Elite Performance in action…

Chris Shambrook
What a stunning performance from Team GB Cycling yesterday at the World Championships in the mens road race. The entire team effort (3 years in the planning) was executed with a superb collective commitment to a plan and some individual brilliance by all of the team members to ensure the…
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Feedback and performance reviews

Chris Shambrook
We know that elite level athletes, unlike their corporate counterparts, often spend more time training than performing as training is central to their performance. Similarly elite athletes can compete on learning through performance reviews (whilst corporate meetings tend to focus on operational issues - sometimes exclusively - rather than improving)…
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Engagement – don’t kid yourself it’s the answer

Chris Shambrook
Well I guess it depends on the question you're asking. And let's make something clear - we know and believe that engagement is a key component for high performance. As well as being a good thing, that's also the problem. It's a component, not the whole thing. Engagement does something…
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Take care of yourself to take care of your performance

Chris Shambrook
As well as working with corporate performers on the mental side of their performance, on their tactics, on how to exploit their technical knowledge, on building their support team and on understanding their environment; we also talk regularly about the physical aspects of performing. Whether you're working 35 hours, 5…
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Team performance – permission to excel?

Chris Shambrook
We often run a very simple exercise with teams that we work with which encourages individuals members to trade strengths with each other and talk about the things that they see each other being great at for the team. The exercise is always well received, with loads of energy and…
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What do you stand for?

Chris Shambrook
Here's our latest thought piece, written by Keith. If you'd like it in a pretty PDF form, then let us know and we'll send you it. Enjoy. I’ve got a Superman tattoo and I sometimes get asked why - mainly by my exasperated and disappointed mother but not exclusively. Perhaps…
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Dealing with disappointment

Chris Shambrook
Ravi Bopara’s back in the England cricket team squad for today’s test match against India two years to the week after his last test appearance for England. It was interesting to hear him talking on Monday about what is going on between his ears and how important he feels that…
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Is there such a thing as a ‘born winner?’

Chris Shambrook
Is there such a thing as a 'born winner?' In the run up to the British Open golf this week Tom Watson has been talking about the game’s new young rising star Rory McIlroy, and about winning. He says he believes that McIlroy will have learned important lessons through losing…
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7 High performance characteristics

Chris Shambrook
Below are some of the characteristics high performing people (and teams) have - 1. Practise relentlessly on fundamentals 2. Lead with strengths 3. Exploit talent (own and that of those around you) 4. Own your feedback 5. Focus your desire to improve on the right thing at the right time…
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The Sales Club

Chris Shambrook
We always talk to people we work with about the importance of celebrating success, so we're delighted to celebrate a recent success with everyone who reads our blog, by sharing a link to The Sales Club blog that has just gone up. It's great to get this kind of feedback…
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