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Matt Brady is Australia’s leading Pressure Performance keynote speaker and the creator of Championship Neuro-Biology™. His work answers one question: how do you perform under pressure when it matters most? After 22 years studying why some people rise under pressure while others crumble, his answer is that pressure does not remove skill, it changes access to it, and that access is trainable. He created the Access Gap™ to measure the distance between trained capability and what a person can actually reach under real stakes, and built the Five Faces of Pressure™ (Performance, Outcome, Avoidance, Relational and Growth) and the Championship Cycle™ (Clarity, Certainty, Flow and Momentum). Matt works with CHROs, L&D leaders, C-suite executives and peer group chairs across EO, YPO, Vistage, CEO Institute and AICD. He is the author of The Back 9 and has spoken for organisations including Optus, Red Bull Australia, NAB, St.George, Ricoh and Channel 9 across Australia, Asia and the United States.
The short answer Pressure Performance is the field that explains why some people rise under pressure while others crumble, and treats performing under pressure as a trainable capability rather than a fixed trait. Its central idea is simple: pressure does not remove...
The short answer The most useful thing you can do is stop chasing calm. Under real pressure your body shifts into a threat state automatically, and trying to force yourself calm often just adds a second layer of pressure on top of the first. You do not need to feel...
The short answer People choke under pressure because pressure narrows access to skill they already have. The ability does not disappear. Under load, attention tightens and the body shifts into a threat state, so a normally smooth skill becomes effortful and far away....
