Exclusive Webinar
Lessons in High Performance from a
Premier League Psychologist
What talent leaders can learn about developing elite teams
Professor Tim O’Brien, Faculty & Performance Partner at Eagles Flight, was brought in by Mikel Arteta to help analyse and reshape the culture behind Arsenal’s 2025/26 Premier League title-winning squad. Now he joins us to unpack what talent leaders can learn from that transformation.
Professor Tim O’Brien, served as Arsenal men’s team Head of Psychology and Wellbeing and brings a rare perspective on what it takes to build and sustain performance at the highest level.
Having worked inside three English Premier League clubs, Tim brings extensive experience in team psychology and culture transformation in high-performance environments, including eight years as First Team Psychologist at Arsenal under Arsène Wenger.
Designed for business leaders, the session will explore what helps elite teams perform consistently and how those lessons can support higher performance within your own organisation.
This exclusive webinar has strictly limited places.
Elite sport has spent decades studying how diverse, talented individuals can come together and perform consistently as one team. Premier League clubs offer a valuable view into how strong team cultures are built, led and sustained.
Why can't one captain carry a team's leadership alone?
How do leaders build trust, clarity and shared standards?
What everyday behaviours shape a strong team culture?
How do teams stay consistent through change, setbacks and rising expectations?
What helps talented individuals work as one team?
What does it take for a team to think and act as one?
Participants will:
uses behavioural science to create observable patterns of planning, risk-taking, and coordination that map directly to how your teams respond to real deadlines and ambiguity. This is what makes it one of the most effective L&D programmes that drive behaviour change, because it doesn’t just teach skills. It changes how people act under pressure.
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone who has worked inside Premier League football and understands how high-performing cultures are built and sustained. Tim will share lessons from his experience in elite sport and explore how they can help leaders build stronger teams within their own organisations.
This session will not be recorded. What Tim shares here will only be available to those joining live, so there is no replay to catch up on afterwards.
It’s a perspective rarely shared outside elite sport, making this a unique opportunity to hear from Tim first-hand.
4:00 – 4:05 PM | Introduction
4:05 – 4:50 PM | Keynote Session
4:50 – 5:20 PM | Audience Q&A
5:20 – 5:30 PM | Final remarks
Here’s what past attendees shared about their experience, and why fellow leaders are already securing their place at the next one.
“It’s really engaging and has very practical application to what is actually happening in our workplace. The interactive element really brought the realism of the activities to the programme. And tying everything together at the end with strong learning points helped reinforce the insights.”
"The interactive element really brought the realism of the activities to the programme. And tying everything together at the end with strong learning points helped reinforce the insights.”
“It’s really engaging and has very practical application to what is actually happening in our workplace. The interactive element really brought the realism of the activities to the programme. And tying everything together at the end with strong learning points helped reinforce the insights.”
"The interactive element really brought the realism of the activities to the programme. And tying everything together at the end with strong learning points helped reinforce the insights.”
Faculty & Performance Partner, Eagles Flight
Tim is an award-winning Chartered Psychologist with more than 25 years of experience in performance, leadership and culture change.
Tim is also an Honorary Professor of Psychology and Human Development at the UCL Institute of Education and a Professor at MIC, University of Limerick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and is registered with the British Psychological Society. Over the course of his career, Tim has designed and led programmes for executive teams and served on a UK government expert advisory group on wellbeing and mental health. He is the author of Inner Story, which explores how understanding your own mind shapes the way you perform and lead. The book has been endorsed by Sir Elton John and Arsène Wenger.
At Eagles Flight, Tim works closely with our team to ground our programmes and thought leadership in behavioural science. He brings experience from elite sport, executive leadership and helping organisations strengthen their culture.
CEO Eagles Flight Asia
Andrew has more than 30 years of experience in communication, business growth and leadership, much of it spent leading organisations across Asia.
Before joining Eagles Flight, Andrew held senior roles in publishing and spent 15 years with Ogilvy / WPP Group, where he led a network that became the largest and most awarded Public Relations and Influence firm in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Throughout his career, he has helped organisations translate strategy into everyday behaviours, strengthen culture and build more effective leadership. He is also an experienced media, crisis and communication coach, having worked with senior leaders from organisations including UBS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Intel, UPS, PayPal, TATA and GIC.
At Eagles Flight, Andrew leads the Asia Pacific business and works with organisations to strengthen leadership, culture and performance. He brings extensive experience across both the public and private sectors, combining commercial insight with a strong belief in the role people and behaviour play in sustainable business performance.
To protect the privacy of all participants, attendees are not permitted to record the session.
You will receive a confirmation email from our team once your place has been confirmed.
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