High Performance as an Operating System
Join us for a fireside chat with Bronte Campbell OLY, May Samali and Jess Spendlove, unpacking what it takes to build and sustain a high performance operating system.
We’ll explore why this matters for individuals, teams, and organisations, with personal leadership as the foundation.
What we’ll cover
Purpose: Anchoring values and direction to fuel resilience and fulfilment.
Psychological: Training your mind, managing your emotions, and staying sharp under pressure.
Physical: Harnessing sleep, movement, nutrition, and recovery to sustain long-term stamina.
People: Building relationships, teams, and environments that shape mindset and sustainability.
High performance requires sustaining high energy. These are the levers we can pull to optimise performance. We’ll also share how to apply a personalised, experimental approach — test, learn, iterate — to embed habits that last.
Event Format
Welcome & Introduction
Speaker insights
Fireside chat, moderated by Cathleen Santoso
Audience Q&A
Event Details
📍 Eucalyptus HQ, Sydney (or online)
🕔 5:30–7:30 pm (chat from 6:00 pm)
📅 Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Speakers
Bronte Campbell, Olympian and Founder at Earthletica and PB With Bronte
Bronte Campbell is a Malawian-born Australian Olympic champion swimmer, known for her four Olympic appearances, multiple gold medals, and a world-record-breaking performance in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In her career, she won multiple Olympic, Commonwealth, and World Championship medals, including a rare 50m and 100m freestyle double at the 2015 World Championships.
Beyond swimming, she is a successful entrepreneur, having co-founded a sustainable activewear company, and is a vocal advocate for carers and women's health.
May Samali, Founder & CEO at Human Leadership Lab
May Samali is the Founder and CEO of Human Leadership Lab. As a professional keynote speaker, facilitator, coach, researcher, investor and board director, May wears multiple hats to unlock leadership potential in organisations, teams and individuals.
May is a Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School and holds a Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation. She was recognised as one of the Top 15 Coaches in Sydney by Influence Digest in 2024. In addition, May serves on the Board of Directors of Inspirato (NASDAQ: ISPO) and on the advisory board of John Monash Foundation’s Leadership Academy. She is also a Venture Partner at 77 Partners.
May’s early experiences as a people manager and venture capital investor sparked her fascination for developing high performance mindsets and skills in teams and individuals. She is now a leading voice on leadership, entrepreneurship and the future of work, and her insights have been featured in reputable publications including Forbes, TechCrunch, the Australian and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Jess Spendlove, High Performance and Wellbeing Expert | International Speaker
Jess Spendlove is a high performance and wellbeing strategist, advisor and international speaker who helps founders, executives and teams sustain success in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. With more than 15 years’ experience spanning elite sport, the military, entrepreneurship and corporate leadership, she has worked with hundreds of elite athletes, Olympic medallists, premiership winning teams, Special Forces Command and leaders scaling and steering companies through growth and complexity.
She partners with ambitious organisations and individuals, from fast growth ventures to global corporations, to optimise energy, resilience and capacity so they can operate at pace without burning out. Known for making the complex simple, Jess delivers science backed, real world strategies that enable high performers to thrive and sustain results. She shares these insights through coaching, advisory work, keynote speaking and her podcast Stay at the Top.