Turnaround Leadership Development
Turnarounds don’t fail on paper. They fail in execution, at shift change, when the plan meets cracked steel and the superintendent cannot afford another delay. This course prepares the leaders standing at that point of pressure to make the call, communicate it, and keep the work moving safely.
Leadership readiness for turnaround reality.
The coordinator sits where plans, people, and pressure collide. They coordinate work they do not formally control, make calls with incomplete information, and absorb pressure from above so it does not land on the crew. Most of them were promoted for technical competence. Very few were trained for this.
This course closes that gap before the next turnaround starts, not after the incident report.
This course is designed for organizations that want to:
This course closes that gap before the next turnaround starts, not after the incident report.
This course is designed for organizations that want to:
- Prepare first-time coordinators before they are tested in the field.
- Sharpen experienced planners and leads on decision-making under pressure.
- Build trust and shared understanding across trades, functions, and shifts.
- Tighten handovers and information flow, where most delays and safety risks start.
- Reduce the risk of normalized deviation when the schedule starts to slip.
Who is this for?
What can I expect?
What can I expect?
A workshop, not a lecture. One to two hours of instruction. The rest of the day, your leaders are working real turnaround problems with their peers.
A workshop, not a lecture. One to two hours of instruction. The rest of the day, your leaders are working real turnaround problems with their peers.
- About two hours of online theory before the session, so the room is spent on application.
- Class discussions, solo reflection, and group scenarios in every module.
- Four escalating turnaround scenarios, from found work on day 8 to a 24-hour startup window on day 22.
- A practical framework for knowing where you decide, where you coordinate, and where you influence.
- Facilitated by a power engineer and combat veteran with two decades in oil and gas and military operations.
High Performance Program
The Experiential Leadership Challenge builds capability under pressure. Our flagship High Performance Program builds the system around it: goal alignment, three MacEwan University-recognized leadership courses, coaching and mentoring, and a frontline planning session that turns insight into execution. Many organizations run both. The Immersion package includes an experiential event.
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