SUSTAINABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE
Build a high-performing team without burning them out.
Dr Bree Hurn helps organisations reduce burnout, keep their talent and lift productivity by building the capacity of their people, using the science of habits and behaviour change.
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THE PROBLEM
Does this sound like your team?
- Everyone is working harder, but results aren’t moving.
- Your best people are running on empty.
- Good staff are leaving, or quietly thinking about it.
- Wellbeing programs haven’t changed how work actually feels.
- Days disappear into meetings, interruptions and task-switching.
- Sick days, and “present but drained” days, keep creeping up.
It’s not a time problem. It’s a capacity problem.
Capacity is the energy, focus, habits and support people need to meet rising demands without burning out. When it runs low, performance, retention and wellbeing all slide together.
Capacity is a business issue, not a wellbeing perk.
Bree’s work is measured by what changes in your organisation, not how good people feel on the day.
Less burnout
Spot overload early and give people practical ways to recover and protect their energy.
Keep your talent
People stay where they can do great work without sacrificing their health.
Lift productivity
Protect focus and attention so effort turns into results.
Stronger leaders
Equip leaders to manage their own capacity and build it in their teams.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Start where you are.
Not sure which fits? That’s exactly what the call is for.
Keynotes
Evidence-based talks that challenge how your people think about productivity, performance and wellbeing.
Suitable for: conferences, offsites and leadership events.
Popular talks: The Capacity Advantage · Why High Performers Burn Out · The Attention Advantage
Workshops
Half or full-day sessions that give leaders and teams practical strategies they can use the very next day.
Suitable for: executive and leadership teams, HR teams, managers and school leaders.
Topics include energy, attention, workload, burnout prevention and sustainable leadership.
FLAGSHIP 90-DAY PROGRAM
The Capacity Advantage™
A 90-day program that finds where capacity is being lost, builds better habits with your leaders and teams, and makes the change stick.
Suitable for: organisations ready to tackle burnout and retention properly.
Three packages: Essential · Growth · Transformation
THE CAPACITY ADVANTAGE FRAMEWORK
Diagnose. Build. Sustain.
01
Diagnose
Find out what’s helping and what’s draining capacity across your organisation, starting with a capacity survey, plus interviews and focus groups in larger packages.
02
Build
Equip leaders and teams with evidence-based strategies for focus, energy, habits and workload, through tailored workshops.
03
Sustain
Embed practical habits and systems so the change lasts, finishing with a report on what has shifted.
WHY BREE
A researcher who has lived the problem.
Dr Bree Hurn is a researcher, University of Melbourne lecturer and ICF-accredited coach with more than 25 years' experience helping people learn, grow and perform at their best.
Her interest in capacity is personal. After a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, pushing harder stopped working. Recovering meant learning to protect, restore and grow her energy through small daily habits. Now she brings that same science to organisations, so their people don't have to hit the wall first.
University of Melbourne lecturer · ICF-accredited coach · 25+ years in education and leadership · The Habit Nerd Podcast, heard in 82 countries
"She did not lecture us. She worked the table, asked hard questions and made every owner look at how they actually spend a week."
Business North West
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Practical, warm and backed by evidence.
"I found Bree to be a highly motivating coach and speaker. She connected with our audience with her usable strategies and actions. Her warm, clear and concise delivery was backed by evidence and equipped us for success in our work for the year ahead."
Paul Jeffrey
Head of Finance, Golf Australia
"The way you connected practical strategies with the realities of leadership made your message both accessible and actionable."
Renae Gentile
Mary Queen of Heaven
"Bree is dynamic, motivating and engaging. She provides a wealth of practical strategies that are based upon current research."
George Karavias
Director, BlueRock Accounting
"Bree is an inspirational presenter, leader, coach and mentor. She is my 'go-to' person when I need support untangling complex situations. A truly talented, resourceful, practical and empathetic professional."
Trish Bremner
Trish Bremner Consulting
GETTING STARTED
A simple way to begin
STEP 1
Book a 30-minute call
Tell Bree what's happening in your team and what you need.
STEP 2
Get a recommendation
Keynote, workshop or the full program: you'll know what fits and why.
STEP 3
Start building capacity
Scope and dates agreed, and your people get practical tools they can use straight away.
FOR SCHOOLS
Small Habits, Big Energy
Practical wellbeing workshops on sleep, movement, nutrition and stress, tailored for each audience.
THE PODCAST
The Habit Nerd
Conversations with leading experts on habits, behaviour change, wellbeing, leadership and performance. Listened to in 82 countries.
Ready to build a team that performs without burning out?
Book a 30-minute call. No pressure, just a conversation about where your team is and what would help.
Or email educationiswhy@gmail.com
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