SpeakingFor event and conference organisers
What holds, and what gives,
when the pressure arrives.
Keynotes and panels on leadership under pressure. Paul Prathap draws on nineteen years in uniform, and more than 2,000 live operations.
Former SAF Battalion Commander · ICF PCC · PhD in Defence and Security (in progress), Cranfield
Talks
Three talks.
One subject: pressure.
1
Judgement, Cohesion, Command: Ready Before You Have To Be
How to test a team's judgement, cohesion and command before a crisis does, using the Readiness Triangle.
ForExecutive teams, boards, risk and business continuity audiences
2
From VUCA to BANI: What the New Acronym Demands of Leaders
Brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible, one at a time, and what each asks of a leader on Monday morning.
ForLeadership conferences, HR and L&D, strategy offsites
3
The Role Comes Off: Identity, Pressure and the Person Underneath
Using the Leadership Identity Matrix™, what it takes to build the person who is still standing when the title goes.
ForMen's health month (November), men's wellbeing and career transition programmes
Want the team to rehearse it too? See the crisis leadership exercise and the wider crisis leadership work.
KPMG FutureScape 2035: presenting LEGO® Serious Play™ methodology
The Speaker
Command first.
Then the research.
Paul Prathap spent nineteen years in uniform. His last command was a military police battalion of 650 soldiers and 80 working dogs, through more than 2,000 live operations. He was educated at Imperial College London, trained alongside officers from 34 nations, and works in English and Tamil, with working Malay and Mandarin.
He completed his regular service in August 2026 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He founded Men-Kind, a Singapore practice in executive coaching and leadership development, with 1,300+ coaching hours across 300+ clients.
His doctoral research at Cranfield University is on crisis leadership, and his article on what joint exercises assume about crises ran in the RUSI Newsbrief in October 2026.
Formats
From a keynote
to a working session.
- Keynote
- Panel or fireside conversation
- Keynote plus a workshop or live decision exercise
- In person in Singapore and the region, or online
Organisations I've Worked With
MINDEF · National University of Singapore · Tan Tock Seng Hospital · Unilever
Planning an event?
Send the date, audience and theme.
Questions Worth Asking
Asked by
event organisers.
What does Paul Prathap speak about?
Leadership under pressure: crisis readiness, brittle and anxious conditions, and a leader's identity under the role. Each talk draws on nineteen years in uniform, a battalion command, and doctoral research at Cranfield University.
Can a talk be tailored to our event?
Yes. A short call before the event sets the audience, the theme and the one thing you want people to leave with, and the talk is shaped around that.
Can a keynote lead into a workshop?
Yes. A keynote can open a longer session with the Built to Hold team scorecard, a LEGO® Serious Play™ build, or a live decision exercise, so the audience practises what the talk describes.
Does he speak outside Singapore?
Yes. Talks run in person in Singapore and across the region, or online.
How are speaking fees set?
Fees depend on the format, length and any travel. Send the event details. Within two working days, you'll have either my questions or a written quote.