Create meaning at work

Dave and Wendy Ulrich have been blogging on the Harvard Business Review blog. Go have a look and see if there's anything here that can help you create more meaning for people at work. This fits in very nicely with the 3Cs approach to motivation that we've been working with…
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The Eurostar Tri-City-Athlon

We are proud that our CEO and keen ironman Keith Hatter has been appointed as one of the judges for the Eurostar Tri-City-Triathlon, the first ever triathlon across 3 cities. Click here for more information and to submit an entry for one of the 20 places available http://www.eurostartricityathlon.com/home-page(en).aspx
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The DKH Legacy Trust Golf Day sponsored by K2

We had a great day yesterday as sponsors of the inaugural charity golf day for the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. Eighteen teams took part including Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Mark Foster, Steve Cram and of course Dame Kelly. K2 fielded 2 teams with representatives from customers D&B,…
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Elite Team Priniciples

So, given the state of the political landscape, we thought, "what can we do to help?" A quick check around the business found that no one was up for setting up an ad hoc "anarchy rules" party and no one was willing to offer to be Primie Minister. So, we…
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Something for the election…

LOOKING FORWARD TO A CRISIS (something we were thinking about today) So, the General Election is upon us and there's some change about to happen (and of course we love change, whatever form it takes, even if we choose to love it!). This got us thinking that not all of…
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A whole new mindset

'A whole new mind' is the title of a very good book by Dan Pink, but is also a good reminder of a nice idea to help you think about how you think and how you'd like to think in order to optimise your performance. Very often when talking to…
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Risky business

Reading the BPS Research Digest the other day threw up an interesting post on perceived risk in people who have been through earthquakes. The simple but powerful research findings show that people living in the most devastated regions appear to be least concerned by ongoing risk. Additionally, people who have…
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Links to Further Resources – PDF Downloads

Please click this link for details on the Performance Pie what-is-the-performance-pie.pdf Please click this link for details on the 3C's motivation-the-3cs.pdf Please click this link to see a sample of an RP10 RP10-report.pdf Please click this link to see our document on Impact Impact.pdf    
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Talent is still not enough

F1 motor racing is in the sporting news right now. Discussions on ‘the show’ and how the technical rules relate to it abound. In the specialist F1 news there’s strong interest in the latest signing to the McLaren F1 Young Driver Program, a 17 year-old Dane called Kevin Magnussen. What’s…
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Great self-talk

Here's the Matt Le Tissier link referred to in a previous post. We think this is a superb example of high performance thinking and great self-talk (that led, if you recall, to his 48/49 record). If you prefer to read it: interviewer: "Were you one to suffer from nerves?" MLT:…
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