Mental Health and Wellbeing Staff Training at The Open Mind Institute is the best in Brisbane. We deliver workshops to staff to help them with absenteeism, performance and success in the workplace.
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A bespoke people development partnership for high-performance professional services teams.
Award-winning ICF Accredited UQ Partnership 5-Star Rated 10-Years+ Experience
The Challenge Facing Professional Services in 2026
The Open Mind Institute has been working closely with CEO's, ELT's, multinationals and professional services firms for the last 10 years and here's what we're seeing right now:
Unhealthy ripple effect unfolds across the organisation resulting in diminished psycho-logical safety, and declining cohesion.
Rapid emergence of AI causing massive disruption & deep uncertainty, amplifying expectations on leaders and partners.
Leadership burnout ensues and impacts awareness on how difficult decisions i.e. restructuring and redundancies, are being communicated.
These leaders are technically astute but are underprepared for the personal demands and type of leadership this necessitates.
Teams are left overworked, uninspired, disengaged and have a drained capacity for innovation or solutions leading to success.
In summary, deep uncertainty from AI and global shifts has left astute leaders feeling underprepared & burnt out, with their difficult decisions triggering an unhealthy ripple effect, ultimately creating a drained capacity for innovation and success.
This shows up as disengaged staff, fractured communication between colleagues & teams, and performance decline.
This is exactly where The Open Mind Institute comes in —
As Australia’s award-winning mindset and performance experts, we have spent a decade helping leading law firms, government agencies, and multinationals re-engage staff, enhance effective communication, and align teams with organisational goals.
Founded by former litigation lawyer Paul Pitsaras, our team delivers evidence-backed programs designed to bolster performance and strengthen teams under pressure.
THE SOLUTION: TOMI's 3-Tier Partnership Program
Our 3-tiered engagement model specifically designed for professional services firms, arms your leaders with the high-performance skills they need right now, their teams with the essential capabilities they need to thrive, and allows you to start where it matters most and build from there as you see the results come in.
LAUNCH
ACCELERATE
ASCEND
For professionals experiencing burnout, stress, communication challenges or disengagement, and the firms who want to get ahead of it before it costs them.
For middle managers, senior associates and emerging leaders who are technically excellent but hitting invisible ceilings.
For C-Suites, ELTs, Directors and Partners who want their leadership teams operating with resilience, cohesion and strategic agility to perform at the highest level.
TIER 1
TIER 2
TIER 3
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Mindset & Performance Coaching for your professionals – wherever they are.
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY BARRIERS TARGETED:
Stress, Anxiety & Burnout
Disengagement
Effective Communication
Resilience Cultivation
Ineffective Time Management
Focus & Attention Control
TIER 1: "LAUNCH" – Staff Coaching
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Weekly 1-hour 1:1 coaching sessions – remote via video (Australia-wide)
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Targets performance & productivity barriers > > >
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Evidence-based CBT, positive psychology & time-management frameworks
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Measurable results in 2 - 4 weeks
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Ideal for: high-potential staff
Executive Coaching for your professionals – wherever they are.
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Weekly 1-hour 1:1 coaching sessions – remote or in-person
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Targets leadership performance barriers
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Evidence-based frameworks
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Metric tools to measure progress
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Email summary of each session
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Call to action items for application
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Ideal for: leaders and emerging leaders
LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE BARRIERS TARGETED:
Decision Fatigue (or "Decision Latency")
Structural Burnout
Digital Deficit (AI-fluency gaps)
Disconnected Teams (Hybrid-remote friction)
Psychological Insecurity
Cognitive Overload
TIER 2: "ACCELERATION" – Executive Coaching
Executive Team Coaching for High-Perforamnce Teams
TIER 3: "ASCENSION" – ELT & Team Coaching
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Weekly or Fortnightly 1-hr. 1:3 coaching
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Targets team performance barriers >>>
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Evidence-based tools & frameworks
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Metric tools & assessments
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Comprehensive email summary
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Call to action items for application
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Final result report showing ROI
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Ideal for: ELT's and Leadership Teams
TEAM PERFORMANCE BARRIERS TARGETED:
Role Ambiguity (Unclear expectations)
Siloed Communication (Information hoarding)
Low Trust (Lack of psychological safety)
Tool Overload (Context-switching fatigue)
Goal Misalignment (Conflicting priorities)
Cultural Drift (Fragmented hybrid identity)
THE SUMMARY: TOMI's 3-Tier Partnership Program
All Prices Exclude GST
Select from the tier that best suits your needs or click on the button below to discuss your options.
LAUNCH
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1:1 Remote sessions
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1hr. per week
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Evidence-based tools
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Performance Metrics
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Support & Accountability
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Call to Actions
Mindset & Perforamnce Coaching
Up to 3 concurrent Launch
participants at any time
(rolling intake)
$2,640 /month
ACCELERATE
Executive Leadership Coaching
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1:1 Remote sessions
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1hr. per week/ or FN
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Evidence-based tools
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Performance Metrics
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Support & Accountability
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Call to Actions
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Tailored Leadership Resources
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Quarterly Report
Up to 4 Accelerate Participants
at any time
(rolling intake)
$5,280/ month
ASCEND
ELT & Team Coaching
Up to 6 Ascend leaders
(2 groups of 1:3) + All-group
workshops
$6,800/ month
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1:3 Remote sessions
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1hr. per week/ or FN
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Evidence-based tools
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Performance Metrics
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Support & Accountability
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Call to Actions
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Tailored Workshops
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ESA & CAA Assessments
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Quarterly + Final Report
Got questions? Click on the button below to tell us about your team and to explore the tier options that will best suit your needs.
In selecting the tier that best suits your initial requirements, TOMI becomes your firm's embedded coaching and performance partner. This is the most compelling for a firm that wants to differentiate on culture and talent retention.
TOMI's research shows a 5–7x return on investment, and our before/after metrics (e.g. stress management jumping from 56% → 91% speak for themselves.
Further investment incentives include:
Testimonials –
I can't recommend the Open Mind Institute (TOMI) more highly. As a 'reformed' former lawyer, Paul at TOMI has a great insight into the stressors experienced by professionals and anyone in high pressure environments. I have gained a lot from Paul's great wisdom and experience. Thank you for the tools and principles you've helped foster in me to instil a growth mindset!
- Reimen Hii, Barrister-at-Law
How are we different from an Employee Assistance Program?
The Open Mind Institute (TOMI) and a traditional EAP operate on fundamentally different philosophies and delivery models. EAP's are reactive in nature, a kind of "safety net" for when things go wrong, while TOMI is a proactive strategic mechanism that builds resilient teams that consistently perform at their best.
Here are the key differences at a glance:
Like to try our Coaching before committing to a Tier Package?
Pay per session: If you would like your staff to experience our coaching sessions and get their feedback before committing to a Tier Package, we'd encourage you to purchase 4 sessions below (as by week four of the coaching program, recipients start to see positive results in their mental wellbeing and overall performance).