For founders and business owners
Your business is growing fast. Finding the headspace to lead it is getting harder.
You still make the calls and deliver the results. But thinking ahead takes more out of you than it used to, and you can’t work out why.
About 15 minutes of questions, a written report, then a 30 to 45 minute online session with one of us.
What’s changed
Leading now feels harder.
Planning further out
This week gets your attention. Next year doesn’t.
Holding several problems at once
One problem is fine. Three at once and something drops.
Switching off at night
You’re in bed and your head is still at work.
Starting the day clear
You wake up already behind.
“Going through the motions.”
That’s how Rachel described it to one founder. It wasn’t their phrase, but they agreed with it.
Low energy stops feeling low once you’ve lived in it long enough. That’s why we measure it.
Under the surface
What you notice is only the tip.
The symptoms sit above the surface. Our job is finding what sits underneath them, the root causes, and working on those. That builds a stronger foundation, so you lead with capacity left over.
Above the surface
- Tired by mid-afternoon
- Can’t switch off at night
- A shorter fuse with your team
- Going through the motions
Below the surface
- Sleep that isn’t restoring you
- Blood sugar swings through the day
- A stress hormone rhythm running hot, or gone flat
- Nutrient and hormone gaps
- Genetic tendencies you can work with
- The load you carry
“There is no space to breathe. There is no space to think… you’re just operating from much more of a reactive place.”
The Health Strategy Session
Where you were, where you are now, and the gap between
Every program starts here. It’s an initial assessment of what’s going on, and what we need to do to get under the surface to the root of the issue. We treat your capacity to lead like infrastructure for the business, because it is.
Your retrospective
A comprehensive online assessment that takes about 15 minutes. Like a business retrospective, it compares where you were with where you are now, and shows us the gaps.
Our investigation
We go through your information properly. We look for trends and common themes, why the gaps have appeared, and what it would take to close them. Then we write your report, and it’s yours to keep.
We debrief together
A 30 to 45 minute session online. We walk you through what we noticed, what’s going on underneath, the best next step, and how we uncover your version of amazing again.
A$299 · NZ$349. It goes toward your program when you choose to continue.
What we might recommend
What we look at depends on the program we recommend
There’s rarely one cause. Your Health Strategy Session tells us how far below the surface we need to go. Each program goes deeper than the one before, and we read every result against the others and against your real week.
Health Strategy Session
Your answers, read properly. Sleep, energy, food, training, stress and work, read together. It shows what’s worth measuring, and how deep we need to go.
Metabolic Profile
We look at what your glucose and your sleep are doing to your energy, day to day.
A continuous glucose monitor, sleep and recovery from the wearable you already wear, and a targeted questionnaire on the load you carry.
Executive Uplift Program
We add what your biology is predisposed to, and what it’s doing under your real load.
Your DNA, biological age, a comprehensive blood and organic-acids panel, your cortisol rhythm across the day, a DEXA scan and CliftonStrengths, alongside your glucose and a premium wearable.
The Private Advisory
We add your hormones, gut and immune health, and a cognitive assessment, then re-test through the year.
The full battery, repeated so you see direction, not just a starting point. Both of us work with you, all year.
We measure and interpret. We don’t diagnose or treat, and we work alongside your own doctor.
Who you work with
One of our two performance scientists, matched to you
Your session and your report are with whichever of us is best placed for what you’ve told us. The program and how deep we go decide the rest. On the Private Advisory, you work with both of us all year. We’ve both represented New Zealand in sport and both built businesses, so we know what it takes to perform at the top, and that training only counts if you recover from it.
Rachel Taylor MSc(Hons)
Chief Executive Officer · Co-founderGeneticist and biochemist, with a career in global multinational C-suite and governance. Rachel builds the scientific architecture behind every program, and is writing Beacon, a book on how high-performing leaders create and protect their energy.
Watch Rachel’s origin story →
Luke Taylor PGDip SpSciHP
Chief Performance Officer · Co-founderPerformance scientist. Luke built a specialist performance clinic of fifteen practitioners, scaled it and exited, so he knows what growing a business takes out of the person running it. He runs the diagnostics and builds the programs.
Watch Luke’s origin story →Real results
An owner and director in his 40s. Ten months. Every number verified by repeat diagnostics.
Externally, everything looked fine. The diagnostics showed a body producing energy inefficiently, with stress markers high and staying high.
“I wish this was available years ago. I could have avoided many of the issues I’ve dealt with in the past. Being armed with the knowledge of my unique needs means my health is no longer a guessing game. The team are incredibly knowledgeable and were there at every step.”
Jo · Executive Uplift Program client“Luke and Rachel bring science and structure to performance. They are the catalyst for change most leaders don’t know they’ve been looking for.”
Logan W · Managing DirectorQuestions leaders ask
Before you start
My bloods came back normal. So why don’t I feel normal?
Normal range just means you’re not sick. It doesn’t mean you’re at your best. A lot of the leaders we work with have been told they’re fine and just need rest, and they’re still hitting a wall every afternoon. We look at more than one test and read them together, so we can find where the leak is.
I know what I should be doing. Why isn’t it working?
Most people think it’s a willpower problem. Usually it isn’t. There’s a disconnect between what you’re asking of yourself and what your biology can give you right now, so you keep hitting the same wall. And the more depleted you are, the harder it is to see how depleted you are. That’s why we measure instead of guessing.
Is it burnout if I’m still getting everything done?
We don’t diagnose burnout, or anything else. What we can do is measure what’s going on underneath and explain it in plain language. If something needs a doctor, we’ll tell you and help you get there.
Will this just add more to my plate?
No. We’re not here to add load, we’re here to take it away. We look for the smallest number of changes that get you where you want to go. Small things that stack up in the background. You don’t really notice them, you just notice you’ve got more in the tank.
What actually happens in the Health Strategy Session?
First you do an online assessment, about 15 minutes. One of us goes through your answers properly and writes your report. Then we meet online for 30 to 45 minutes and walk you through what we noticed, what’s going on underneath, and what amazing looks like for you. You leave with a few things you can start straight away, whether or not you carry on with us.
Do I need blood tests or a wearable to start?
No. The session starts with your answers. If we recommend testing after that, most of it is done at home with kits we post to you, and any bloods that need a proper draw are done at a collection centre near you. If you already wear a ring or a watch, we’ll use that data too.
Will I work with both of you?
Usually one of us. Your session is with whichever of our two performance scientists is best placed for what you’ve told us. On the Private Advisory you work with both of us, all year. If you already have a doctor or a trainer, we work alongside them so everyone’s singing from the same song sheet.
How long before I notice a difference?
You might notice a difference within six weeks. It depends on where you’re starting from and what we find, so for some people it’s sooner and for others it takes a bit longer. We get the foundations sorted first, then we fine-tune.
How much does it cost?
A$299 or NZ$349. It goes toward your program if you carry on, and your report is yours to keep either way.
“This is a game changer. Invest in yourself. You won’t regret it.”
Next step
Find out what’s changed, and what to do about it
You don’t need another list of things to do. You need to know what deserves your attention.