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 was
predicted to 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: 

Battling Burnout eBook

FORMAT: Solo exploration
A collection of self-directed tools for individuals and managers to more effectively navigate the burnout experience in cybersecurity.  

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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. 


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What Cybersecurity Professionals Say About Kaitlyn

"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.”
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Russ Rogers
Senior Consultant and Lead, Incident Response Team, Microsoft

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.

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.

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.

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 or someone on your team feeling pressure to always be available or to push past limits to get the job done? Are you struggling to set and maintain boundaries? Are you unsure what boundaries even are? 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.

Creating your Team’s 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). Let’s explore what drives burnout, how to recognize it, and what to do about it from a leadership perspective.

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.

Formats

From resilience training for cybersecurity professionals to soft skills training, we provide:

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• live training groups
• group workshops
• individual toolboxes
• self-paced videos 
• eBooks
• seminars

What Cybersecurity Professionals Say About Kaitlyn

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

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