As we creep out of lockdown and all play our part to help re-boot the economy - what's going on for businesses and how can you best operate at this time? This pandemic is an opportunity to learn and grow. In slowing down, we have seen incredible acts of kindness, creativity and resilience. So how [...]
Professional footballers in the UK are publicly talking about their psychological suffering. This beautiful openness by elite sportspeople paves the way for sustainable change in a field riddled with suffering. Yet what of the solution? For 20 years in the field of elite sport, I witnessed athletes battle with their mental life. In some cases, it is more obvious to [...]
In November 2016, I attended the Leaders Sport Performance Summit at the Emirates Stadium, London UK. It was a great event, professionally organized and managed with world-class speakers. It was fantastic to hear from Michael Owen, how his career was plagued with hamstring injuries and limitations and the effect this had on him both physically and psychologically. As the first [...]
Usually or at least until now, I’ve written articles that are somewhat practical and specific to the field of performance sport, but this time, I’ve been asked if I would upload to my website a piece of work that I recently posted in a closed facebook group, ‘The Inside Out Community’, and a public group, The Three Principles Supermind, [...]
This week I was delighted to attend a fabulous event called ‘Bridging the Confidence Gap’ held by EY (Building a better working world). The inspirational speakers were great: Harriet Minter, editor of the Guardian’s Women in Leadership section Jacqueline Gold, CEO, Ann Summers Sue Stockdale, British polar adventurer Jennifer Philpot, Director, Global Talent Leader, EY Advisory Alan Bloom, TAS Global [...]
(UNDERSTANDING or Application) It’s fascinating to watch other sports - right now, I'm enjoying the fantastic International rugby and getting curious and intrigued again by the intricacies of elite sport. What's the difference between a team who thrives and one that strives? These past two weeks, we’ve seen several matches finalised with margins of less than 5 points. The fact [...]
