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Oakwood Risk Training provides practical crisis management training for organisations that need to strengthen leadership, decision making, communication and response capability during serious incidents.

Our crisis management courses are designed for senior leaders, crisis management teams, incident management teams, communications professionals, operational managers and anyone who may be involved in preparing for, responding to or recovering from a crisis.
We focus on the realities of crisis response, where information is incomplete, pressure is high, decisions have consequences and effective leadership matters.
Oakwood’s crisis management training helps organisations move beyond written procedures and develop the skills, confidence and judgement needed to respond effectively when disruption escalates into a serious incident or crisis.
Our courses are highly practical, scenario based and delivered by experienced practitioners. Learners explore crisis leadership, decision making under pressure, communication, information management, team coordination, exercising and organisational learning
The Crisis Leadership course is designed for individuals who may be required to lead, support or participate in a crisis management team. It focuses on the leadership behaviours, decision making approaches and team disciplines needed during complex, fast moving and high pressure incidents.
Learners explore how crises develop, how to identify escalation, how to structure a response, how to make decisions with incomplete information, and how to maintain control when events are uncertain.
This course is suitable for:
The Crisis Communications course helps organisations prepare for the communication challenges that arise during serious incidents, disruption and reputational crises.
During a crisis, communication can either build trust or make the situation worse. This course helps learners understand how to communicate quickly, accurately and responsibly with employees, customers, stakeholders, regulators, media and the wider public.
This course is suitable for:
The Certified Crisis Management Professional, CCMP® course is Oakwood’s structured professional development programme for individuals who want to build deeper capability in crisis management.
It is suitable for professionals working in crisis management, resilience, business continuity, security, risk, emergency planning, communications or organisational leadership.
The programme covers the core areas of effective crisis management, including crisis detection, crisis planning, leadership, decision making, communications, stress, ethics, human factors, exercising, post crisis evaluation and organisational learning.
This course is suitable for:
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From gap analysis to training, exercising and improvement.
For organisations that want more than standalone training, Oakwood’s CrisisReady™ Programme provides a structured pathway to stronger crisis capability.
The programme is designed to help organisations move from assessment through to improved planning, training, exercising and continuous improvement. It is ideal for organisations that want a joined up approach rather than disconnected pieces of work.
The CrisisReady™ Programme can include:
The CrisisReady™ Programme is suitable for organisations that:
The Gold, Silver, Bronze Command Training course is designed for organisations that use, or want to introduce, a structured strategic, tactical and operational response model.
The course helps learners understand the role of each command level, how decisions should be made, how information should flow, and how teams should coordinate during an incident or crisis.
This course is suitable for:


Oakwood Risk Training delivers professional training across the UK, supporting organisations and individuals in a wide range of sectors.
In addition to our Norfolk base, we regularly deliver this course in London, Birmingham and Scotland (Stirling).
We also offer on site delivery at client premises, allowing us to tailor training to your organisation’s specific risks, operating environment, and objectives.
Oakwood Risk Training delivers crisis management training that is practical, realistic and grounded in operational experience.
Our trainers and consultants have backgrounds in crisis management, policing, security, business continuity, resilience and high pressure operational environments. We understand that effective crisis response depends on people, not just plans.
Oakwood helps organisations build genuine crisis capability, from awareness and team training through to exercising, improvement planning and professional certification.
Find out more about the team here.
