There seems to be a lot of chat about cuts today, so we thought we'd better jump on the bandwagon! We actually like cuts, from a high performance perspective of course. When you cut stuff out that you've been used to, it really makes you start thinking about what matters…

We'd love you to have a look at this and let us know what you think. Let us help you deliver elite performance in your workplace. It'd be great to help you find your elite performance recipe.

Interesting research and nice food for thought that the assertions about using "don't" as part of self talk or instructions, might not always have a detrimental impact on performance. We recommend that you do, and don't read this... just to cover our bases! Thanks as usual to the very excellent…

So, we've been having a few discussions recently about the kind of work we do... Someone called us "trainers" the other day, which is interesting, because we don't see ourselves in that way at all. We actually see ourselves as experts in performance and that got us thinking. It's pretty…

Seems only right that we do our bit to raise awareness of this scheme in London. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MemuUw1pP_M

What works for you when a big event is approaching - Do you prefer to count-down the days that you have left in order to put the pressure on to get ready in time? Maybe you prefer to count-up the days to the deadline so you feel like you're building…

There's a definition of learning in some areas of psychology that goes along the lines of: "Learning is only said to have taken place when you can observe a relatively permanent change in behaviour." We find that a very useful performance focused definition as it really makes us make sure…

Seems a little strange to us that confidence is so important, yet treated so strangely. Just think, if you're not feeling that confident, it's not really the done thing to go around letting people know that you're not feeling very confident (wow, they're on the way out) and could do…

In this 3 minute video on the BBC Sport website, Mike Singletary, coach of US football's San Francisco 49ers and GB's Olympic gold medal winning rower Mark Hunter compare notes and similarities on what it takes to achieve greatness in whatever you do. We love the refernces to beliefs, teams…