Executive crisis leadership

Be the leader your organisation needs in its worst hour.

Faculty-reviewed lessons, a virtual boardroom that questions you, and a certificate anyone can verify. Practise the decisions that define a career before they are real.

  • Faculty-reviewed lessons
  • AI board members, clearly labelled
  • Answer by voice or text
  • Verifiable certificates

From ₦204,000 per person · Secure checkout by Paystack · Full refund within 14 days if you have not started

The problem

Nobody rehearses the day everything goes wrong.

Yet that day is the one a leader is judged on.

  • The first 24 hours decide what follows

    Early choices about who is told, what is stopped and who speaks set the course of a crisis. Leaders rarely get a second try at them.

  • The questions arrive from every direction

    A board wants decisions, a regulator wants facts, customers want reassurance and the press wants a quote. All at once, and all with a deadline.

  • A slide deck is not practice

    Reading about crisis leadership does not build the habit of deciding under pressure. Rehearsal does, and most leaders never get any.

The answer

Rehearsal you can do on a weekday evening.

BrandsClass takes you from understanding to proof in three steps.

  1. Learn

    Short lessons on a live whiteboard, written for senior people and approved by faculty before you see them. Ask the AI instructor a question and it answers from the lesson and names its source.

  2. Practise

    Step into a virtual boardroom and face AI board members in a fictional crisis. They press you for decisions, owners and timing, and you answer in your own words, typed or spoken aloud.

  3. Prove it

    Pass the simulation and claim a certificate with a number and a QR code that anyone can check in seconds.

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What you get

Built to be trusted, not just to be clicked.

  • Lessons written for senior people

    Short, to the point, and approved by a person on our faculty before any learner sees them.

  • An instructor that shows its sources

    The AI instructor answers only from the lesson, names where the answer came from, and says so when the lesson does not cover your question.

  • A boardroom that pushes back

    AI board members with their own priorities interrupt, challenge and change the subject, as a real board would.

  • Marking you can read beforehand

    The areas, their weights and the pass mark are published before you start. You are marked on what you actually said, and you can appeal.

  • Proof that can be checked

    Every certificate has a number and a QR code, and states exactly what it recognises: completion, a passed simulation, or a distinction.

  • Learning on your terms

    Work on a phone, tablet or computer, at your own pace, with 365 days of access per seat.

The courses

Choose the crisis you most need to be ready for.

Courses from ₦204,000 per person. Pay once for a seat.

Capital Under Stress: Restructuring with Lenders, DFIs and Bondholders

Boardroom · 9 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 240 min

For leaders of African groups facing financial stress. Learn to map your capital structure, use the early window, build a credible plan, work three creditor tables, control disclosure and honour directors' duties. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation.

₦250,000 · 365 days of access
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CEO Contagion: Protecting the Institution When the Chief Executive Is Under Scandal

Boardroom · 9 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 240 min

For chairs, directors and senior executives. Learn to separate the person from the institution, run a fair and independent inquiry, put people first, keep the company running, sequence communication, protect the brand without a cover-up, and rebuild. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation.

₦320,000 · 365 days of access
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Leading Through Crisis: The First 24 Hours

C-suite · 7 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 90 min

Learn to take command in the first hours of a crisis, decide with incomplete facts, speak to staff, regulators and the public, then prove it in a live boardroom simulation. Earn a certificate anyone can verify.

₦280,000 · 365 days of access
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Policy Shock Week: Leading Through a Currency and Regulatory Shock

Executive · 9 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 240 min

For leaders of African groups with currency exposure. Learn to read a policy shock, map exposure, protect liquidity, price, supply, negotiate with lenders and hold the compliance line. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation, and earn a certificate anyone can verify.

₦280,000 · 365 days of access
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Proximity to Power: Governance, Exposure and Integrity at the Top

Boardroom · 9 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 240 min

For leaders of African businesses that deal closely with the state. Learn to map your points of contact, prepare for banks, control intermediaries, handle improper demands and run the first day of an allegation. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation.

₦315,000 · 365 days of access
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Reputation in the Age of AI

Executive · 7 lessons · Boardroom simulation · About 90 min

Learn how AI assistants and fake media can damage an organisation's name, how to find and fix errors at the source, and how to respond in the first hours. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation, and earn a certificate anyone can verify.

₦270,000 · 365 days of access
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Inside the boardroom

What happens in a simulation

A fictional company, so nothing real is at stake. Everything else feels real.

  1. Read the brief

    You are the Chief Executive of a company in trouble. You see the marking guide and the rules before you begin.

  2. Face the board

    Board members put the crisis to you and press for decisions, owners and timing.

  3. Reply in your own words

    Type or speak. You have a set number of replies and a time limit, shown before you begin. If you speak, nothing is recorded: your browser turns your speech into text.

  4. Get your result

    A score for each area, with reasons. If you spoke, you also get feedback on your pace and pauses. A faculty member checks results close to the pass mark, and you can appeal.

Certificates

Three levels, each one honest about what it means.

  • Certificate of Completion

    For finishing all the lessons. It says you finished them, not that you passed anything.

  • Executive Certificate

    For passing the boardroom simulation. It replaces your Certificate of Completion for that course.

  • Executive Certificate with Distinction

    For an outstanding result, confirmed by faculty. You hold the Executive Certificate until it is confirmed.

Every certificate has a number and a QR code that anyone can check, and says plainly that it is not a regulated or accredited qualification.

For organisations

Training a team? Put them all through the same crisis.

Buy seats, assign them, and see how your people are getting on. You see progress, timings and results, never the words your people wrote.

Talk to us about your organisation

partnership@brandsclass.com
  • Seats you can assignBuy places and give them to the people who need them.
  • Progress and resultsSee who has started, finished and passed.
  • Integrity optionsTime limits, different scenario versions and an attempt log.
  • Invoices on requestA pro-forma invoice for your finance team.
Our promise

Honest about AI, careful with your data.

Clear about who is who

  • The instructor and the board members are AI, and we say so.
  • Faculty approve every lesson and review close or unusual results.
  • You can appeal any result.

What the AI does, and what people do

Careful with what you write

  • You are asked before anything you write is processed by an AI service.
  • Conversations are deleted after 365 days.
  • Your card details go to Paystack, never to us.

Read the privacy policy

Questions

Before you decide

Who are the courses for?

Executives, directors and senior managers, and the teams around them, in banks, insurers, telecoms, energy and utilities, health, manufacturing, media and public-interest bodies. Each course page says who it is written for.

How long does a course take?

The lessons are short, and every course page shows its number of lessons and estimated time. You learn at your own pace, and your seat gives you 365 days of access.

Is the instructor a real person?

The instructor and the board members in the simulation are AI, and we label them as AI. People are involved where it matters: faculty approve every lesson before a learner sees it, check results that are close to the pass mark or unusual, and answer appeals.

How is the simulation marked?

Your replies are scored by AI against a marking guide whose areas, weights and pass mark you can read before you begin. A faculty member checks any result that is close to the pass mark or unusual before you see it, and you can appeal a result. Every attempt is marked against the version of the guide it started with.

What if I do not pass the simulation?

Each course sets how many attempts you have, and you see that number before you begin. Finishing all the lessons earns a Certificate of Completion either way.

Is the certificate an accredited qualification?

No. There are three levels: a Certificate of Completion, an Executive Certificate for passing the simulation, and an Executive Certificate with Distinction. Each says exactly what it recognises, and none is a regulated or accredited qualification. Anyone can check a certificate using the number printed on it.

Can my organisation buy places for its people?

Yes. Organisations can buy seats and assign them, see progress and results for their people, choose time limits and different scenario versions, and ask for a pro-forma invoice. Organisations see timings and results, not the words a learner wrote. Write to partnership@brandsclass.com.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. You can ask for a full refund within 14 days of paying, as long as the course has not been started and no certificate has been issued.

What happens to what I write?

Your questions and simulation replies are stored, processed by an AI service to answer and assess you, and may be read by faculty. They are deleted after 365 days, and the result and certificate record are kept. The full detail is in our privacy policy.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The lessons and the simulation work on phones, tablets and computers. If the 3D classroom is heavy for your device, you can switch to a flat view at any time.

Still unsure? Write to info@brandsclass.com and a person will reply.

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