When we’re in circumstances that look and feel totally foreign, we can often conclude that we don’t have appropriate skills to deal with what we’re facing. That conclusion comes from focusing on the situation as unique, unexpected, threatening and basically unwanted!However, if you’re aware of all of your talents that have led you to be [...]
One thing that we know from working with the highest level athletes is that they value and actively exploit recovery in order to perform better. This contrasts with the views that we hear in the corporate world, where is appears there is a perception sometimes that sleep and downtime are an inconvenience to getting a [...]
Something we work on a lot in the world of high performance sport revolves around the concept of “competitive learning”. If we can learn quicker, more effectively and produce performance refinements quicker than the opposition (between races or matches, or within a tournament), then we know we’re gaining a competitive advantage when we’re not head [...]
It’s pretty clear that the coming months are going to explore the endurance of business leaders, both physically and mentally. Endurance will give you the capacity to persevere with demanding work for long periods of time; enable you to make good decisions when physically and mentally tired; and find those additional reserves of energy if [...]
We talk a lot about pies on planet K2… Performance Pies. We know that if you’re serious about performing, then you always ensure that every section of your Performance Pie is delivering you maximum value.
Typically, people focus a lot on the Technical and Tactical elements of the work (just check out a typical c.v.), but [...]
In my last post I reflected on the change in context of my role and identity at work and how this impacted on my performance and emotions.
I took a decision there and then to look at my situation differently and to choose to feel something else more useful.
Of course, it is never really as simple [...]
Looking for a previous article from HBR on resilience I came across the attached old favourite which seems as pertinent now as it did in Jan 2001 (when the market was bouyant).The Making of a Corporate Athlete