PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE
Better Leaders. Stronger Teams.
Pressure changes how leaders and teams perform.
Alignment suffers. Decisions slow. Execution breaks down.
That creates the Pressure Gap—the space between intended and actual performance.
Since 2002, we've helped organizations measure and close it.
Peak Teams Greenland, 2022
TRUSTED BY LEADERS AT:
WHEN PRESSURE IMPACTS PERFORMANCE
— Executive teams lose alignment
— Decision-making slows
— Employee engagement drops
— Transformation loses momentum
— Leaders are unprepared for what's next
HOW WE CLOSE THE PRESSURE GAP
MEASURE
EXPERIENCE
Pressure Gap Diagnostic
Compare intended performance with how
the team responds to uncertainty, risk, time pressure, and fear.
1–3 weeks
Real-life
Pressure
Real, high-stakes
situations drawn from
Peak Teams expeditions.
No actors.
Never AI-generated.
3 hours–3 days
IDENTIFY
BUILD
Critical
Behaviors
Identify the
behaviors
that help or
hinder
results.
Team
Capability
Practice the critical capabilities against real business priorities —then apply them
back at work.
During the experience
3–12 months
PROVEN AT ENTERPRISE SCALE
ALIGNING TWO GLOBAL BUSINESSES
TO OPERATE AS ONE
HP IGNITE
$60B combined business · 30,000 employees · 1,500 leaders
5 continents · 30 countries · 12 months
A co-designed global leadership initiative that aligned two global businesses
to operate as one.
Brandon Hall Gold Award — Best in Competencies and Skill Development.
MEASURABLE BUSINESS RESULTS
More than 20 years of performance under pressure.
PROFITABILITY
RESTORED
Negative margins to
double-digit profitability
HP Software Services
ENGAGEMENT
TRANSFORMED
Worst to best in division
Margins: 1% → 5%
Revenue: $5.1B → $6B
HP Consumer PC
ALIGNMENT
DELIVERED
Every growth goal achieved
6 Businesses +
1 Major Acquisition
McKesson Manufacturer Solutions
TRUSTED BY LEADERSHIP TEAMS AT:
BUILDING FUTURE-READY LEADERS
Mastercard LeadershipNOW
15 leaders promoted in 12 months · 2 appointed to new roles
3 global regions
A global leadership program that equipped emerging leaders to innovate,
collaborate across functions and lead through disruption.
Brandon Hall Gold Award — Best Unique or Innovative Leadership Program
HEAR FROM OUR CLIENTS
Senior leaders share the impact of Peak Teams
Founded in 2002. Created from real expedition experience. Proven in business.
Delivered globally—from executive teams to enterprise-wide leadership programs.
Real expeditions create the pressure. Our diagnostics and neuroscience turn what happens
under pressure into better leaders, stronger team performance and measurable business results.
Every experience uses original footage captured by our founders and expedition teams.
Shane Toohey — first person to ski on all seven continents
Kevin Vallely — Guinness World Record holder
Real people. Real decisions. No actors. Never AI-generated.
WHY PEAK TEAMS?