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My articles provide insights to business and life through the lens of sport, principally cricket.
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A Culture Success

A Culture of Success – Part 1

by John Buchanan
What made the Australian cricket team such a successful outfit over a long period of time? The team was able to maintain an unprecedented win ratio of 75 per cent or better in both Tests and One-Day Internationals for more than seven years between Oct 1999 and June 2007. If…
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Culture of Success

A Culture of Success – Part 2

by John Buchanan
In this second article of the three part series, I look at further attributes of a success culture driving team performance. The next element that plays its part in enhancing the culture of success is tradition. Tradition is all about legacies from the past – the handing down of events, symbols, and…
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Social Phenomenon

Social Phenomenon

by John Buchanan
It takes a lot to lure Indians away from shopping malls and movie theatres, for house wives to switch off television soaps and watch cricket. But the 2008 Indian Premier League did just that. At the end of the inaugural competition a report tabled by businessmen Al Yasmin Shah and…
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Recent Test Series

Recent Test series Aust v NZ analysis

by John Buchanan
(data supplied by Krishna Tunga www.allthatcricket.com ) It was an interesting series, but the Blackcaps came well under-prepared. The numbers bear out the 2-0 result All teams around the world over the last 10 years or more have reduced the amount of cricket they play as preparation for an overseas tour. This…
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Test Cricket History

Test Cricket History

by John Buchanan
(data supplied by Krishna Tunga  http://allthatcricket.com/) What do you see from this graph? Are we not satisfied with 3 in every 4 games are producing a result? Most results are occurring late on 4th day or part way through 5th day Do we need a pink ball and day/night Test cricket?…
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Peak Performance Coach

The Gloves are off for change to the selection system

by John Buchanan
With the exit of former Australian Test gloveman, Rod Marsh as chairman of the Australian selection panel, it is a very appropriate time to consider new options for the national selection system. While I am not close to Australian cricket as I once was, I do hear from time to…
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The Iconic Test Matches

by John Buchanan
Story in the Sydney Morning Herald – John Buchanan calls for MCG Boxing Day and SCG New Year’s Tests to be dumped A little more background to the story if you have read it, and to start with the iconic Test matches. I have suggested that if CA deem the need…
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Leave Your Legacy

The first 2 steps to be undertaken post-MOU

by John Buchanan
While there is plenty to be done to complete a workable 4 year MOU between CA and ACA, it will get done – nothing surer. It is a necessity for both organisations. Beyond signing the new agreement, what are some of the outcomes? My business, Buchanan Success Coaching is about…
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Coaching -what is it?

by John Buchanan
You can get some ideas on coaching from my website. LINK   And while I think it gives some deeper insight than this animated version, I do think this little youtube clip is a very useful reminder of the process of coaching.   It takes the viewer through – Meet Vision…
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The end of my Sporting Career

by John Buchanan
“I am coming to the end of my Sporting career……….what do I do next??!!” This is a question most athletes who have played full-time, professional sport will face at some point in their career. In fact, it is not just athletes, but it is also the coaches and officials who…
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A coach and a leader with a unique perspective on the world, John is at home in any environment which seeks change, a desire for peak performance, and a vision to be the world’s best.

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This world champion coaching model will provide you, your team and your business with a road map to the top and the sacrificial acts that world champion teams embrace to give the best chance of having a “PB day”, every day at work.

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