Give your team the skills to stay calm, connected, and creative under pressure.
A 5-week experiential training trusted by teams at Pearmill, Othership, and leaders from Google, Slack, Meta, and Apple.
Your team is talented. They're working hard. But stress is silently eroding performance.
The Economic Exposure of Leadership Burnout
The cost of burnout scales with seniority, creating significant annual financial exposure.
Executives |██████████████████████████████ $20,683 Managers |███████████████ $10,824 Non-Managers |█████ $3,999 – $4,257
A burned-out manager costs ~$11K/year in lost productivity. A 10-person leadership team facing 50% burnout risk? That's ~$55K in annual exposure.
Yet the majority of organisations lack a plan for identifying or addressing it when it arises in teams (let alone pre-emptively mitigating it).
And burnout is contagious. Research shows that when one employee quits, another likely follows within 135 days. This will likely be amplified in 2026 when lay-offs are common and teams are under greater pressure.
NSM for Teams addresses this systemic risk.
NSM has trained executives and employees from Google, Meta, Salesforce, IDEO, Amazon, YouTube, Slack, Apple, Netflix and Paramount. Over 1,400 alumni across 8 cohorts.
When multiple people from the same team go through together, they develop a shared language and toolkit for regulation, along with a quality of co-regulation that is tricky to replicate through individual training alone.
Stress is contagious. But so is regulation.
When one person on your team is dysregulated (running hot, reactive, struggling to stay present), it ripples outward. It shows up in meetings that go sideways, in decisions made from survival mode rather than clarity, and in the slow erosion of trust that happens when people are operating from their limbic brains rather than their prefrontal cortex.
In a research survey we ran with over 261 leaders worldwide, we found that a lack of interoceptive capacity (the ability to read signals from the body) is directly associated with prolonged maladaptive stress responses.
We call this the feather, brick, dump truck phenomenon.
High performers tend to push through initial fatigue or poor sleep (the feather), then push through a minor health crisis (the brick), until it takes the giant dump truck of complete burnout to finally convince them to start listening to their body.
We have seen it happen dozens of times with brilliant people and talented teams slowly grinding themselves down.
But when your team shares a common understanding of how their nervous systems work, and has practical tools to shift their state in real-time, the opposite happens.
Meetings become more efficient because people can actually stay present. They're less distracted. Recovery from tense moments becomes faster. There are fewer reactive email chains. And there's a new ability to name what's happening.
"Nervous System Mastery opened a door to a space that I barely knew existed. And now that I do, my life is the better for it. This program is going to positively impact me for years to come."
— Brian Portnoy, Founder of Shaping Wealth
$322 billion in lost productivity from burnout annually in the US alone.
82% of tech employees are at risk of burnout in 2025.
91% of workers say unmanageable stress lowers their work quality.
86% cite lack of effective collaboration as the primary cause of workplace failures.
Research shows that workplace stress has a significant negative correlation with team cohesion. Stronger teams mean lower stress. And in a recent study of 308 entrepreneurs, nearly half of those who maintained clear work-life boundaries reported low burnout, compared to just 6% of those who didn't.
This is what NSM provides: a structured, evidence-based program that teams experience together, creating lasting cultural change rather than isolated individual interventions.
NSM teaches a framework called RISE out of Reactivity.
"NSM is a powerful tool in the personal toolbox. It helps me be more grounded, present and regulate my energy through the ups & downs of running a rocket-ship startup."
— Ben Kellie, CEO at The Launch Co.
Each week includes:
Core curriculum — Short audio lessons unpacking the science & introducing practical protocols. Expect 1-2 hours of content per week.
Live sessions with Jonny — Weekly calls where concepts come alive through real-time practice and Q&A. This is where questions get answered & insights get integrated.
Relational Dojos — Small group practice pods where the real integration happens. This is consistently what students describe as "where it all comes together."
Guest masterclasses — We bring in phenomenal teachers on topics like leadership presence, decision-making under pressure, peak performance and recovery, and navigating difficult conversations.
Team members commit to 4-5 hours per week if they want to do everything, or just 1-2 hours per week for the core activities only.
"Gaining an experiential understanding of co-regulation was my biggest win. The Relational Dojo was an invaluable part of the experience. I would have felt the course was incomplete without it."
— Tony Francisco, Senior Product Manager
We believe that you are the product of the 5 nervous systems closest to you.
Given that the majority of time is spent at work, we could argue that our nervous system health is most influenced by the people in our workplace.
This is why training individuals in isolation only gets you so far. When a whole team goes through NSM together, the benefits compound.
Faster conflict resolution — Teams develop a shared vocabulary for what's actually happening in tense moments. Instead of escalating, they can name it and navigate it together.
Better decision-making under pressure — When stress hits, regulated teams stay in their prefrontal cortex longer. That means clearer thinking when it matters most.
Reduced burnout contagion — Stress spreads through teams. But so does regulation. When one person grounds, it creates a calming ripple effect rather than an anxious one.
Stronger retention & culture — Teams that feel psychologically safe and emotionally supported stick together. This work builds trust that many team bonding trainings miss.
Real connection for remote teams — For distributed teams, NSM provides a rare opportunity to create genuine bonds at a distance.
"Since NSM, I'm experiencing a sense of peace and calm I have not experienced in my life. I have clarity of thought, increased creativity and flow, community, and connection to myself."
— Pat O'Toole
| Per seat | $1,500 |
| Team of 5 (buy 4, get 1 free) | $6,000 |
Bring 4, get the 5th free.
Enroll 4 team members at regular price, and we'll add a 5th seat at no cost.
For teams of 6 or more, reach out and we can discuss custom arrangements.
NSM works well for teams who are:
Experiencing the pressure of growth — Startups, agencies, or scaling companies where stress comes with the territory. If you're building something meaningful, this work will support it.
Navigating high-stakes decisions — Leadership teams who want to make better choices under pressure. The protocols we teach are immediately applicable.
Building culture intentionally — Teams who see emotional resilience as a competitive advantage, not a nice-to-have. Regulated teams outperform dysregulated ones.
Working remotely — Distributed teams looking for training that builds connection alongside capability. The live components are designed with remote teams in mind.
It's less suited for teams looking for a one-time workshop, or teams where members aren't willing to engage with experiential practice. The course requires showing up. If that resonates, we'd love to have you.
Listen: Jonny on Lenny's Podcast — Managing nerves, anxiety & burnout
Read: Emotional Resilience in Leadership Report — Findings from our survey of 261 leaders
Explore: nsmastery.com — Full program details
"NSM should be mandatory training. It is crucial to understand your own nervous system for your own physical, mental and emotional health."
— Colleen Garrett, Leadership Coach