How long does an engagement typically run?

Most engagements run 90 days to a year, long enough to actually change behavior, not just deliver a workshop and disappear. Shorter formats exist for a single keynote, workshop series, or diagnostic, and the exact scope and schedule get set during the discovery call.

Do you work with remote, hybrid, or in-person teams?

Yes, all three, and the method does not lose anything over video. Programs are delivered remotely, in person, or hybrid, built around your team's locations and schedule.

What size organizations do you typically work with?

Organizations of 10 to 10,000+ employees, from fast-growth startups to large companies in transition. Every engagement is scoped to the specific leaders, teams, or professional groups in the room, not to a headcount tier.

What does an engagement cost?

Pricing is quoted per engagement, so call for pricing rather than guessing from a rate card. The quote is built from program length, group size, and scope after one short discovery conversation.

How is this different from a typical performance program?

This is skills training in how stress changes the brain, not a perk or a one-off speaker event. Participants leave with practical regulation methods they can use under real workplace pressure, which is what produces behavior change that holds.

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Stress isn't a wellness problem. It's a performance and retention problem, and it's costing you more than you think.

Every communication issue, every stalled decision, every good employee who suddenly goes quiet, it's not a character problem. It's a brain running a threat response, and no training program fixes that if you don't address the actual mechanism. WorksWell Systems^® has done this work inside Harvard University and guided Warner Bros. Discovery's leaders through a company-wide merger. If your team is burning out, disengaging, or making worse decisions under pressure, that's fixable, and it starts with knowing exactly where the risk is.

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WorksWell Systems^® trains leaders and teams at Harvard-caliber organizations, from fast-growth startups to Fortune 500s in transition, to regulate stress, re-engage, and improve productivity, using evidence-based neuroscience and emotional intelligence to reduce attrition, conflict, and psychological-safety risk.

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Trusted by organizations from Harvard University to Warner Bros. Discovery.

Leadership and culture development for professionals across Harvard University's programs.

A 14-week global leadership curriculum delivered for Warner Bros. Discovery through its merger.

Working with organizations of 10 to 10,000+ employees since 2017.

The Problem

If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.

Most organizations don't have a culture problem, they have a nervous system problem. When stress goes unmanaged, it shows up as:

Disengaged or “quiet quitting” employees, and the workload strain that follows
Missed deadlines driven by team or department conflict
Burnout-related absenteeism
Costly miscommunication and avoidable mistakes
Leadership styles that drive attrition, or legal exposure
Rising complaints related to psychological safety, harassment, or exclusion
Change-resistant teams that stall transformation efforts
High performers whose behavior is hard to manage

These aren't isolated HR issues. They're signals that your people are operating in chronic stress states, and no amount of policy alone will fix that.

"Roughly 40% of employees worldwide said they experienced a lot of stress during the previous day."

Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026

When leaders and employees lack the skills to regulate stress, even strong strategy and culture work can't hold. The WorksWell Systems^® trains your people to recognize stress responses in real time and shift back into clear, collaborative thinking, building resilience that compounds across the organization.

Our Method

The Neuroscience Approach

WorksWell Systems^®'s programs are grounded in neuroscience and emotional-intelligence research, drawing on the work of leading researchers in trauma, attachment, and flow states. The result is a practical, repeatable method for shifting out of stress and into optimal performance, not a one-time feel-good workshop.

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Outcomes

What you can expect to see

Engagement

Once teams can down-regulate a threat response, discretionary effort returns. People re-engage instead of quietly protecting themselves.

Communication

Leaders learn to spot an amygdala hijack in real time and route the conversation back to the prefrontal cortex, so conflict resolves instead of escalating.

Retention

Chronic stress load is what pushes high performers out. Teaching regulation skills keeps your strongest leaders in the seat.

Risk

Most psychological-safety and harassment complaints start as dysregulated behavior under pressure. Regulation training reduces the incidents at the source. Work-Family Conflict, Emotional Exhaustion, and Displaced Aggression Toward Others: The Moderating Roles of Workplace Interpersonal Conflict and Perceived Managerial Family Support

Investment

What it costs to start

Every engagement is tailored to each client's or organization's needs. Call for pricing and we will scope a quote with you.

Pilot workshop: Call for pricing; One half-day leadership session, a low-risk way to test the method with your team.
Team program: Call for pricing; A multi-session series scoped to the size and goals of your group.
Ongoing partnership: Custom; Quarterly training plus one-to-one executive coaching, quoted after the discovery call.

At a glance

Key facts about WorksWell Systems®

WorksWell Systems® is a leadership and performance consulting, training, and executive coaching practice based in Portland, Oregon, and Silicon Valley, California, serving organizations across the United States.
It was founded by Lisa Petrocchi-Merriman, M.A., Founder and Executive Coach, who holds a Master's degree in Psychology, has 20 years of clinical experience, and holds a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion certificate from Cornell University.
The practice has worked with small to midsize organizations since 2017, including leadership and organizational culture development for professionals at Harvard University.
Typical clients are organizations of 50–500 employees, working with HR leaders, executives, and DEIB and performance leaders.
Services include executive coaching, leadership development, resilience and stress-regulation training, team building, succession and legacy transition coaching, equity and belonging (EDIB) training, and post-layoff retained employee support.
Programs are delivered remotely, in person, or hybrid, from a single workshop series to an ongoing quarterly partnership. Pricing is quoted per engagement — call for pricing.
Contact: lisamerriman@workswell.info, +1-669-208-2194.

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Leadership & Performance Coaching & TrainingGrounded in Neuroscience.Since 2017WorksWell Systems®Unmanaged Stress Is Costing You Your Best People and Your Culture.