This is so good, we thought we should put it on our blog and bring attention to the messages AXA are promoting at the moment. Our experience of working with some of their front line teams also allows us to see how the attitudes within this great commercial are actually…

Self leadership is perhaps the common denominator of all of the great people we've worked with. Sure they're great at leading other people but this is always possible because they start by leading themselves. These great leaders constantly know that they need to challenge themselve to be ready to "perform"…

Do you work with people in sales? You should really check out our elitesales performance system® . We're getting some consistently wonderful reviews about this programme and the impact it's having on even the most hardened of sales professionals. We love the idea of "earning your place on the team",…

For any people interested in the psychology of sport... why not buy this lovely new book? You'll see in there a contribution about our work within the GB Rowing team... go on, treat yourselves! (or buy it for someone who's studying in this area! might be a better option)

In some research we were involved in a few years ago, we found a couple of interesting things out about people who were voted as very mentally tough by folks who understood their world. First thing was that mentally tough people had confidence that didn't break down easily - it…

Your 8 best or your best 8? Parallels nicely with our experience of helping to shape these mindsets, rather than simply observe them and comment on what is witnessed. Being focussed on "how do we need to be, as individuals and a crew?" is very different from simply observing "how…

so, for April you can only be judged on one thing... your colleagues will shape their view of you based around this one thing... your managers and leaders will identify your value to the business based upon this same one thing... people outside of the business will make their judgements…

If you do a great job of developing your confidence because you; 1. know your strengths 2. value those strengths 3. know how to exploit those strengths consistently, then it is very likely that you can keep asking a simple question of yourself in order to perform at your best…

All of this blogging has been really useful for us. It's helped us work up a very focussed presentation that focusses on performing in challenging circumstances and the specific lessons that were learned in preparation for the Beijing Olympics. We've got some pretty simple and clear mindset messages that we…

I was out running today - well I say running, it's more a form of shuffling along where at certain points both feet are off the ground so it qualifies as running from a technical perspective...anyway, it was feeling tough and then I met someone I knew who was cycling…