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FOR LEADERS IN HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS WHO NEED THEIR TEAMS AT HIGH CAPACITY

100 days. Start when you're ready.

Someone on your team has gone quiet. Decisions that used to land in ten minutes now take three days. You're in more conversations than you should need to be. 


You're doing what good leaders do. But you're doing it on your own, without anyone to think it through with. That adds pressure.

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A 30-minute Brain Audit. No cost.
We look at where you're standing and what the best next step is.

Be the leader who creates capacity under pressure 

THIS IS FOR YOU IF...

You recognise at least one of these

You lead a team that has started to lose capacity. And you can't afford that since pressure is high and you need to perform.

You've started to see signs that you don't really understand. You feel a little lost in what to do.

Decisions that used to land fast now drag. The team feels stressed and so are you. 

You want to act before it goes too far. And you need support on the journey. 

Book the Brain Audit to find out if this is the right next step.

THE PROBLEM

You see it. You manage it. Sort of.

Pressure that goes on too long changes how the brain works. Decisions slow down. People stop reading each other. Initiative goes quiet. And the same thing is happening in your brain, which means you're reading the team through the very fog you're trying to clear.

THE RISK

The signals that feel manageable today have a way of becoming a sick-leave conversation, a resignation you didn't see coming, or a quarter where nothing quite lands. Not because you don't care. Because you are reading it alone, from the inside, without a way to check your own judgement.

THE OPPORTUNITY

100 days with someone whose only job is your leadership. You understand what pressure does to your team and what it does to you. You see the patterns you run on autopilot. And you can start leading with higher confidence.

30 minutes. We talk about your team.

"I was facing challenges at work and felt I needed outside help to untangle a few knots and move forward. Maria's way of approaching problems with both lightness and critical reflection made our conversations instructive and rewarding. Her perspective, from outside my own team, gave me new insights and new energy."

Mikael Sälg, CEO

WHAT IF THIS WAS YOU AFTER THE 100 DAYS?

You walk into the office and you know what to do.

You act in time

You know what the signs mean and what your team needs. You have the conversations directly and they land.

The week ends Friday

The team's worries no longer become your weekend. The priorities were correct and all open loops are closed.

The team becomes independent

The team knows what to do and has the mental capacity to focus and do it. You don't need to micro-manage.

"I'm a person who easily gets wound up, gets frustrated and talks too fast. My colleagues noticed. My family noticed. Maria helped me understand why the brain reacts the way it does, and gave me concrete techniques to handle it. I make decisions with more clarity, I'm less reactive under pressure, and my conversations, both private and professional, work better."

Birgitta Ringsjö, Founder
FEATURES

What the 100 days will look like

  • One leader. One team.
    A rhythm set by where you are, not by the calendar.

One-to-one sessions

Normally every second or third week. We meet more often when needed and less often while you're making something stick.

Written summaries

Insights, decisions, next step. Written down so nothing is lost between sessions.

Four measurements

Team pressure, Personal pressure, MASTER and a Risk Profile.
At the start, halfway and at the end. 


Email support 

When something gets stuck, you don't wait two weeks. You write. I answer.


The vault - extra resources

Resources for extra guidance. Read, listen and watch for deeper knowledge and understanding.


HOW IT WORKS

  • 100 days. Five steps. One leader who sees what's happening
     and acts on it.

  • The 5R process, applied to you and your team. In one-to-one sessions, at the pace your situation needs.

#1

RECOGNISE

The seven signals that tell you the brain is under too much pressure. You learn to see them in your team. And in yourself. You know what you're actually looking at. And why they are happening.

#2

RESET

Your first-aid kit. Concrete tools that work fast when pressure peaks, and the science behind why they work. You incorporate them in real life. For yourself and your team.

#3

REDESIGN

To change what's driving the pressure, you need a map. The MASTER model gives you that. We use it on your team and on how you lead. You find the drivers doing the most damage, and where your first moves are.

#4

RECHARGE

Recovery is not what most people think it is. You learn what actually restores capacity, for the team and for you. You build one recovery structure that fits your workweek. And you keep it.

#5

REWIRE

Knowing what to change and actually changing it are different problems. We map the traps that stop your good intentions from becoming habits. We design around them. By day 100, the change is no longer a plan.

THE RESULT

CAPACITY UNDER PRESSURE

After 100 days you read your team under pressure. And you read yourself. You have tools you've already used. You've made concrete changes to how the team works and how you lead. Measured at the start, halfway and at the end. 

THE BENEFITS

Three things that'll change forever

Not knowledge that fades a week later. Three capabilities you’ll use every working day.

01

A language for what you’re seeing

You can name what is happening on your team under pressure. That changes everything. You stop guessing and start acting. In time, with the right tools, for the right reason.

02

Your own patterns, in plain sight

What you do on autopilot when the pressure is on. What sets you off. What drains you. The private work nothing else changes without. You see it. Then you have a choice you didn't have before.

03

Changes that make a difference

Before the 100 days end, you've identified the drivers of pressure in your team's environment and changed it. And you've changed how you lead. Not in theory. Measured.
"There was a noticeable shift in engagement. Far less friction. And more genuine investment in the company."

Kjell Jonsson, CEO

I will be with you...

I am Maria Engström-Eriksson. For over 20 years I have helped ambitious leaders reach their goals - and their team's goals - without risking health, relationships or wellbeing.

I have sat across from more than a thousand leaders who could see their team losing something, and who were trying to fix it alone. The ones who turned it around had someone to think with. That is what these 100 days are.

My passion is making complex brain research practical and usable in everyday leadership. Not models that sound good but ones that actually work.
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1,000+

Leaders trained in Brain Positive Leadership
MY BELIEF
Most leadership and performance problems can be solved when we understand how the brain works and are prepared to support it.
Civil engineer (industrial economics) · Master's in Psychology · Certified neuroleader · ICC coach · NLP trainer
Author of Brain Athlete (2024) and Jag leder Hjärna (2012)
"This made me understand my brain and what it needs. That could have been enough, but the structure also made me actually start using it. That doesn't happen after every course."

Kristina Rudin, Advisor
WHY THIS WORKS

Science translated into practice.
One leader at a time.

There is plenty of coaching and leadership training for leaders under pressure. Most of it fails on one of two things. Too simple, so it fades by the second week. Or too theoretical to survive a Monday morning with an escalated meeting in the calendar. These 100 days are built on three things that each make a difference, and together do something else.

01


You understand the why

You won't use a tool you don't trust. And you won't trust a tool you don't understand. Every step starts with what is happening in the brain, yours and theirs. When you understand the mechanism, the tool becomes obvious.

02


Someone who disagrees with you

There is a difference between reflecting and moving. I have a point of view. I say it. I point out the pattern you didn't see. You defend your assumptions or you let them go. That is what makes it move.

03


We measure, so we stay honest

Start, halfway, end. Cognitive capacity, motivation profile, how you react under pressure. We know whether something has happened. Not just whether it feels like it.

Is this the best choice for you right now?

This is one-to-one, over 100 days, with measurements. It is built to change how you lead a team under pressure. 

This is for you if...

✓ You lead a team where other people's results depend on how you lead them.

✓ You see the team losing something and you want to understand why, not just guess.

✓ You want someone who disagrees with you, not someone who agrees.

✓ You've been on leadership programmes before and you don't want another one.

✓ You're prepared to work on what doesn't show from the outside. Including your own part.

This is not for you if...

✗ You're on sick leave right now. Then something else is needed first. We can talk about what.

✗ You want a quick fix or a trick you can apply the next day and be done.

✗ You want someone to confirm what you already think. That is not what you'd be paying for.

✗ You don't want to try out new things live. The training happens in your working week, not in the sessions.


Ask yourself

Do you have 100 days and a team worth investing in? And are you tired of seeing the signals without knowing what you're looking at, or what to do about it?

Do you need a team working at their capacity during pressure?

If yes, this is the right time. And this is for you.

YOUR INVESTMENT

100 days. One price. Everything included.


COMPONENTS (VALUE)
One-to-one sessions with Maria. 45–60 minutes, online.
EUR 3,200
The vault. Extra resources in your own learning environment.
EUR 1,200
Four measurements. Team pressure, Personal pressure, MASTER, Risk Profile. Start, halfway, end.
EUR 1,200
E-mail support between sessions.
EUR 1,400
Development plan at the end.
EUR 300
TOTAL VALUE
EUR 7,300


Brain Positive Leader
100 Days

EUR 3,500 (excl. VAT)

Invoiced to your company or to you. Half at the start, half at day 50.
Start date: agreed on the call. Normally within two weeks.
For EUR 3,500 your company could send you on a three-day leadership programme. You'd come back with a full notebook and good intentions.

These 100 days give you someone who knows your team, who sees what you're doing, and who says so. One change in the team and one change in you. Measured before and after.

Not intentions. A change.

Several leaders from the same company? Let's talk about how we set that up.

"You learn to use your time in line with what you actually need. When we're well, we perform well. I have a responsibility to take care of myself first before I can help anyone else."

Anna-Carin Moberg, Team Leader

Frequently asked questions

How do I know it's a match?

That's what the 30-minute Brain Audit is for. No cost. We talk about what you're standing in and whether this is the right next step. If it isn't, I'll say so. Or you will.

I've had coaching before and it didn't stick. Why would this be different?

This is not classic coaching. I have a point of view, I disagree, and I point out patterns. And we measure. Start, halfway, end. There is a difference between reflecting and moving, and the measurements keep us honest about which one is happening.

How much time does it take?

A session of 45 to 60 minutes every second or third week. And then the real work, which happens in your normal week. In your meetings and in your conversations with the team. It doesn't need extra hours. It needs you to do things differently in the hours you already have.

What happens between sessions?

You try things. In your meetings, in your one-to-ones, in how you set up your week. When something gets stuck, you email me. I answer. The next session starts from where you are, not from where we left off.

My company would pay for this. How should I frame it?

The simplest framing. This is a leadership investment that directly reduces the risk of losing key people to burnout or disengagement, and increases your team's ability to perform when the pressure is highest. One leader better equipped. One team less at risk. If you want a one-page summary to send to your manager, ask me on the call and I'll send it.

How do I know it's given results?

Three measurements - Team pressure, personal pressure and MASTER.
Plus what you notice yourself, in your decisions, your meetings, and what your evenings look like.
And what your team notices. That usually comes before what you notice.

Is it confidential?

Everything said in our sessions stays there. Nothing is reported upwards. Not when the company pays either. That is a condition for this to work at all.

I’m in an intense period right now. Is this the wrong time?

It might be exactly the right time. The tools are built for high pressure, not for when things calm down. What matters is that you can protect our sessions and try one thing a week. If you truly can't, we agree a start date on the call that you can.
MY COMMITMENT TO YOU

Guarantee

I want this to feel like a safe investment. Here is my commitment. If you have completed our first two sessions and you don't feel this is giving you something you can actually use, I will refund your investment in full.


What I ask in return is honest participation. The brain doesn’t change from reading about change. It changes from practice. If you’ve done the work and it hasn’t moved anything, I want to know and I want to make it right. If you haven’t done the work, the guarantee doesn’t apply. That is the honest truth about how this works.

THE FUTURE

In 100 days, you could be here

  • A team meeting in a high-pressure week. You walk in and you see straight away who is with you, who is somewhere else, and who is about to tip. You say what's needed. The room settles.

  • A one-to-one with someone who's been off lately. You have a language for what you're seeing. The conversation goes somewhere useful. It doesn't take 45 minutes.

  • A change you made to how the team starts the week. Small. But the friction is lower and decisions land faster. You know why. You measured it.

  • And you come home and you're actually there. Not half still at work.

It's fairly simple. You have three choices.

Continue as you are
You'll keep seeing the signals. You'll keep managing the symptoms, on your own. And at some point something will cost more to fix than it would have cost to prevent.
Wait until things settle down.
They won’t. High-pressure environments don’t pause. And the best time to build capacity is before you need it, not when you’re already running low.
Start now, and create change in 100 days
100 days from now, you'll either be where you are today, or you'll read your team, you'll read yourself, and you'll have changed how you lead. The difference is what you do next.

Be the leader who creates Capacity under Pressure