Building High-Performing Habits

Understand how habits shape performance and build practical routines for focus, energy and consistency that hold up on busy weeks.

Development is not only about doing more for the business. It is about feeling more capable in your role, understanding yourself and making room for the career you want. When demands keep growing, we understand why focus, confidence and resilience can need attention too.

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Duration

Half day · 3.5 hours per half day

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,100

+ VAT

Price — Online

From £899

+ VAT

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Why this course matters

High performance is rarely one big effort — it is the small things you do well, repeatedly, especially on the busy weeks.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

This half-day session explores how habits form, why good intentions fade and how to design routines that support consistent performance.

Delegates review their current working habits, identify the ones that help and hinder their best work and learn practical techniques for starting, stopping and sustaining habits. They consider energy and focus as well as time, and design a realistic set of routines that fit their role, with simple ways to review progress and adjust when workload changes.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

Good intentions after training or planning fading within a few weeks
Busy routines driven by habit rather than by what matters most
Energy and focus running out before the important work gets done
Inconsistent performance from week to week despite strong capability

What this can change at work

Help people turn good intentions into routines that last. Understanding how habits form, designing realistic routines and reviewing them regularly gives people a more reliable way to perform at their best without depending on willpower or longer hours. Teams benefit from steadier delivery and more open conversations about what helps them work well. The business gains people who sustain improvements beyond a single workshop or planning session.

Routines with a reason

People choose a small number of habits linked to their most important goals rather than adding routines for their own sake.

Energy managed deliberately

Colleagues plan demanding work for when they focus best and build breaks and recovery into busy days.

Regular habit reviews

Weekly reviews check what held up, what slipped and what to adjust, so habits evolve with workload.

Inside the workshop

In a small group of 6–8, delegates work on their own routines and working week. Short input on habit formation leads into reflection, breakouts and peer-to-peer learning, with practical exercises to redesign a typical day and plan for the moments when habits usually slip. Delegates leave with a personal habit plan — one habit to start, one to stop and one to keep — and a simple weekly review routine.

Make Building High-Performing Habits relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with how habits form and why intentions fade. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

How habits form and why intentions fade
Habits that help and hinder performance
Starting, stopping and sustaining habits
Managing energy and focus
Planning for busy and pressured weeks
Reviewing and adjusting routines

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format: Half day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course: Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application: The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

Understand how habits shape everyday performance
Identify the habits that help and hinder your best work
Design realistic routines for focus and energy
Build a personal habit plan and weekly review

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Understand how habits shape everyday performance.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Building High-Performing Habits into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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