Ropella Leadership

The role-play activities were useful for someone who never has been confronted by the media. The TALON Leadership Challenge - is a useful program all leaders whether military, non-profit or corporate could benefit from.

Crisis is always around the corner and it’s not always the other person who faces a crisis.  The TALON Leadership Challenge was a great program that all leaders should experience.

The Talon was great. It really helped me to understand critical thinking and how to analyze a situation, and think beyond just the surface level. It really helped open my eyes to think about the need for strategic planning and addressing a crisis before it becomes a crisis. This program will really benefit someone that’s thinking about what would need to take place should some sort of an interruption happen with their business.  So anything we could use everyday not just in a crisis is great and the Talon has tools we are able to take back and apply immediately.

I think the engagement for Talon students to roll play was a great experience and a challenge that really makes you think. I felt that one of the main points reinforced during the program is to prepare for multiple contingencies, to have back up plans to your back up plan. I have had a lot of executive training and this was as good as any, and I have had leadership training from some of the biggest training companies in the world.

I loved the program. The program was very interesting and hands on. You got to interact with your team mates and learn from their strengths. I think anyone, whether they be in leadership, or not could really benefit from the Talon Challenge.  I would especially like to encourage other women out there to attend, because it was definitely a program that is not gender specific. It was top notch, high class as you can see from the stage and marketing. The trainers and facilitators were all excellent. I don’t think I have had one better than they had here.

We thoroughly enjoyed the Talon Challenge and think it was a great experience for both of us.  One big take away was how it takes a team to properly handle any crisis (small or large) and the Talon showed that we truly are a team and not just an employee & boss.  The other main take away is that I need to think more about the potential crisis’s that my business could face and what kind of plan’s I need to make to handle those.  Also, I’ve never really thought about debriefing to much, but feel it’s something I need to work on in many situations I run into… within Church, family, and work.

I believe this course is a great learning tool for those inexperienced in leading in a crisis. In addition, it is an excellent reminder for those who are experienced in a crisis leadership to have a formal decision making process. The concept of mixing people from different backgrounds is a great way to learn from others too.

This program is an informative and fun approach to start business leaders thinking about how to deal with crisis situations.  The debrief process and forms will be very useful at our firehouse. The media instruction was a real eye opener and the exercise fun.