Performing at Our Edge: Resilience, Psychological Safety and Asking for Help

About this Webinar

Safety conversations tend to focus on equipment, processes and procedures, yet the most neglected part of safety is ourselves: our minds, our energy and our wellbeing. In high-pressure environments, the drive to perform, deliver and keep going can quietly push people beyond their limits, and the signs of burnout are too often ignored or hidden until it’s too late. Culture, performance and wellbeing are not competing priorities. They are deeply connected, and the balance between physical and psychological health matters most when we are performing at our edge.

In this session, Julian Taylor sits down with Dan Sarginson, former professional rugby league player, England international, now a speaker and mentor in high performance and wellbeing. In 2018, at the very peak of his sporting career, Dan burnt out and was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. Drawing on that experience and on what elite sport taught him about pressure and teamwork, Dan shares honest insights on why asking for help is a strength rather than a weakness, how safety culture can either fuel or ease performance pressure, how a psychologically safe environment allows for authenticity and creativity, and how workplaces can look after both the physical and psychological wellbeing of their people.

Dan also brings a topic he speaks about regularly: redefining resilience. Rather than seeing resilience as simply pushing through and carrying on, he makes the case for treating it as a mental foundation that every high-performing environment needs, and shows how doing so makes high performance sustainable.

What You’ll Learn 

• Safety starts with us: Why our own minds and wellbeing are the most neglected part of safety, and what it costs individuals and organisations when they are overlooked.

• Asking for help is a strength: What stops people asking for help, and how leaders can make it safe to speak up before anyone reaches crisis point.

• Culture and performance pressure: How safety culture and performance pressure interact, and how to pursue high performance without compromising wellbeing.

• Lessons from elite sport: What high-performance sport teaches about resilience, teamwork and human connection, and how those lessons translate to the workplace.

• Balancing physical and psychological safety: Practical ways to protect both the body and the mind while performing at our edge.

• Redefining resilience: Why resilience is more than pushing through, and how treating it as a mental foundation makes high performance sustainable.

Who Should Attend: 

• Health & Safety and Risk Professionals

• Team Leaders and Managers

• Senior Leaders and Executives

• HR and People and Culture Leaders 

• Anyone responsible for workplace health and safety outcomes