Designing PeopleFirst performance cultures

Most organisations want high performance - few are designed to deliver it sustainably

Senior leaders today are balancing competing priorities - driving performance, supporting human sustainability, managing cost and navigating ongoing uncertainty.

Elite sport provides a powerful lens on this challenge. It demonstrates how high-performing teams are built through discipline, shared purpose, coaching and clear standards. But it also reveals the risks of performance environments that become too intense, where pressure can lead to short-term thinking, fragmentation and burnout.

The lesson is not to replicate sport, but to understand both sides.

This roundtable will bring together senior HR leaders to explore how organisations can design performance systems that deliver results without compromising sustainability.

The discussion will focus on real-world challenges, including:

• How to support leaders and managers under pressure 
• How to sustain performance over time, not just in short bursts 
• How to create cultures where teams collaborate rather than compete internally 
• How to balance ambition with wellbeing and long-term workforce sustainability 

When

Wednesday 24^th June
10:00am – 10:45am

This event is perfect for:

• Senior HR leaders shaping organisational culture, performance environments and sustainability
• People & performance directors supporting leaders and teams through pressure and uncertainty
• Executive leaders balancing performance ambition with wellbeing and long‑term workforce stability