If so, we’re interested in hearing from you, especially if you’re a high performance coaching organisation! Why so we hear you cry?
Well, Keith, our CEO is traveling to Melbourne and Sydney in July to work with one of our customers and as part of that trip he’ll also be meeting up with people who might [...]
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Positive with pressure
Like many others, we love the thoughts, ideas and concepts in Matthew Syed’s book Bounce. Here’s him today on the BBC website writing about pressure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17874450
He talks about understanding, managing and controlling pressure. Become expert at managing the demands upon you and your resources to deal with them. Become “performance intelligent”.
Human performance
Being humans, not machines we’re subject to an incredibly large number of variables that determine how well we perform. Many elite level performers strive for consistency in the face of tough conditions or competition, aiming to make their own performance a consistent factor in an inconsistent world.
However, even the world’s best recognise that that they [...]
Applying our work
We recently had the pleasure of spending some time with the leadership team at Evenbase. The focus of our time with them was all around collective excellence and challenging them to think about how they could work together to create the highest performing leadership team possible as they start their journey together. As a result [...]
what we’re saying on da web
Here are links to a couple of recently published articles. We think they’re rattling good reads…
What would it be like if business leaders focused on performance - click here to see the article on FT.com
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/479b2e18-66bf-11e1-863c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1qaxbFjq3
And here’s a piece on Business Zone about the value of confidence and how it’s link to results (or not)
http://www.businesszone.co.uk/topic/business-trends/let-confidence-carry-you-over-business-finish-line/40282
Sleep your way to the top
A brilliant line from Arianna Huffington’s TED Talk.
Are you getting enough sleep? Stop kidding yourself you can be great on a self-imposed sleep deprivation programme.
Thank you for the simple, powerful message. Off to shut our eyes!
PI-oneers
We’ve been using Performance Intelligence for a while now and it’s getting some great feedback as a practical coaching tool. As part of the next steps of PI world dominance (softly, softly…) we’re putting on some training later in the year for people who want to become PI Coaches. All you’ll need to give up [...]
Tedx
Here’s Chris presenting at a recent Tedx Event in Portsmouth.
Let us know what you think!
working together, to get the job done
The trials for the GB rowing crews aiming to take part in this years Olympics have just taken place, though final selection won’t happen for a couple of months yet. It’s an fascinating dynamic in the teams as everyone wants to be as good as they can be, and are competing for a place in [...]
Fine margins
This weekend’s rugby union’s six nations championships demonstrated again what a close tournament this is and the fine margins between success and failure. Going into each game any result is possible, and whilst the final scoreline could be close or not so close, the decisive moments and small swings in momentum are a reflection of [...]