Performance Shift is a corporate training and consulting business focused on helping leaders and teams reach their full potential. The Performance Shift team of experts offer a full suite of training, consulting and coaching solutions to help clients shift to the next level of performance. Experienced facilitators, designers, coaches and consultants are all part of the team enabling Performance Shift to work with clients of all sizes and needs.
With over 30 years of experience leading business teams and high level sporting teams, Kirk Peterson, Managing Director of Performance Shift, has a deep understanding of what it takes to build, lead and support high performance teams.
Through his work with blue-chip clients such as Woolworths and the Commonwealth Bank, he has proven that Performance Shift’s tools cultivate engagement, team cohesion, innovative thinking, trust and importantly, self-discipline among leaders and team members, ultimately producing better sustainable results.
A strategic blend of art and science underpins the Performance Shift programs. Using assessments and proprietary diagnostics such as The S.H.I.F.T. Assessment diagnostic tool, clients gain a data based insight into their leaders and teams, giving them the ability to objectively assess its needs.
OUR PURPOSE
Creating high performance by maximising potential for themselves and their team.
HOW WE DO IT
Utilising research and data to gain critical insights tailor individual and team training programs focused on creating alignment to the values, exceptional choices and consistency for sustainable high performance.
WHAT WE DO
We are a corporate training and consulting business specialising in people management and the development of high performing individuals and teams.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATIONS START WITH SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS.
The success of any organisation rests on maximising the strengths of individuals and ensuring they remain focused on continual improvement.
By getting the most out of each individual, businesses are better equipped to create high performing teams who are able to tackle challenges and be agile in the face of ambiguity and change.
With self-management or leadership at the core of our philosophy, Performance Shift’s programs are based on our proprietary model;
KOMO² - the people management recipe
Know Oneself,
Manage Oneself
Know Others,
Manage Others
It is only when we know and manage ourselves that we can effectively know and manage others and lead a team to high performance.
The KOMO² model is the backbone of our flagship program, Leadership Through Self Management, but the philosophy behind it underpins all of the programs we offer.
OUR APPROACH
Programs
Leaders struggling with change and ambiguity, high potential leadership growth, team disengagement and capability gaps are just some of the trending issues that Performance Shift programs can help you address.
A selection of our most popular programs can be found below, all based on the foundations of our flagship program, Leadership through Self-Management.
OUR TEAM
Our Managing Director is Kirk Peterson and his unique approach focuses on helping others exceed in their own personal and professional goals.
Nicole Knights uses her strong understanding of how organisations operate in coordination with clients, whilst managing all aspects of the operation.
Kylie specialises in human resource management and can provide advice and assistance to managers and leaders across all stages of the employment lifecycle.
Nikki Burrows is an expert in Training and Development with over 15 years of experience. She now consults as a skilled Facilitator and Coach.
Julie is a creative, innovative thinker with experience and an understanding of what is required to lead in an increasingly complex business environment.
Nathan strives to leave a lasting impression on his clients by connecting through relevant stories of his time as an elite athlete, teacher, business owner and executive.
Vanessa has been able to overcome some serious life challenges. Born with a disability, Vanessa also lived through abuse which then caused PTSD, an eating disorder and depression. Despite all of this, Vanessa believes that we become who we are in life as a result of our choices and what we believe we are worthy of.
Adam Wiser, the Managing Director of MindAtlas, works with Performance Shift as a leading provider in the development and delivery of digital learning.
Chelsea Jarred has been building the profiles of business leaders for the past decade, telling brand stories to galvanise the trust and loyalty of a wide audience.
"Kirk's delivery was both inspiring and thought provoking... his energy and enthusiasm are infectious and I left the session with renewed focus and practical strategies to tackle challenges head on. His approach is applicable to both business and our everyday lives."
“The Marketing Network "Power to Connect" | B1G1 and BNI Australia Member
“I've had the absolute privilege of attending the "personal leadership (life skills) program" at Monash University with Kirk. WOW! Kirk has grown me personally and professionally and I rate him most highly as a passionate and influential speaker, coach & mentor!”
“I've had the great privilege of learning from Kirk at his leadership seminars at Monash University. Those 8 weeks pushed and motivated me to get the most out of myself. I found each session to be stimulating and thought provoking. His wealth of leadership experience, as well as, his ability to see and think of things differently was really inspiring. I still look back to my notes I made during his seminars every week to recap the invaluable lessons he taught all of us. People like Kirk only come once in a lifetime, so I look forward to learning from him again in the future.”
“An amazingly unique and challenging analysis into the entire sales process, which enabled me to peel away many of my long held misnomers of what it truly takes to be a market leading sales person. Provided the sustainable “rocket” I needed to ensure long term sales success, irrespective of market conditions. Would recommend it unequivocally to any sales person looking to reach their potential”
“Kirk's Leadership Through Self Management program resulted in a visible improvement in our team's attitudes, culture and professional performance. His structured and unique approach really resonated with all involved. By establishing a clear vision and set of values the department has already achieved great success. The team developed strategies for both professional but just as important personal growth throughout the training program. As the leader I personally continue to feel supported by Kirk on this journey. ATPI Voyager highly recommends Kirk's expertise to companies looking to build a high performance team.”
"Kirk’s strategy focuses on creating real accountability for all levels and aligning the entire team to one set of key company objectives. Having Kirk on board has forced my key executives to look at the business from the top down with fresh eyes and identify areas requiring improvement. I would have no hesitation in recommending Kirk’s services to any company, as even the most successful business operator/company can benefit from a fresh outlook and new approach."
“The session my sales team and I had with Kirk on Monday was fantastic!
Kirk definitely gave us all the extra motivation boost and opened up our minds to a lot more about business ideas and opportunities that we were looking for.
We look forward to our next session with him.”
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