Your Leadership Team's Most Valuable Asset Isn't Their Strategy.
It's Their Brain.

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Most Burnout Interventions Miss the Point.

HR and Wellbeing leaders are under more pressure than ever to deliver programs that actually move the needle on leadership performance. The typical response — mindfulness apps, generic resilience training, Friday afternoon yoga — checks a box. It rarely changes anything.

The reason is simple. Most wellness programs treat symptoms. They don't address the underlying physiology driving the problem.

60%

More reactive amygdala after a single night of poor sleep — meaning leaders are making decisions with a compromised brain before their first meeting.

THE REAL ISSUE

"Sleep isn't just another wellness pillar. It's the foundation on which everything else is built."

59%

Of Canadian workers report burnout. The cost per employee ranges from $5,500 to $28,500 annually — before accounting for leadership-level impact.

9%

Drop in cognitive performance for every hour of sleep debt per night. This is not a wellness issue. It's a business performance issue.

The Science Behind the Session.

Tanessa Shears is a kinesiologist, sleep science coach, and performance specialist with 15 years working with high-achieving professionals. Her workshops don't feel like training sessions. They feel like a conversation with someone who genuinely understands what sustained high performance requires — and has the science to back it up.

Every session is built around hard data, real Canadian burnout statistics, cognitive performance research, and the physiology of decision-making under pressure. Attendees leave with personal data, a protocol they can use immediately, and a measurably different understanding of what's been driving or draining their capacity.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORKSHOP

Designed for leaders. Valuable for teams.

Five Evidence-Based Topics. One Measurable Outcome: Sustained Elite Capacity.

01

Sleep Mastery for Executive Performance

THE WORKSHOP MENU

The single highest-leverage intervention for leadership capacity. One hour less sleep per night reduces cognitive performance by 9%.

02

Blood Sugar Stability and Brain-Fog Elimination

03

Stress Physiology and Cortisol Regulation

04

Recovery Protocols for Sustained Output

05

Circadian Leadership

Unstable glucose is one of the most overlooked drivers of poor decisions and afternoon crashes in leadership teams.

High-stakes leadership demands a nervous system that can recover between battles. This session teaches leaders to regulate on demand.

Recovery is the physiological rebound that allows leaders to sustain elite output without crashing. This redefines what recovery actually means.

Biology has a schedule. When meetings and deep work align with circadian rhythms, decision quality and energy improve without extra effort.

What stood out most was how she made complex performance and health science immediately accessible to a room full of busy professionals. Every session ended with a lineup of attendees wanting to continue the conversation. That kind of audience response doesn't happen by accident.

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KATTY WANG

Co-Chair, Vancouver Startup Week

From First Conversation to Measurable Impact.

Discovery Call

We spend 20 minutes understanding your team's specific context, challenges, and goals. Every workshop is customized to your organization's language, industry, and leadership culture.

THE PROCESS

STEP ONE

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STEP TWO

Workshop Delivery

60 to 90 minutes, virtual or in-person in Vancouver. Science-backed content, highly interactive, before and after self-assessments, and a take-home protocol every attendee can use immediately.

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STEP THREE

Measurable Outcomes

Optional 30-day follow-up survey to capture impact data you can present internally. Pre and post engagement snapshots available on request.

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Rigorous credentials. Human delivery.

Tanessa brings the same rigor to a leadership workshop that she brought to occupational performance testing in high-stakes environments. The science doesn't change. The application does.

• BSc, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University

• Certified Sleep Science Coach

• 15 years working with high-achieving professionals

• Occupational performance work with BC Hydro and BC Ambulance

• Paid workshop provider, Government of Canada, 2023

• Performance optimization podcast, 40,000+ downloads

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE WORKSHOP

Your Leaders Are Already Capable of More.
Let's Remove What's Getting in the Way.

Workshops available virtually across Canada and in-person in Vancouver, BC. Discovery calls are 20 minutes, no pressure, no pitch deck.

or email tanessa@tanessashears.com