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High-Stakes Performance Training
Deliver when it counts. Every time.
Leah Corrigan is the Founder of The High-Stakes Protocol™, a neuroscience-based performance training system built from 25+ years of executive experience and nine years as a paid, professional stand-up comedian. She is the only performance training expert whose credentials span both a $450M executive suite and the professional comedy circuit.
The High-Stakes Protocol™
Every room is a stage. Own yours.
The High-Stakes Protocol™ removes the specific thinking patterns that cause stage fright and freeze, so peopleʼs best thinking gets heard instead of staying stuck behind nerves. Itʼs a neuroscience-based, performance training system that gives leaders a high-stakes advantage — combining professional performance skills, nervous-system conditioning, and applied behavioral science across improvisation, networking, presentation,and stand-up comedy workshops.
One High-Stakes Protocol,
Four Training Methods
OUTCOMES
COMPOSURE
Regulation under pressure — the nervous system, not just the message.
CLARITY
Message and delivery, stripped of hedging and over‐explaining.
COMMAND
Presence and authority — spatial, vocal, and on camera.
CONNECTION
Reading and adapting to a room in real time.
“Leah’s improvisation workshop had an immediate impact. While I was speaking at the NAWBO Sacramento Valley Board Installation as chapter president, my podium was moved into better lighting—while I was still delivering my remarks! Instead of letting the unexpected interruption throw me, I drew on what Leah taught us: stay present, adapt and keep going with confidence. Her workshop wasn’t just engaging, practical and genuinely fun. It gave me tools I used in a real high-stakes moment.”
Nicole Townsend, President
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Sacramento Valley
