There’s a trap that many on air performers fall into. It doesn’t seem to matter about experience or market size, we hear this misstep on the air all the time. Once we point it out to the jocks they immediately bring their palm to their forehead as if to say, “of course! I knew that!” […]
The label coach is thrown around a lot in business. Managers seem quick to describe themselves as a coach just because they are responsible for overseeing a team. It is not uncommon for managers to see themselves as a good coach just because they get results and are liked by those they are responsible for. This desire to be seen as […]
Great talent is the engine that propels our business forward. Talent who can see the opportunities the rest of us are blind to are essential for any company’s future growth. They help our brands establish a meaningful place in the minds and hearts of our consumers. They differentiate us. Through challenging the status quo, they […]
We are in business to win. Winning is the only desirable outcome. The secret to winning, and to the continuation of winning, is to build the best team. It is essential to form a cohesive group of individuals all working to achieve the same goal. Having a bullet proof strategy and precision execution are essential […]
Mediocre performance is a virus. Once an individual becomes infected it spreads quickly and with vigour into their psyche. If an individual becomes infected mediocrity can start to spread to others and before long it’s bringing everyone down, crippling your team’s chances of peak performance. Most teams are mediocre. They just aren’t that good. They […]
My understanding of success and failure has been wrong. For as long as I can remember my beliefs about success and failure have been inaccurate, or at the very least incomplete. I have been living with a huge misconception about the relationship between success and failure. Recently though, I had a moment of realization. I […]
Perseverance is something all winners have. It’s not the ingredient that guarantees their success but without it there is no success. Perseverance is the energy that propels winners forward. You will not find success without possessing a high level of perseverance. Achieving any level of success is ultimately dependent on you. Your mindset dictates the […]
Top performance is hard to sustain. We have all experienced times when we are not performing at our best. We can feel those moments as they occur; we just intuitively know we could – even should – be performing at a higher level. When we are at our best – those moments of high performance […]
Having a winning mindset is the most powerful tool in achieving success! Often you see and hear sport coaches and athletes talk publically – and proudly – about the need to develop a winning mindset; the need to have a “positive mental attitude.” It has always surprised me that outside of sports this way of […]
“I don’t have time to teach them, I just need it fixed.” Those were the words that fell out of a manager’s mouth while we were discussing the performance of an individual on their team. Actually there was an expletive or two used but I have omitted those. Who hasn’t felt like that before? I […]
