Self leadership is perhaps the common denominator of all of the great people we've worked with. Sure they're great at leading other people but this is always possible because they start by leading themselves. These great leaders constantly know that they need to challenge themselve to be ready to "perform"…

Do you work with people in sales? You should really check out our elitesales performance system® . We're getting some consistently wonderful reviews about this programme and the impact it's having on even the most hardened of sales professionals. We love the idea of "earning your place on the team",…

For any people interested in the psychology of sport... why not buy this lovely new book? You'll see in there a contribution about our work within the GB Rowing team... go on, treat yourselves! (or buy it for someone who's studying in this area! might be a better option)

In some research we were involved in a few years ago, we found a couple of interesting things out about people who were voted as very mentally tough by folks who understood their world. First thing was that mentally tough people had confidence that didn't break down easily - it…

Your 8 best or your best 8? Parallels nicely with our experience of helping to shape these mindsets, rather than simply observe them and comment on what is witnessed. Being focussed on "how do we need to be, as individuals and a crew?" is very different from simply observing "how…

so, for April you can only be judged on one thing... your colleagues will shape their view of you based around this one thing... your managers and leaders will identify your value to the business based upon this same one thing... people outside of the business will make their judgements…

If you do a great job of developing your confidence because you; 1. know your strengths 2. value those strengths 3. know how to exploit those strengths consistently, then it is very likely that you can keep asking a simple question of yourself in order to perform at your best…

All of this blogging has been really useful for us. It's helped us work up a very focussed presentation that focusses on performing in challenging circumstances and the specific lessons that were learned in preparation for the Beijing Olympics. We've got some pretty simple and clear mindset messages that we…

We're holding an Open Programme of the Athlete at Work in London on April 28th and 29th (location to be confirmed, but likely to be the Hoxton Hotel). If you'd like to come along, please contact julial@planetk2.com to find out lots more about the programme. We've got a whole load…

We were chatting with someone the other day about how they've been having the same, somewhat unhelpful, approaches to nutrition and hydration at work for the last 20 years. Interestingly, there was no other element of their performance that was anything like the same as it was 20 years ago;…