Online Performance Course

Join over 2000 high pressure professionals who have now completed the online Performance Course.

If you are a high pressure professional keen to improve your performance, the online Performance Course is for you. The course aims to improve performance under pressure in health care professionals, search and rescue teams, first responders and military personnel. It will also benefit high pressure business leaders who wish to improve the performance of their organisation.  

The online Performance Course comprises of ten presentations, each lasting approximately 10 minutes. A certificate of completion is provided for your CPD records.

A number of organisations have obtained group access to improve performance in their full team. Please contact us for details of team access discounts.

 

Course content

There are five modules in the new online course: 

The arc of performance

What pressures affect our performance. The psychology of pressure – flow, frazzle and freezing. How we make decisions and why we behave the way we do under pressure. How fatigue, the environment and cognitive biases can compromise performance. How to own the pressure.

The pressure pump

How an organisation can optimise performance in its teams through optimal leadership, cultures of excellence and team selection.

Pressure control

Owning the pressure through communication, cooperative teamwork, frontline leadership, equipment management and cognitive aids – checklists, guidelines, action cards,

Pressure testing

Training ourselves and our teams for performance under pressure – drilling, simulation, mental rehearsal, stress inoculation and personal preparation.

Pressure relief valves

Techniques to regain personal composure and situational control.


View the detailed course syllabus here.

Course reviews

Average review rating 4.6 / 5 stars.

“This is an absolutely awesome course. From a personal aspect so benefical and from a service aspect highlights aspects we need to work on to continue to improve to ensure the team delivers the best possible outcomes for patients . Thank you for creating this course!”!

“Brilliantly delivered, great update and refresher on how we should be dealing with pressure. I can't recommend this enough”

“Exceptional CPD - Brings the concepts of the book to life and reinforces them in an easy to understand manner. Best CPD I have done this year.”

“A must for those seeking to achieve optimal individual and team perfomance. Highly informative and enjoyable course, a must for those working in high pressure situations.”

“A great course, that's easy to follow and understand without the need to have experience in high pressure situations. Delivered brilliantly by Stephen using his own experience, the science behind how we perform under pressure with insights into high performance culture in top performing teams.”

“Brilliant. Fantastic content and format - will do it again!!”

“Excellent stratergies for relieving pressure in high intensity situations”

“Unique”