G’day again..

I’m Mikey.

I'm Mikey.

I help teams leadership teams stay aligned & execute under pressure.

My Story

  • I was driven to make an impact. Always had been. The kind of person who sees problems and can't help but want to solve it.

  • I became a systems engineer and an early an early founding team member of a startup that scaled from zero to 100 employees in 3-4 years.

  • The drive that fuelled success was also what started causing my own dysfunction. Thought that pushing harder was the solution. The very ambition that got me to where I wanted to go was now working against me.

  • It felt like I had two options:
    Option 1: Keep grinding. Push harder. Accept burnout..
    Option 2: Slow down, only focus on wellbeing, and give up on impact.
    I refused to accept either option.

  • I explored the psychology of high-performance, and I learnt there was a third way.

  • There's a zone where stress becomes something to work with instead of against. Elite athletes know it. High-performing teams can apply it. Where teams work with pressure to align faster, communicate clearer,
    and perform at levels that might seem impossible to an outsider.

  • I believe the teams of people shaping a more sustainable world should have the same support they give to their innovation.

Jonathan Clarke

Co-Founder | Fliight

“This program helped us break so many cycles.It’s one thing to work on yourself, but when everyone’s doing it and speaking the same language, we realign faster. There’s less tension.”

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