On your shirt?
Have a look around your team. How would each of your team members respond to the question…. What’s more important – the name on the front of your shirt or the name on the back of your shirt?
50th Wedding Anniversary
Ok. I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a sentimental old git. It was my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday and I found myself putting pen to paper. I didn’t know what I was going to write but I started to write nonetheless. Here’s…
Who are you waiting for?
In one of the companies in which I previously worked the MD spotted that progress on a number of things was proving sluggish. Pace was being slowed down by what others were saying “I’m waiting on so and so to come back to me” or…
Barriers
Outside the Australian Institute for Sport is this statue of a pole vaulter that is there to inspire all athletes. What do you notice? He isn’t jumping over anything….there is NO bar. Why? The bar represents a barrier and the AIS don’t want their athletes…
To know and not do is not to know
Heard this quote from world class sports coach Frank Dick and felt it worth sharing. He said that there are some things in life that can be taught (the science of what we do. The tools, systems, processes) and there are other things which can…
Performance is in the hands of the performer
As the old saying goes “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life”. This is an important rule for coaches. When I’m talking to clients and people running…
Average Life Expectancy
The average life expectancy in the UK is 81.2 years. But for the sake of a neat illustration let’s round it down to 80. If this 8×10 grid represents those 80 years then every small square represents a year of your life. How many of…
How? V Why?
One of the key takeaways from a recent management workshop we delivered was the use of How? and Why? with our teams. Of course Simon Sinek would say that the WHY question is the most important question (and I agree with him in the context…
State of Mind
It’s all in the state of mind! Looking forward to our client planning session tomorrow morning. These will be my opening words.
