Protecting our electronic infrastructure is more important than ever. As a result, cybersecurity professionals are dealing with the intense pressure of preventing and correcting the results of cybercrime to reduce the shattering impact on individuals, organizations, and municipalities. 

Mental Health: 
​A Serious Responsibility

It’s critical for companies that employ cybersecurity experts to take the mental health of their staff seriously. Paralleling the stressors of first responders, the occupation of cybersecurity is a job with high burnout, high stress, and high consequence for failure.

• A cybersecurity event will occur every 11 seconds in 2021. (Cybercrime Magazine)
• There’s a cybersecurity talent drought, putting even more pressure on employees. (Forbes.com)
• Depression, burnout, and even suicide are becoming more common (Cybersecurity Magazine)

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Resilience Training
for Cybersecurity 

Cybersecurity teams need support on burnout and resilience, but a standard instructor might not understand. You need someone with experience working with workers in high stress jobs. That’s where Learning to LEAD can help with our soft skills and resilience training. We understand the mental and emotional challenges of what your employees do thanks to Kaitlyn Daniel’s experience working with the Microsoft Cybersecurity team and years as a Master Resilience Trainer-Performance Expert with the US Army.

Keeping Your Team Sharp & Healthy

​Our mission is to help cybersecurity professionals armor themselves to handle the cumulative stress load of their professions and reach personal work-life satisfaction. Here’s how we do it: 

Toolboxes, Ebooks & Videos

FORMAT: Solo exploration

A collection of self-directed tools in a variety of formats that can help dive deeply into the topics that impact cybersecurity professionals the most. Assistance with soft skills training like communication and burnout avoidance can be found within. 

Workshops 

FORMAT: Collaborative
​group setting

Starts with a group activity or exercise that highlights the challenges the participants are facing. Next, the workshop explores and teaches a relevant concept. Finally, provides tools that can help with challenges and offer opportunities for practice

Seminars

FORMAT:
​Lecture style

Burnout and resilience expert Katilyn Daniel offers lecture-style presentations on burnout and stress for cybersecurity professionals. 

What Cybersecurity Professionals Say About Kaitlyn

Russ Rogers
Senior Consultant and
Incident Response Team Lead
Microsoft 

I’ve been lucky enough to take several of Kaitlyn’s workshops over the last couple of years. She teaches critical concepts self-care, managing stress, personal communication, and understanding what may trigger defensive behavior in your team mates. Some of the material was new to me, and bits of it were familiar but forgotten. Understanding yourself at a deeper level, along with trying to understand the behavior of others better, results in a more productive and cohesive team. It also helps you stay healthier, emotionally and physically. Kaitlyn’s has an innate ability to teach emotionally sensitive topics, and her work with our team has had a measurable impact. I highly recommend this course for any teams looking to be more empathetic and understanding, and who value raising up the contributors on the team to reach their highest potential.

Catalog of Offerings

Cybersecurity Resources for Employee Trainings & Workshops  ​

The Stress Dashboard: Writing Your Own Owner’s Manual

Our bodies don't come with an owner’s manual or indicator lights like our cars do, but we can learn to listen to our bodies and take better care of ourselves before we burn out. In this workshop, we will focus on building self-awareness around your stress levels to create an early warning system to keep your stress in check.

Communicating with Trust and Empathy

In this engaging remote training, we will highlight conflict and what makes resolution difficult, explore how to navigate conflict, and practice skills on relatable scenarios.

Creating Your Anti-Burnout Plan

Burnout is more common in high stress high demand professions and given the additional global challenges, we may be experiencing burnout on multiple fronts (work, family, home, etc). In this workshop, we will explore what drives burnout, how to recognize it, and what to do about it.

Dealing with Stress

Dealing with your stress doesn't have a one size fits all solution. What helps you deal with the stress isn't the same as what helps you deal with the stressor. Let's explore strategies that help complete the stress cycle and brainstorm strategies that help you manage stressors so you can create your self care guide to dealing with your stress.

Cybersecurity Resources for Managers

Incorporating Self-Care into your Work Culture

We need to be deliberate about self-care to replenish physical, mental, and emotional energy. Learn how to promote a culture of self-care on your team by examining what’s rewarded and promoting vulnerability and accountability.

Promoting Healthy Boundaries at Work

Are you feeling you or someone on your team feels pressure to always be available or to push past limits to get the job done? Are you struggling to set and maintain boundaries? Do you want to encourage your team to set better boundaries? Boundaries are limits we set that protect our time, energy, and resources. Learn what boundaries are, how to set and model healthy boundaries in the workplace, and how to encourage your team to set and respect boundaries.

Recognizing Burnout
In Your Team and
​What to Do About It

​Too many job demands, too few job resources, and poor recovery habits lead to disengagement and burnout. Identify factors on your teams that contribute to burning out. Recognize signs and indicators that someone is burning out and how to help them buffer against it.

Adapt to
​Perform

Adaptability is a tolerance for chaos: the ability to handle adversity and change in the midst of uncertainty and changing circumstances. Promote adaptability in your team by prioritizing predictability and flexibility, maintaining a big picture focus, and combating perfectionism traps.

Client Testimonial

Michelle Foley
Program Manager, Detect and Response Team (DART)
Microsoft

The resilience workshops that Kaitlyn delivered to my team had tangible, immediate impacts. Not only did the participants enjoy the experience, they were able to employ the strategies from the workshops for lasting, meaningful changes in self-care and improvements in inter-team relationships.

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​Learn More!

Equip your team with the latest in resilience and burnout skills. Call us today to find out how!