Under pressure your team doesn’t get worse at the work. It gets worse at each other. Bill shows each person how they behave under pressure, and what to do instead.
Bill is a Melbourne-based keynote speaker and workshop facilitator on team behaviour and workplace culture. He speaks at team days, leadership offsites and conferences in Melbourne and across Australia.
Everyone left the last team day saying it was great. Two weeks later the same two people were talking past each other in the same meeting, and nobody said a word.
That’s the problem with most team sessions: they tell people what to do. The harder thing is seeing what you actually do under pressure, in disagreement, when nobody is watching. So the same meeting goes the same way.
Capable people shouldn’t have to guess why a team that should work doesn’t.
The last session didn’t stick because it was built to motivate. This one isn’t. It shows each person how they respond under pressure and where the friction starts – in the room, with the people it starts with. Good people shouldn’t keep losing good work to friction nobody names.
Bill draws on the psychology of post-traumatic growth, developed by Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun, and on his lived experience of rebuilding.
Bill is a three-time stroke survivor who rebuilt his life through post-traumatic growth. He knows what it is like to find out, under pressure, that you don’t behave the way you assumed you did.
He ran a painting and property maintenance business for around twenty years. He now hosts the Recovery After Stroke podcast, has recorded more than 400 episodes on recovery and growth, and has written two books.
Bill speaks with your team leader, manager or key stakeholder about the pressure you’re under and what you want to build. The session is shaped around that.
A keynote or workshop that gives each person a framework for their own behavioural patterns and how those patterns land on the people around them. Teams leave with shared language and specific insights to use straight away.
Teams that want to go further can move into individual behavioural assessments and ongoing coaching.
A few weeks on, you’ll notice:
Without a shared way to talk about behaviour, the next deadline brings the same friction.
A keynote runs 30 to 45 minutes and suits conferences and team days. A workshop runs longer and is more interactive. Bill is based in Melbourne and is available for events across Australia.
Bill Gasiamis is a Melbourne-based keynote speaker and workshop facilitator on team behaviour and workplace culture. He helps teams see how they behave under pressure and what each person can change. He speaks at team days, leadership offsites and conferences in Melbourne and across Australia.
Both options are available. A keynote is typically 30 to 45 minutes and suits conference or team day formats. A workshop runs longer and involves more interaction and applied reflection. The right format depends on your context, which is why every engagement starts with a conversation.
No. Team building activities usually focus on a shared experience. This session focuses on how each person behaves under pressure and how that affects the people around them, so the team leaves with shared language for what was previously unspoken.
Yes. The session is built around team dynamics and individual behaviour under pressure, which applies equally to leadership teams, project teams and any group working toward a shared outcome. Bill adapts the content to your team’s context.
Yes, if the team wants it. Teams can use the speaking engagement as a starting point for individual behavioural assessments and ongoing coaching. Bill will never push for this, but the pathway is there if it makes sense for your team.
Common causes include unclear expectations, poor communication, low trust and conflict that nobody addresses. This session focuses on the behavioural side: how each person responds under pressure and how that lands on the team.
Yes. Bill is based in Melbourne and is available for events in Melbourne, across Victoria and across Australia.
Keynotes start from $1,000 for a Melbourne event, with workshops and multi-session programs quoted on scope. There’s no charge for the first conversation.
Imagine the next deadline with your team saying what has always gone unsaid. If that sounds like what you need, a strategy call with Bill is the right first step.
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