Andrew May

Introducing Andrew May, renowned authority on peak performance and productivity…

• Do you spend half your day responding to email?
• Do you have Road Runner Syndrome, racing from crisis to crisis?
• Are you a Button Smacker, Aldesko Diner and do you suffer from Constant Partial Attention?
• Do you get sick on weekends and on holidays?
• Are you too busy to take proper time out to relax and recover?

The task of navigating life’s frantically paced, 24/7 digital age has never been more complex or daunting. We are all under constant pressure to perform, day in day out. So many people are wired up, but eventually melting down.

The rapid speed and intensity of modern business demands a new way of approaching performance. Armed with the latest iPhones, Blackberries and productivity gadgets, we are cramming more and more into our already jam packed schedules. Rather than running at a fast pace and then taking time out to recover, a vital strategy used by high performing teams in the sporting world, every working day now requires the stamina of a Grand Final.

Sold on the Multitasking Myth, the average worker attempts to juggle 6 or 7 tasks at a time, with 55 to 60 interruptions throughout an average working day. Inefficient email habits waste hours and hours a day, add to this inefficient meetings and is it any wonder weÕre starting to feel the strain?

As a result, workers are trying to find a variety of ways to stay ahead. Working until the early hours of the morning, avoiding holidays and time out, stocking up on caffeine (Cappuccino Cowboys) or loading the system with the sweet stuff (Sugar Addicts). Unfortunately most of theses ‘quick fixes’ overload the system even further and eventually lead to melt down. So, in today’s fast paced business environment, how do High Performers continually make the distance?

The most effective approach involves the ability to Switch On when you need to and to Switch Off when you can.

Andrew May, a leading expert on performance and productivity, has spent the past 15 years perfecting the art and science of performance. He is a former elite middle distance runner and was the Physical Performance Manager for the Australian Cricket team and coach to Olympic athletes in a range of sports.

Andrew May is also a forward thinking businessman. Having co-founded Good Health Solutions, Australia’s largest corporate health promotion company with an annual turn over of more then $12 million. He recently sold PT Plus, an international business consultancy based in Australia and the United Kingdom. Andrew recently launched Australia’s latest concept in corporate recovery, an exclusive ‘Recharge and Performance Clinic’ in Sydney, Australia.

Andrew is also the author of the best selling books ‘Flip the Switch’ and ‘Switched On Health & Wellbeing Professionals’, is a regular voice on 2UE radio and regularly appears on TV.

Andrew’s presentations and tailored conference programs deliver key strategies to give your team the power to really Switch On when they need to… and the ability to recharge and Switch Off when they can!

Switched On Performance

The rapid speed and intensity of modern business demands a new way of approaching performance. Today’s workplace is a highly competitive cauldron sharing many similar characteristics with the world of the high performance athlete. Intense effort, thriving under pressure, focused concentration and the ability to recover are fundamental to success. Being able to consistently perform at your peak requires a balance between intense effort and essential periods of rest and recovery. You cannot be 100% efficient if you are on 24/7.

>> Understand the 4 different performance zones – chill, thrill, spill and kill.
>> Tap into your biologically determined Energy Personality and make every day productive and on purpose – even when you’re feeling flat!
>> Use the Recovery Rocket to help you recover, recharge and reconnect
>> How to be ON when you have to and OFF when you can

Productivity Boost - the 4-day Work Week

Learn a proven productivity system where Andrew guarantees to boost your output by a minimum of one day per week. In other words, you’ll get the same amount of work done in 4 days that currently takes you 5. More and more people are feeling overloaded, over stretched and in some cases, just over it! If we can get crystal clear about the activities that will make the biggest difference to our productivity we can get more done in less time and then invest the remaining time in that thing called ‘life’.

>> Go to ’email school’ and avoid inboxication, learn how to eliminate the 80% of emails that clutter your inbox.
>> Implement ‘fleeting meetings’ and make your meetings more productive, sharper and outcome focussed.
>> Work to your natural ‘energy personality’ and boost output by 30% each day.
>> Strategies to manage attention and start each day with a ‘present focus’.
>> Chunk all the time you save using the above strategies into a half day of ‘forced isolation’ and work uninterrupted and watch your productivity soar.

Recharge - Hit the 're' Button

Sustain performance with a conscious focus on regularly hitting the ‘re’ button and recharge, revitalise and reinvigorate. In today’s super competitive, fast forward society we face more pressures than ever before. Stress is now described as the great modern plague, with resulting anxiety, depression and ‘burn out’ growing at a rapid rate. Building in activities and habits where you consciously change gears, switch off and recharge are essential to clear thinking, effective team-work and managing the day to day pressures of the digital age.

>> Understand the difference between pressure and stress.
>> Strategies to switch off and relax without having to sit under a triangle or on a rock for hours on end.
>> Walk away with the template for a structured annual recovery plan.
>> Build in regular periods to recharge and reconnect with what is really important.
>> Understand and mitigate the effects of technology on thoughts and emotions.
>> Develop daily rituals that boost brain performance.

Staying Switched On - How the Best Get Better

What defines great achievers in business, sport, entertainment and life is their ability to sustain performance. It’s not about only having a good month, or a good quarter, or even just a good year and then dropping back again. It’s about consistently turning up and delivering time and time again. There is a process and set of behaviours that high achievers and the world’s best teams follow day in day out.

>> Learn the latest applications of Positive Psychology and how peak performers play to their strengths and tend to focus on what’s right, rather than what’s wrong.
>> Understand ‘esrever gnireenigne’ (reverse engineering) and how to start with the end in mind.
>> How to quickly adapt and learn from mistakes and not get stuck in the ‘performance dip’.
>> Why ‘happy discontentment’ is an essential component displayed by all top performers and how it is different from perfectionism.
>> 3 keys to building a great support team that allows you to do what you do best.

Switched On Leadership - Leadership Lessons Learned from Sport

Leadership is not about making as much noise as you can and charging into the opposition team! Some of the best leaders are quiet in nature, yet very loud in their delivery of results. With the merging of generations (Gen Y, Gen X and Baby Boomers), flattening of the world, changing work patterns and an obsession with speed; strong leadership is not just necessary, it is critical. Join Andrew as he explores what he has learnt from working in elite sport for 15 years, and from consulting to some of the world’s largest companies for the past 5 years.

High performance behaviour and habits have extensive crossover when determining the successful performance of individuals and teams.

>> Proven strategies used by the world’s leading coaches and athletes to inspire optimal performance.
>> How to be clear on your teams vision, trademark and behaviour.
>> True leadership comes from within, not from external motivation sources.
>> Understand ‘Rigid Flexibility’ and how fusing tension and opposite attitudes together provides a platform for success.
>> True leadership is ensuring your day to day actions correlate with your words.
>> How to cut through all of the leadership rhetoric, management speak and consulting theory to come up with a simple, yet results focused one page Leadership Plan.

"Andrew has made a major difference to the performance of a number of teams and key individuals at CB Richard Ellis in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. We keep getting him back because the feedback is always sensational. He has been able to adapt his conference programs to a range of different businesses and cultures. We consider him a vital part of our competitive advantage in the marketplace." — CEO, CB Richard Ellis

"Thank you again for another very successful offsite last week, and the photos you sent though were very well received. The workplace is still buzzing after the performance workshop and team building activity. Like always when we contract Switched On we've had positive feedback with managers commenting about how they are already putting initiatives in place. At this morning's meeting everyone spoke about mood foods and recovery points, more salads are being eaten at lunch and bigger water bottles are appearing on desks! There has been a lot of reference to the book as well which is great." — Head of Global Banking, HSBC

"Toyota prides itself on continued training and constant improvement. Andrew stands out with a great message and he's been a hit with our employees and dealers across the country." — National Manager Sales & Marketing, Toyota Australia