Kelly Communications, LLC's presentations combine academic psychology, interactive storytelling, and real-world historical events. Through the flagship training "Leadership in Crisis: The Titanic, Carpathia, & Californian," Kelly equips participants with research-based insights into making ethical decisions under pressure, earning & re-earning trust, and fostering high-performance climates of psychological safety, among other critical competencies for leaders across the public and private sectors.

This interactive training presentation examines the psychology of leadership and high-performance using a little-known chapter of the Titanic disaster. Through immersive storytelling and structured small- and large-group discussion, participants place themselves in the roles of junior and senior officers aboard a nearby vessel, which sat unmoving as Titanic’s distress rockets were fired, one by one, into the night sky.
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Originally developed for the University of Notre Dame’s Naval ROTC battalion, this training was created to address a well-recognized gap in officer preparation: while our commissioning sources excel at producing technically and tactically proficient officers, most receive comparatively little structured education in the psychological foundations of leadership—moral judgment, command climate, psychological safety, team cohesion, communication, and the ability to build and sustain trust under pressure, among other core competencies.
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This interactive training addresses this gap by distilling research from moral, organizational, and personality psychology into practical tools that enable participants to uphold the highest standards of leadership and integrity, make ethical decisions under pressure, build trust, and improve team performance in complex environments.