Leadership Under Pressure: Power, Crisis and Digital Risk

Across three modules, you’ll explore how power, pressure and visibility shape leadership communication, decision-making and responsibility. You’ll examine how formal authority, expertise and organisational dynamics influence participation, escalation and people’s willingness to challenge decisions or raise concerns. 

You’ll then examine what leadership reveals during crisis, disruption and change, when every response signals what the organisation truly values. You’ll explore how leaders balance control with adaptation, coordinate responses and support learning and fair accountability when conditions are volatile or uncertain. 

The course also examines leadership in digital and media-rich environments. You’ll consider how virtual work, social media, AI-enabled tools and automated systems increase leadership visibility and reshape responsibility, reputation and risk. 

The micro-credential consists of three (3) modules designed to strengthen leadership capability under conditions of pressure, scrutiny and change: 

Power, Authority and Communication Risk: explores how power, hierarchy and authority gradients influence decisions and accountability. You’ll also examine how digital communication can magnify the consequences of leadership messages. 

Leading Through Change and Crisis: examines how leaders shape culture and guide organisations through disruption and uncertainty. You’ll explore transformational, adaptive and complexity leadership, along with learning and fair accountability. 

Leading in Digital and Media-Rich Environments: explores leadership across virtual, hybrid and digitally connected workplaces. You’ll examine digital inclusion, social media visibility, AI-enabled tools and ethical technology use. 

This course is ideal for leaders, managers and professionals who make consequential decisions, lead through disruption or communicate in complex, highly visible environments. 

It will be particularly valuable for participants seeking to navigate authority, exercise sound judgement under pressure and communicate responsibly when decisions are subject to increased scrutiny. 

Participants who complete this micro-credential will earn a certificate of completion. Participants who package this course together with Leadership Foundations: Performance, Safety and Trust (study both courses) will be eligible to receive a digital badge to recognise their achievement, demonstrating to employers and peers the skills and knowledge acquired. Participants who complete both this course and Leadership Foundations: Performance, Safety and Trust will also earn 10 credit points (CP) that contribute toward the Master of Aviation Management at Griffith University.  

This 6-week online course is structured for flexible, self-paced learning and is hosted on Griffith University’s Learning Management System.  

The course includes: 

• Rich learning content featuring videos, case studies, reflections and practical activities. 
• Three sequential learning modules, with approximately one module completed every two weeks. 
• Assessments that include quizzes, workplace analysis and scenario-based tasks to reinforce practical understanding and direct application of course material. 
• Optional interactive webinars that provide opportunities to engage with facilitators, ask questions, discuss practical examples and connect with other participants. 

The course has been designed by academic experts across our School of Aviation and School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science bring together an interdisciplinary approach to the course content. You will also hear from leaders across Qantas throughout the modules.