Content

  • Understanding chaos vs stability
  • Lessons from real-world case studies
  • Chaos to stability framework
  • Building a culture of stability

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the common drivers of instability within their industry or organisation
  • Apply practical problem-solving and conflict management strategies to reduce chaos
  • Recognize the importance of consultation, planning and communication in achieving stability
  • Build an understanding of the core skills needed for crisis response and steady operations (project management, risk management, communication, negotiation, emotional intelligence)
  • Develop a framework for navigating from short-term challenges to long-term stability
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, resilience and accountability within teams

Who Should Attend

  • Leaders and managers who are responsible for navigating organisational challenges
  • HR and People & Culture teams seeking to support workforce resilience
  • Project managers and team leads who must coordinate under uncertain or high-pressure conditions
  • Business owners and entrepreneurs facing market, financial or operational instability
  • Cross-functional teams in industries undergoing rapid change, restructuring or crisis

Benefits to You and Your Organisation

  • Provides leaders and teams with practical tools to manage disruption and move forward with clarity
  • Builds confidence in decision-making during uncertainty
  • Strengthens communication and collaboration under pressure
  • Encourages a proactive, not reactive, mindset when addressing challenges
  • Equips participants with strategies to turn instability into structured action plans
  • Promotes resilience and adaptability by aligning people, processes and priorities

Learn about our speakers

Dr Desiree Beekharry

Founder
Manage the Conflict

Dr Desiree Beekharry has over 30 years’ experience in the professional field of stakeholder services in the environment of international airlines, VIP services, UN emergency mobilisation and conferences, project and program management and disaster management. She started with a Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management and completed her academic education with a Doctor of Project Management focusing on Disaster Management. Understanding conflicts and project management seem to go hand in hand. With her background and experience with several cultures, Desiree has managed to understand much of the root of conflicts and why people behave the way they do.

Desiree is also a certified behavioural profiler in DISC, Driving Forces and Emotional Intelligence (EQ).

Desiree’s workshops are informed by experience, education and research in:
· The nature of conflicts, the effects of culture and diversity, the role of cognition and emotion, conflict and negotiation, conflict and leadership;
· The benefits of emotional intelligence for leaders;
· Project management, inter-organisational change and geographically dispersed teams;
· Program management and leadership;
· Disaster Management, Command & Control and Agile management;
· The role change plays in conflict.

Upcoming course availability

In person

March 2026

Thursday, 05 March 2026

Register now

Format
Face-to-face

Duration
1 half day
9:00am-12:30pm (8:45am registration)

Inclusions
Resources, workbook, morning tea and refreshments

Location
Adelaide CBD, SA 5000
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Costs
Personal Member $355
State Govt Employee Member $390
Corporate Member $405
Non-Member $440

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