This unique and inspirational course provides evidence of the lessons learnt from elite sport, healthcare & aviation over
the last ten years. Attendees will learn the strategies elite sports coaches, athletes, pilots and surgeons master to make
consistent and clear decisions under pressure. The course will use case studies to describe how your school can learn
from elite sport, healthcare & aviation to improve team dynamics, improve staff communication and minimise errors
through teamwork. Using the latest and current evidence, the course will explore the roles that psychological safety, high
accountability and speaking truth to power can have in creating a high-performance culture and environment.
Your Trainers
Matt Messias
Premiership and FIFA Referee, Headteacher (NZ and UK) Mental Health Coach and International Leadership Trainer, Matt has achieved incredibly positive feedback for his Leadership and Human Performance work for Dragonfly in the UK, Europe and SE Asia.
Jamie Hayes
Director within NHS Wales - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, an experienced executive coach and medical educator, with expertise in behavioural change, decision making and evidence-based practice.
Leadership lessons from the world of elite sport, healthcare & aviation
Survive and thrive under pressure; consistent and effective decision-making & developing a high-performance mindset
The impact of human factors and crew resource management in aviation and healthcare
Goal-setting; galvanising a team to succeed and ‘captain-coach’ leadership
Improving leaders’ mental health and wellbeing
Consistent leadership at home and work
Maintaining self-discipline, and role modelling professional and ethical behaviour
Prioritising effective time management and creating a high-performance culture
Mastering communication to manage conflict and having successful challenging conversations
Being accountable, displaying integrity and improving employee engagement
Listening and communicating non-judgmentally
Leading people through change and increasing stakeholder commitment
How the All Blacks became the most successful team of all time
A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession and turning vision into action: raising up leadership teams with shared purpose and vision
Equipping others to lead more effectively and making change stick
Speak to transform, not merely inform
“Inspirational! Drawing lessons from high-performance sport and healthcare systems, thinking and process management, the speakers illustrated accessible ways to build culture and successful teams.”
Director , Admiral Group“School leadership can feel relentless and isolating, so it was a breath of fresh air to hear such sensible and interesting stories and advice. Both trainers were extremely personable: time flew!”
Deputy Head , Ysgol Gymraeg Bro MorgannwgOne of the best conferences I have ever been on. Thank you!
Thoroughly engaging learning, facilitated through dynamic storytelling; I am leaving the course feeling empowered - not an easy thing to do on a Friday afternoon! Thank you Dragonfly!
Excellent & engaging trainers - the time passed very quickly and productively and we covered a wide variety of topics; some very good lessons to take forward delivered in an accessible yet non-patronising way
Incredibly thought-provoking and helpful; I very much enjoyed the content and style of the presentation.
An inspiring and refreshing look at how we can learn from other industries. Jamie and Matt are a brilliant pairing.