Road to Rio – We need to qualify

Chris Shambrook
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…
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Team goals and the Tour de France

Chris Shambrook
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…
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Mentally Prepare with Sophie Radcliffe

Chris Shambrook
Over the past year, we’ve been supporting our K2 Ambassador, Sophie Radcliffe get ready for some of the inspirational challenges she’s taken on. Her most recent challenge was the Mont-Blanc Vertical KM. Attracting a world class field, it’s a gruelling 3.8km race where runners climb 1000m of vertical height –…
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Planning like the Red Devils

Chris Shambrook
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…
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5 tips to become performance ready

Chris Shambrook
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."…
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Zero hours contracts – a dark place for motivation

Chris Shambrook
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…
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Prepared for a high performing team?

Chris Shambrook
As someone who helps lead a team of human performance experts working with some great people and organisations in elite sport and the business world around the globe, I really care about it and I really believe it matters and can make a massive difference to those who are prepared…
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Adversity

Chris Shambrook
Some performance reflections from our CEO... “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”, said Mike Tyson and I think there’s a lot of truth in that. I’m not saying plans don’t matter; they do if you’re serious about being well prepared. Tyson’s quote says two things…
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Performance at work – Rory McIlroy

Chris Shambrook
As Easter is upon us, it’s maybe appropriate to write something about coming back from the dead! In the world of performance at work, literally coming back from the dead is highly unusual, however in a demanding and competitive world, having to deal with setback, disappointment and adversity is commonplace.…
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The power of uniting goals – six nations rugby final day games

Chris Shambrook
The final day of six nations rugby produced a thrilling finale and some amazing, attacking rugby (from all six teams). It also provided some insight into the enormous motivational and performance benefits of some clear, shared and uniting goals. Clearly all three of the teams chasing the six nations title…
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