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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

How to Build a Culture of Sustainable High Performance

Bianca Errigo

Top performers rarely leave due to burnout—they leave out of boredom. Discover how to build a psychologically safe culture that drives exceptional results without sacrificing well-being.

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#1 about 6 min

Personal burnout and the origins of Human OS

How personal burnout in stressful tech sales led to coaching leaders on sustainable success through the Human OS platform.

#2 about 4 min

The workforce engagement crisis and macroeconomic productivity costs

Why lagging employee engagement and rising mental health issues are costing the global workforce trillions of dollars.

#3 about 3 min

Defining sustainable high performance for modern engineering teams

Defining success as achieving consistent exceptional results without sacrificing long-term employee well-being or a meaningful life outside work.

#4 about 1 min

The statistical rarity of consistent top workforce performers

Data from Culture Amp demonstrating that only a tiny fraction of employees can sustain peak performance across multiple years.

#5 about 3 min

Psychological safety as the top performance team predictor

How a culture where employees feel safe to take risks without punishment directly accelerates team productivity and reduces turnover.

#6 about 3 min

Practical management actions to build psychological team safety

Flattening outdated hierarchies and reframing failure as a learning opportunity to encourage healthy conflict and psychological safety.

#7 about 5 min

Moving from work-life balance to work-life integration models

Replacing rigid work-life balance concepts with environment-driven integration models that reward healthy working patterns across multiple generations.

#8 about 3 min

Fostering organizational belonging and transparent team values alignment

Creating a resilient workplace culture where employees connect deeply with the organization's mission and feel safe delivering bad news.

#9 about 3 min

Retaining top talent through continuous organizational skill development

Embedding continuous learning and democratized coaching directly into daily workflows to prevent top performers from quitting out of boredom.

#10 about 2 min

The tangible business ROI of sustainable employee performance

Measuring the tangible financial upside of well-being initiatives through decreased worker absenteeism and increased long-term team productivity.

#11 about 3 min

Taking personal ownership of your individual psychological safety

Why individual self-awareness and a willingness to lean into uncomfortable growth are essential building blocks for personal psychological safety.

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Transitioning from corporate burnout to sustainable high performance

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Building cultural resilience for sustainable business growth

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Managing toxic behaviors from high-performing employees

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The hidden destructive risks of extreme high performance

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3:17 min

Cultivating sustainable corporate cultures through ongoing self-reinvention

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1:24 min

Balancing human vulnerability with performance-driven corporate cultures

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