Michael Hyatt – Leading Through Crisis

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If you feel like your business is one bad week away from chaos, Michael Hyatt’s “Leading Through Crisis” might be the most important leadership course you study this year—and getting it through TSCourses makes it radically more affordable and easier to access than anywhere else.

Instead of fluffy theory or recycled “motivation,” this program gives you a practical, battle-tested playbook for leading your company, team, or career through the kind of turbulence that shuts others down: economic downturns, PR disasters, sudden revenue drops, team morale collapses, or personal leadership crises.

Let’s break down why this course has become a go-to for entrepreneurs, executives, marketers, and ambitious students who want to be the calm, decisive leader everyone turns to when things go wrong.

Who is Michael Hyatt – and why should you listen to him in a crisis?

Michael Hyatt isn’t an “Instagram leadership guru.” He’s a proven operator and CEO who led one of the largest publishing houses in the world, Thomas Nelson, through the 2008 recession when many companies were collapsing around him.

From that real-world experience, and decades of executive leadership, he’s built an entire ecosystem of leadership tools, books, and coaching programs focused on what he calls the “Double Win”: winning at work and succeeding at life at the same time. His body of work includes best-selling books like Your Best Year Ever, Free to Focus, and The Vision Driven Leader, along with his coaching platform and the Full Focus brand of productivity tools.

In all of his resources, Hyatt’s obsession is clear: equip leaders with practical systems to handle uncertainty, grow their business, protect their people, and stay grounded personally—not just chase profit at any cost.

The “Leading Through Crisis” course is a direct extension of that mission. It distills what he learned steering a large organization through a financial storm into a short, focused training specifically on how to lead when the pressure is highest and the margin for error is smallest.

What is “Leading Through Crisis” really about?

This is not a generic leadership course. It’s designed for moments when:

Revenue suddenly drops.
A major client leaves.
Bad press erupts online.
A product fails or an operational mistake becomes public.
The market shifts overnight.
Your team is anxious, distracted, or on the edge of burnout.

Hyatt’s course exists to answer one question: “What do great leaders actually do in these moments, step by step, to protect their people, stabilize the business, and come out stronger?”

It’s structured around six concise sessions, making it ideal for busy leaders who need clarity fast, not a 30-hour theory marathon. Despite its brevity, it goes deep into mindset, strategy, communication, and execution under pressure.

Inside the curriculum: what you’ll actually learn

While the exact module titles may vary depending on when and where you access it, the core curriculum of “Leading Through Crisis” consistently revolves around these pillars:

1. Owning the reality without amplifying the fear
Hyatt starts by confronting the psychological side of crisis—for you and your team. You learn how to:

Separate facts from fear and rumor.
Avoid the two deadly extremes: denial (pretending it’s fine) and despair (acting like it’s over).
Model emotional steadiness without being robotic or detached.

This is where you begin developing what Hyatt and other leadership thinkers call a “growth mindset” under pressure: treating crisis as an arena for leadership, not a death sentence for your business.

2. Building a crisis game plan instead of reacting day by day
Next, Hyatt walks through how to build a simple, written crisis action plan around your most important priorities:

What must be protected first (cash, key customers, team, critical operations)?
What expenses or projects can be paused without killing the business?
What new opportunities might be emerging because of this crisis?

Instead of waking up each day reacting to fires, you learn to organize the chaos around a clear, measurable game plan—something your team can rally around and execute.

3. Communicating like a true leader (internally and externally)
Miscommunication is where many leaders lose credibility in crisis. Hyatt teaches you how to:

Address your team early, with clarity, honesty, and confidence.
Frame bad news with hope and direction instead of panic.
Align your internal and external messages so employees, clients, and partners hear a unified story.
Establish a predictable rhythm of updates so your people are informed but not overwhelmed.

This piece alone can prevent mass confusion, gossip, and unnecessary turnover when pressure hits.

4. Protecting and empowering your team
Hyatt emphasizes that in a crisis, your business will rise or fall on the resilience and clarity of your people. You learn to:

Identify your key players and ensure they’re supported.
Delegate with more precision (who owns what, by when).
Maintain culture when everyone is stretched thin or remote.
Spot burnout before it become