In case you weren’t aware, on Saturday England regained cricket’s Ashes from the old enemy Australia. A widely held view is that they exploited one important element much better that their opposition. The Ashes competition alternates between being played in Australia and England and this summer it is England’s turn…

In competitive environments learning to deal with winning and losing is part of the territory. Last Wednesday morning, just before the start of the 3rd Ashes test, we posted a blog about what England would have been doing to be ready to bounce back from the Lords test debacle. We’re…

One of the things about being in a competitive environment is that you’re always on the brink of winning or losing. So knowing how to learn from success or deal with defeat is a key part of performing. For example with the England men’s cricket team, about to start the…

Wow, what a week of high performance heroics, hammerings and controversies! Andy Murray pretty much single handedly beat the French to propel Britain to its first Davis Cup semi final for 34 years. The Australians turned the tables on England in spectacular fashion to win the second Ashes Test. And…

Welcome to our Road to Rio series!   You’ll hopefully have seen by now that the Great Britain Women’s Hockey qualified for Rio with a superb series of performances throughout the World Hockey League in Valencia. They won the whole tournament, winning every match they played, and happily booking the…

Could you put your team’s needs ahead of your own, and if so could you, do you, do that at work? Riding the Tour de France needs all the usual ingredients of elite sporting success… meticulous preparation, focus, determination, physical stamina, mental toughness. It also needs the unwaveringly clear mindset…

The Red Devils hit the news with a bang this weekend. On a routine airshow display in Cumbria, an extraordinary – and potentially catastrophic - incident happened. While performing a ‘stack’ manoeuver at 18,000 feet, the parachute of a Red Devil skydiver failed to open properly, resulting in the skydiver…

Sir Bradley Wiggins was satisfied with his world record breaking performance yesterday. Here's an insight into Sir Bradley's thoughts about how he was going to think during the hour, "There's nothing else to think about other than a black line. Knowing your body and how far you can push yourself."…

All the talk of zero hours contracts during the election campaign focused on the two predictable sides of the debate. Businesses need them so they can remain flexible and competitive in uncertain times (though it’s unclear when business will think times are certain and that even if they did, whether…