Condoleon

WeQual

Facilitator and Coach

Cristina Condoleon is an experienced facilitator and coach with more than 20 years’ experience designing and delivering leadership and team development programs across industries and geographies. She works with leaders to build stronger teams, healthier cultures, and sustainable performance.

Before establishing her independent practice, Cristina held senior learning and development roles at Cochlear and Adidas, where she led global initiatives that strengthened leadership capability and organizational culture.

Cristina’s facilitation style combines depth of insight with practical tools that drive real behavior change. She is passionate about helping people become more self-aware, confident, and collaborative leaders.

Outside work, Cristina enjoys the outdoors, playing tennis, and volunteering with Primary Ethics, an organization that teaches ethics to primary school students.

Ovin Mohan

WeQual

Director of Leadership Development

Ovin has coached more than 1,000 senior leaders from the world’s largest organizations – from Apple and HSBC to NATO and Christie’s – helping them lead with clarity, confidence, and renewed focus. Known by clients as “exceptional”, “brilliant”, and “amazing”, his coaching is both challenging and deeply human.

A former athlete and Head of Leadership Development in the UK’s largest management institute, Ovin combines performance psychology with practical leadership habits that drive real results. He’s lived and worked across London, Chicago, New York, and Valencia, bringing a global perspective to every conversation.

In this session, Ovin helps leaders step back from constant delivery to reconnect with their purpose and priorities – a vital reset for sustained impact.