Katie Maycock

Katie Maycock is a Burnout Specialist and Speaker. She specialises in talking about the impact that stress has on the body and mind and how it can reduce productivity, mental clarity and how it’s limiting people.

Katie works with Type A corporate professionals, such as CEO’s, Directors, Sales Professional and Entrepreneurs to help them regain control of their health as well as overcoming and preventing burnout.

With a focus on physical health, mindset and business structure, Katie works with people ensuring they can work at their peak.

Katie left her corporate career, working 12 plus hour days, no breaks, aiming to find success to all that have chronic and debilitating health issues.

Katie Maycock talks about her personal experiences with burnout and what she was able to do to get back on her feet and how to prevent future health issues. Using her own experiences and well as her degree in Nutrition and Physiology, Katie helps people understand the detrimental impact of stress and how to alleviate it.

SPEAKING TOPICS

Katies speaking topics include –

• What Is Burnout and How Can It Be Prevented?
• How Stress Impacts Productivity
• Good Vs Bad Stress
• Now Nutrition Can Impact Stress and Burnout
• How Mindset Is Important to Prevent Burnout

Workshops and Keynotes

The Meltdown (workshop)
A lot of leaders claim to work well under pressure… but what really happens when the heat’s turned up?

The Meltdown is an escape-room-style challenge designed to place teams under pressure so we can watch what really happens when the stakes rise. It’s fast, fun, a little chaotic – and an incredibly accurate mirror of real workplace dynamics.

What it reveals
• How each leader responds to high pressure and stress
• Communication patterns under pressure
• Decision-making when the clock is ticking
• Collaboration and conflict habits
• How psychological safety holds or fractures
• Where control, avoidance or people-pleasing take over

And crucially:
• Each participant receives a behavioural stress profile, identifying their dominant stress style
• Insight into how their behaviour impacts team performance under pressure
• A clear understanding of the patterns they default to and how to shift them
• A shared team stress map showing collective risk points and strengths

This is behavioural profiling based on what actually happens in the moment, when pressure is real, stakes feel high, and instinct takes over.

How it works:

Meltdown Part 1: The Challenge
A rising-pressure challenge that exposes team dynamics and individual habits faster than any interview or 360.
Meltdown Part 2 : The Debrief
Facilitated reflection that strips away excuses and reveals the patterns driving behaviour.
Meltdown Part 3 Real World Application:
We map everything back to your business – leadership bottlenecks, stress cycles, trust fractures and execution challenges.
Time 1.5 hrs minimum – 3 hours (this can be turned into a full day workshop)

The 6 Stages of Burnout (keynote)
Burnout isn’t the moment someone breaks.It’s the journey before it. By the time performance drops or someone resigns, the damage has already been compounding for months. This talk provides clear, human explanation of how burnout develops, and how to prevent it before people hit crisis point.

Leaders and teams learn to spot early signs, interrupt the cycle, and build cultures where high performance doesn’t come at a personal cost.What leaders/teams learn –

• The six predictable stages burnout moves through
• The behavioural shifts that signal each stage
• How stress patterns escalate
• Practical prevention

For leaders, it’s about spotting the early signs, interrupting the pattern, and creating the conditions where high performers can sustain performance, without burning out.

How to ACTUALLY Work Well Under Pressure (Keynote)

Pressure is part of performance – but not all pressure is healthy or useful.A straightforward, myth-busting session on building genuine resilience.Attendees learn the difference between helpful and harmful pressure, how to spot their tipping point, and what stability looks like in a high-performance environment.

Who it’s for: High-performing organisations that want their people to thrive and perform better – without burning out

Aim: To help teams perform consistently without slipping into unhealthy pressure