This Mental Health Awareness Week, the final session of The High Performance Series looks at what it takes to protect your team’s mental health, build resilience and sustain high output without driving your high performing team to burnout.

Join Employment Hero and The Blues Charitable Trust as we explore how New Zealand’s elite rugby franchise, The Blues, manage workload, recovery and psychological safety under intense pressure. Together we’ll unpack how People & Culture leaders can embed those same principles into everyday workplace culture.

In attending, you’ll get to see behind closed doors, and uncover:

• Why wellbeing isn’t just a reaction to high-pressure periods and how elite recovery protocols help teams bounce back stronger for the next sprint.
• Tactical, adoptable strategies for resetting and rebuilding team energy after high-stakes projects or heavy quarter-ends.
• What athlete injury recovery teaches us about supporting employees through leave or hardship – and why continuing to invest in people when they are off the field drives long-term loyalty and output.
• Practical ways to weave mental health into your regular team rhythms so your squad stays engaged, supported, and performing all year round.

High performance is only as good as the wellbeing that supports it.

Employment Hero partners with The Blues as we believe in investing in high performance teams. By bringing elite performance insights directly to the business arena, we want to bridge the gap between what the world’s best teams do on the field and what leaders need to do inside their organisations. 

This session is designed for Kiwi business owners, HR professionals, and People & Capability leaders who want to build a culture where people don’t just survive under pressure, but sustainably thrive.

Can’t make the session live? Register anyway and we will send the on-demand link when ready.