Managing stress has become a key lever for sustaining performance in work environments characterized by high intensity and complexity. Increasing managerial responsibility, ambitious targets, compressed timelines and the need to handle multiple projects simultaneously make pressure a structural component of managerial work. In this context, the challenge is not to eliminate stress altogether, but to understand its impact on the ability to maintain focus, decision quality and effectiveness over time.

This session explores the relationship between stress, awareness and performance, offering insights to help recognize the main sources of pressure in everyday managerial work and better manage the emotional dynamics that accompany leadership responsibilities, turning pressure into a driver of clearer thinking and greater balance.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• hear the testimony of Paolo Hendel, who will offer an ironic and deeply human perspective on the emotional pressure that accompanies every professional and creative journey, showing how anxiety, expectations and fear of making mistakes are universal experiences that can be approached with greater lightness and awareness
• engage with Laura Pirotta, who will provide an interpretation of the cognitive and emotional mechanisms that come into play as stress increases, showing how greater mental awareness and psychophysical balance can support clearer decisions, more effective relationships and more sustainable performance
• hear the testimony of Antoine Mangogna, who will share reflections on stress management in organizational contexts and on the challenges managers face in maintaining clarity and balance in situations of increased pressure.