If I asked you to suggest some names that might occupy the title of a team, a business, an organization that is a market leader, a peak performance team, pending on your location and experiences some names would be Microsoft, Apple, Google, Walt Disney, Mercedes, The Beatles, the Bolshoi Ballet,…
During my time as Coach of the Australian Cricket team, I had the absolute privilege to meet some of the world’s most honoured leaders – from the Queen, to Prime Ministers and Presidents, to CEO’s and Board members of large global corporates, to religious leaders and of course to internationally…
In the distance, steepling above the horizon, is Mt Everest. Then young mountain climber, Michael Groom had just scaled Cho Oyu (8612m), the sixth highest peak on the planet. His dream was to not only climb Everest, but also to climb all five highest peaks in the world without the…
(adapted from John Buchanan, If Better is Possible) How Many Times have you been confronted with a problem or a task that seems impossible to solve … until someone else comes along and solves it quickly because they view it from a different perspective? I am a great admirer of…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/12/02/fresh-insights-from-clayton-christensen-on-disruptive-innovation/ Three types of disruptive innovation and some still sit outside 1. Market -creating 2. Sustaining 3. Efficiency 4. Outside Christensen brings theories to realities. He and interviewer Steve Denning provide clear examples of the various ‘disruptors’ to the table so that the reader can clearly understand the theory. The question is – Where…
https://theconversation.com/in-charging-essendon-worksafe-puts-all-sport-on-notice-50396?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+November+11+2015+-+3791&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+November+11+2015+-+3791+CID_4bd06163107d84c059791902b7254218&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=In%20charging%20Essendon%20WorkSafe%20puts%20all%20sport%20on%20notice Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) has always been present in sport if not under such an institutionalized label. Such issues as having – • First Aid available at sporting fixtures • Qualified and accredited coaches to conduct athlete training • Similarly qualified officials to adjudicate contests • Increasing regulatory controls around concussion and…
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/players-are-the-ones-who-makes-games-great-20151126-gl8wou Having read Martin Flanagan’s recent article, “Players are the ones who makes games great” where he sides with Shane Warne’s view that coaches are virtually irrelevant for good teams, or possibly any teams. I must say that he does get some aspects of professional sport correct. He uses the…
(the next in a series of articles taken from my book, If Better is Possible) One of the most important roles as a coach is to make yourself redundant. In fact it is the role of every parent as they help the growth of their children from the cradle to…
Michael Clarke has presided as captain through a period of highs and lows of Australian cricket. With the release of his Ashes diary, we gain some insight to Michael’s methods of captaincy, his leadership and the importance of team culture as a means to produce high performance outcomes. There is…
Technology causes friction between the integrity of a game and the game as an entertainment vehicle. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/sports/baseball/questions-in-baseball-over-unintended-consequence-of-instant-replay.html?_r=2&utm_source=SportTechie+Updates&utm_campaign=5995074f90-SportTechie_Daily_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d2e0c085b-5995074f90-213584365 I have and will always be a huge fan of technology, and how it can be best used to improve the skills and development of the game, as well as providing a significantly…
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