Alex Auerbach, PhD.
Talk 1: Optimizing Performance Under Pressure: A Step-by Step Guide
Individuals in high-pressure, high-performance roles, such as military and law enforcement personnel, elite athletes, executives, and front line workers, face the difficult challenge of achieving and maintaining optimal performance while under intense stress. This talk is tailored for high-performing personnel, offering information about how to perform under pressure, achieve goals, and build a foundation to sustain excellence.
Dr. Auerbach’s talk informs audience members about the principles behind achieving top performance, and provides a step-by-step guide for how high-performing individuals and groups can optimize their performance and unlock their full potential. With years of experience working with top-performing teams and athletes, Dr. Auerbach’s talk teaches attendees how to change their environment to facilitate performance, the steps involved in building a foundation of wellness, the three essential mindsets for maximizing performance abilities, and the specific skills needed to perform under pressure and harness stress. Attendees will leave with the knowledge required to start optimizing their own performance and mindset to achieve their full potential.
After this talk, you will:
Understand and be able to implement the four-step process to achieve peak performance.
Raise self-awareness around how you respond to stress, and be informed about the ways you can use stress to enhance performance.
Be knowledgeable about the three mindsets that are critical to high performance, and the steps required to begin building these mindsets.
Talk 2: Cultivating a High-Performance Culture through Leadership
The pressure for teams and individuals to perform at their optimal level can be overwhelming. Over time, this pressure can lead to high levels of stress and burnout that can undermine team productivity and overall performance. Learning how to lead your team to achieve and maintain high-quality results, while maximizing and sustaining team performance, is crucial for fostering resilience of team members and ensuring longevity of team success. Drawing on his extensive experience working with elite executive, athletic, and military teams, Dr. Auerbach’s talk equips team leaders with the insights and strategies needed to establish a team culture of high-performance and resiliency.
This talk provides information about the critical components of creating a high-performing culture, including why it is important for high performing teams to set values, achieve alignment, and cultivate psychological safety. Dr. Auerbach provides leaders with the tools to effectively address misalignment within their team culture, and foster more openness, vulnerability, creativity, and drive for optimal performance within their team. Leaders will learn about the critical elements of a high-performance culture and be able to identify the areas of success and opportunities for growth within their team.
After this talk, you will:
Understand how high-performance cultures are built and the key elements that are essential for developing a peak-performing organization.
Understand the role of the leader in creating a high performance culture.
Recognize why values should drive organizational alignment.
Have the tools to align team culture, facilitate creativity and vulnerability within teams, and promote optimal team performance.
Interested in one of these performance talks? Get in touch!
Dr. Auerbach provides speaking services on optimizing performance in Toronto, ON, and virtually across Canada. He also loves to travel, so contact us to inquire about opportunities in other cities.
About Dr. Alex Auerbach
Dr. Alex Auerbach is a counseling and performance psychologist and is currently the Senior Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors. He joined the Toronto Raptors after serving as the Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology for the University of Arizona. Dr. Auerbach is an expert in helping high-performing individuals achieve their goals, build resilience, and perform under pressure. Dr. Auerbach also provides consulting services to help sports and executive teams optimize their systems, support team wellness, and maximize performance potential.
Dr. Auerbach has worked as a performance coach with NCAA Division-I schools in the Pac-12, ACC, Big 12, and Conference USA, top athletes in the NBA, NFL, MLB, and the Olympics, as well as high performers in elite military units, Fortune 5 companies, and venture-backed startups. For nearly a decade, he has been dedicated to providing clinical care, performance consulting, and crisis intervention for professional and collegiate athletes, as well as coaches, medical staff, and sport administration. Dr. Auerbach earned his doctoral degree in counseling psychology with a specialization in sport and performance psychology from the University of North Texas. He received a Master’s in Business Administration from Salve Regina University and a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.
Not only is Dr. Auerbach a Certified Mental Performance Consultant and a Licensed Psychologist, but he is also a member of the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry. He has made several TV and podcast appearances to share his expertise on performance coaching and optimization, and has also published several scientific research articles and presented at notable international and national conferences. When he is not working with athletes and other high-performers, he enjoys hiking, surfing, playing with his dog and family, and other activities that keep both his mind and body ready to perform.