French-American Chamber of Commerce — Texas

Leadership Program

November 10, 2026  ·  Houston  ·  Half-day

An executive development program for senior leaders — C-suite executives, SVPs and HR leaders — on the essentials of high-performance management: building high-performing teams, deciding with clarity, and leading through pressure and crisis.

The November session · Houston

10 November 2026 — Half-Day on Peak Performance

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Each performs where the stakes are absolute — lives, a season under a city’s gaze, billions in trade. This is excellence built for pressure; the day is your chance to learn how they think, decide, and deliver.

Thomas Muñoz

Fire Chief — Houston Fire Department

Thomas Muñoz, Fire Chief, Houston Fire Department

When hesitation costs lives

Clarity in Crisis

  • Decide with clarity when information is incomplete and the clock is running.
  • Create alignment through mission, clear roles and hard-earned trust.

You’ll learn toLead with composure and decisiveness when the stakes are highest — and build teams that hold up under pressure.

Scope

  • 3rd largest fire department in the US
  • 4,000+ professionals — 94 stations
  • 403,948 calls / year — one every 78 sec

Joe Espada

Manager — Houston Astros

Joe Espada, Manager, Houston Astros

When a city watches every call

Peak Team Performance

  • Combine data and human insight to elevate individual and team performance.
  • Make high-stakes decisions and adapt in real time, under constant scrutiny.

You’ll learn toBlend evidence and judgment to get the best from high performers — and sustain excellence over the long run.

Scope

  • 1 World Series title
  • 6 seasons as coach
  • 162 games per season

High-performance leadership

Two capabilities behind sustained excellence — mastered by people who perform where the stakes could not be higher.

Not a lecture series. A day of direct exchange built around two of the hardest, most transferable capabilities in high-stakes leadership — decision-making under uncertainty, and judgment where data meets human insight.

Deciding under uncertainty

Make high-stakes calls with incomplete information. Build the shared intent, role clarity and trust that let teams act decisively when hesitation is the greater risk — the discipline of high-reliability organizations.

Explored with Thomas Muñoz, Fire Chief, Houston Fire Department

Judgment that turns talent into performance

Know where analytics ends and judgment begins. Integrate evidence and human insight to get elite performers to perform — and to keep deciding well under relentless scrutiny, across a long season.

Explored with Joe Espada, Manager, Houston Astros

The format

A small cohort. Direct access.

  • 01Two sessions with the leaders — how they decide, align and perform
  • 02Peer exchange — apply each idea to your own context
  • 03Candid, on-the-record-free conversation in a confidential room
  • 04A networking lunch with a select group of guests
  • 05An actionable leadership playbook to take back to your team

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