# The Essential Strike: Leading Through a Nationwide Strike in an Essential Service

> For chief executives, directors and HR and operations leaders of African utilities and public-facing companies. Protect safety and service, bargain in good…

- Provider: BrandsClass Executive Academy (a Brands Nexus Network Limited company)
- Format: online lessons, then a live virtual boardroom simulation with AI board members, scored against a published rubric
- Duration: about 240 minutes (9 lessons)
- Access: 365 days from the day you start
- Price: ₦228,000 (NGN)
- Certificate: a certificate that anyone can verify online. It is not a regulated or accredited qualification.
- Level: Boardroom
- Who it is for: Chief executives, directors, HR, industrial-relations and operations leaders of African utilities, transport and public-facing companies.
- Page: https://brandsclass.com/courses/the-essential-strike-leading-through-a-nationwide-strike-in-an-essential-service/
- Last updated: 2026-10-20

## What you will learn

- Take command in the first hours of a strike with a small cell and clear facts
- Keep dangerous plant and essential services safe and lawful
- Bargain in good faith and use mediators well
- Work with ministries, regulators and courts and obey every order
- Protect customers, critical users and vulnerable people
- Treat strikers and non-strikers fairly and prevent intimidation
- Settle on terms that can be funded and rebuild trust afterwards

## Lessons

1. Anatomy of a strike in an essential service
2. The first hours when a strike is called
3. Safety and service continuity
4. Talking to the union
5. Government, regulators and the law
6. Customers and the public
7. Staff, managers and fairness
8. Money, offers and settlement
9. After the strike: rebuilding

## How to enrol

Open https://brandsclass.com/courses/the-essential-strike-leading-through-a-nationwide-strike-in-an-essential-service/ to create a free account and buy a seat.