High Performance in High-Pressure Situations - with Shannon Sedlacek

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks with a former litigator and firefighter, Shannon Sedlacek, about how her experience in two extremely high-pressure occupations has prepared her to assist and coach others in their efforts at high performance in high-pressure situations. While progress is being made, there are and will be for a while to come high-pressure environments that produce high levels of stress that need human beings to be successful. These humans need the tools to be able to withstand these high-pressure situations. So where can we go? Enter Shannon Sedlacek. She was a competitive athlete before finding the same kind of competitive energy when she became a corporate lawyer in a prestigious law firm. While the work was stimulating, she decided she wanted to be someone other than the person the profession would have required her to be. In her late 30s, she decided to become a firefighter. Despite several setbacks and challenges, she completed a career that included a promotion as the first female fire lieutenant in the history of the city she worked in, and she is now a corporate coach for organizations and individuals seeking high performance in situations where high stress is the norm.