Why most performance
work doesn't stick
This is how rituals work and why they hold up when other approaches don't.
More knowledge does not create better performance
People already know what good looks like. the problem is doing it consistently under pressure.
Performance changes when behaviour changes
And behaviour changes when the environment supports it
Every team is running an operating system
Most just haven't designed it
Rituals are not habits, they're systems
Small, repeatable behaviours with role, permission and structure. Embedded into how work actually happens. If it's not easy to repeat, it wont last.
Busy teams don't fail because they don't care.
They fail because the systems they have don't support the speed of business
People support what they help create
Change imposed from the outside rarely survives contact with reality. Ownership in our co-creation process beats compliance. Designed with your teams, not for them, because your teams know where the challenge lives.
Why Rituals holds under pressure
When things get busy, the Ritual Operating System takes over.
This isn't for everyone
If you want inspiration and motivation, there's plenty of those people out there.
If you want something that holds up and sticks, when the pressure is on.
This is the work.
Built by experts who have lived this
This approach didn’t come from a whiteboard. It’s been built and refined through thousands of hours with indsurty leaders and teams under real pressure.
We’ve seen what sounds good in theory.
We’ve seen what gets traction.
And we’ve seen what actually holds when things get messy.
What’s here is the distillation of that experience.
Not another model or framework just what consistently works.
Nick Bennett
Founder & Managing Partner of Rituals for Performance
Former Chief Product Officer and Mental Fitness tech start up founder.
Behavioural product designer with 16 years of experience creating systems for performance with Olympic athletes, scientists, and business leaders.
Nick built science backed skill development systems that have helped over 60,000 people perform better in life and work.
Greg Bateman
Partner at Rituals for Performance
Former Premiership Rugby professional at Exeter Chiefs, Leicester Tigers and Gwent Dragons.
Founder of Craft Beer company People's Captain and leadership development consultant.
Greg brings elite sporting leadership and cultural transformation expertise to help leaders navigate pressure, build strong team cultures, and perform under fire.
Get in touch to find out how we can help your leaders and teams
Contact us“A powerful approach to strengthening collaboration and performance for our remote first team.
We’re especially proud that 100% of team members felt their voice was valued. An incredible result for inclusivity.”
Andrew Farmer Founder and CEO at Ikigai Digital
“The other thing that really jumps out at us is the amount of trust that's being built.
I highly recommend Rituals for Performance. You’re working with great people to build something your team wants to take away”
Bri Smith HR Partner, Ekimetrics
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