Jon Norfolk is head of coaching at one of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic programmes, British Cycling. Jon is another of our guests that has experienced competing and coaching in different cultures and environments. Having worked previously with the Australian Track Cycling Team and been head coach of the hugely successful GB Paralympic cycling programme, he was also both an International cyclist in his own right and also cycled as a tandem partner including setting a world record in the kilo at the 2008 Paralympic World Cup.
We chatted about coaching the athlete In front of you and not the programme, individualisation and performance planning, the importance of having plenty of tools available to you as a coach as well as how he measures and monitors performance. He’s really easy to chat to and a very humble guy and I start with asking what excites him.
Show Notes:
British Cycling - https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/
Australian Track Cycling Team - https://www.auscycling.org.au/
Jason Queally - https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/jason-queally/69LWPBVXJblHRlPC4Y5b8F
Chris Hoy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoy
Craig MacLean - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_MacLean
Rio Paralympics - https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016
Marginal Gains - https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains
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Scott Drawer is the current Director of Sport at Millfield School, one of the UK’s leading independent school’s. Before that he was Head of Research and Innovation at UK Sport and also held positions as Athletic Performance Manager at the Rugby Football Union and worked in the Sky Performance Hub in Cycling.
I first met Scott in his role at UK Sport almost 15 years ago as I asked him to help me tap into the amazing work being done across the UK sport innovation and research network to help the England sevens programme I was running at the time .
His varied experiences made this a wide-ranging an incredibly interesting conversation covering innovation, technology, leadership, teaching, coaching, learning environments and a whole lot more.
Show Notes:
Millfield School - https://www.millfieldschool.com/
UK Sport - https://www.uksport.gov.uk/
RFU - https://www.englandrugby.com/home
Giro d’Italia - https://www.giroditalia.it/en/
Grand Tour - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_(cycling)
Secret Squrrel Club - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/22525004
English Institue of Sport - https://eis2win.co.uk/
McClaren and BAE Systems - https://www.f1technical.net/news/2022
Sir David Brailsford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brailsford
Chris Boardman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Boardman
England Rugby Sevens - https://www.englandrugby.com/england/sevens-men#index
Sir Clive Woodward - https://www.clivewoodward.com/
Ineos Grenadiers Cycling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ineos_Grenadiers
Marginal Gains - https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains
Professor Dave Snowden - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Snowden
Robin Dunbar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Dunbar
Dunbar’s Number - https://bbc.in/3wRTjW4
Professor Steve Peters - https://chimpmanagement.com/professor-steve-peters/
Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick book ‘How Learning Happens' - https://amzn.to/3GBoEAO
General Stanley McChrystal book ’Team of Teams’ - https://amzn.to/3lZcmcf
Alex Pentland book ’Social Physics’ - https://amzn.to/3PUQiNu
Robin Dunbar book ‘Evolution’ - https://amzn.to/3m1dWKx
Bayern Munich Mirage - https://bit.ly/3z9ybgN
LA Lakers Dynasty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Time:_The_Rise_of_the_Lakers_Dynasty
The Last Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(miniseries)
Cheer Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_(TV_series)
Last Chance U - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_U
Henry Ford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
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This week its part 2 of my chat with former footballer Robbie Elliott. Robbie spent two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total. Last week we chatted about his own playing career and some of the iconic managers he worked under including Ossie Ardilles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson.
This week we focus on his career post playing from his role at Newcastle in the sports science department to moving to the US to join the Nike research lab and the other performance work he’s been involved since his retirement. It’s a fascinating and insightful journey.
Show Notes:
Mark Hulse - https://www.nufcblog.com/2009/06/27/coaches-hulse-and-elliott-leave-newcastle-for-liverpool/
Nike Portland Headquarters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqsUfK2N1o
Nike European Headquarters - https://jobs.nike.com/ehq
Nike’s Innovation Kitchen - https://www.freshnessmag.com/2016/09/20/wired-magazine-nike-innovation-kitchen/
England Rugby Sevens - https://www.englandrugby.com/england/sevens-men#index
Seb Coe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Coe
LeBron James - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James
Tiger Woods - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods
LA Sports Teams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Los_Angeles
Red Bull Facility - https://www.si.com/edge/2015/05/08/sweat-mecca-red-bull-high-performance-center
Malcolm Gladwell Books - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Malcolm-Gladwell/e/B000APOE98?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1653303486&sr=8-2
The Checklist Manifesto Book by Atul Gawande - https://amzn.to/3G7Jk3m
Maradona Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuErPYsoaR4
Living With The Lions Documentary - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Lions-Sir-Ian-McGeechan/dp/B0733RMVQ7
One Night In Turin Documentary - https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Night-Turin-Gary-Oldman/dp/B07N126MYG
ESPN 30 For 30 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30
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After last weeks chat with Darius Charles, we stay on the football theme with another ex Professional footballer, Robbie Elliott. Robbie had almost two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for his beloved Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total, which also included spells at Sunderland, Leeds, Hartlepool and an eventful four years at Bolton Wanderers.
Over his career, he’ worked under some iconic managers including Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson and we chat about all of those managers and the twists and turns Robbie had across his career and his learning from that.
I met Robbie first when he was working for the Nike research lab and he’s forged a career in sports technology, innovation and performance since his retirement. All of that we will chat about in part two next week, but as we sat outside the bustling Westfield shopping centre in West London, we started with Robbie’s time in the Newcastle academy and how that compares to the modern-day set-up.
Show Notes:
Southampton Football Club - https://www.southamptonfc.com/
Alan Shearer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shearer
Gateshead Stadium - https://www.gogateshead.com/article/5829/Gateshead-International-Stadium
Newcastle Football Club - https://www.nufc.co.uk/
Ossie Ardiles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Ardiles
YTS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Training_Scheme
Alan Thompson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1973)
Lee Clark - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Clark_(footballer)
Steve Watson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Watson
Jim Smith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer,_born_1940)
Middlesborough Football Club - https://www.mfc.co.uk/
Bobby Saxton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Saxton
Roy Aitken - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Aitken
John Burridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burridge
ACL Injury - https://mayocl.in/3MuoxcM
Lilleshall - https://www.lilleshallnsc.co.uk/nsc/
Kevin Keegan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Keegan
Newcastle promotion against Grimsby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNk_W6CFJKw
Rob Lee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lee
John Beresford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beresford_(footballer)
Les Ferdinand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ferdinand
David Ginola - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ginola
Brian Kilcline - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kilcline
Kevin Sheedy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sheedy_(Irish_footballer)
David Kelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(association_footballer)
Steve Howey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Howey_(footballer)
Faustino Asprilla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustino_Asprilla
Barry Venison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Venison
Peter Beardsley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Beardsley
David Batty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Batty
Zone Of Optional Function - https://bit.ly/3Nk3YzD
Kenny Dalglish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish
Alex Ferguson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson
PLC - https://bit.ly/3wuJKMU
Bolton Wanderers Football Club - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.
Steve Black - https://bit.ly/38woNJm
Earl Barrett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Barrett
Michael Appleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Appleton
Colin Todd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Todd
Sam Allardyce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Allardyce
Charlie Brown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown
MLS - https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Arsene Wenger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger
Sir Bobby Robson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Robson
Freddie Shepherd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Shepherd
Northumbria University - https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/
Bike for Bobby - https://bit.ly/3wlhNYZ=
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This week I’m delighted to bring you a chat with someone who grabs life by both hands, former footballer Darius Charles.
Darius retired from professional footballer just a matter of weeks ago after playing professionally for sixteen years for the likes of Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford and most recently, AFC Wimbledon.
We talk about how he feels about that and also the journey football has taken him on personally. His mum had him when she was sixteen years old and Darius has had plenty of obstacles over his life that he has managed to overcome and use as the energy he brings to everyone he meets.
We had this conversation in a recording studio close to where Darius spent a large part of his childhood, in Hanwell, West London. Darius is currently being followed by a documentary crew and our conversation in the studio will be part of a programme called ’Sidelines’, which will be out later in the year.
I got to know Darius about a year ago and since then I’ve always enjoyed and looked forward to every conversation we have ever had. As he says himself, he’s a very fiery character and I think by the end of this conversation you will see how he is using that desire in a positive way, a passion that will change lives.
We talk about role models, creating opportunities and being self-sufficient, the fear of your career always being one manager’s decision away from ending as well as dealing with being loaned out and Injured. But we start with that difficult decision to hang up his boots.
Show Notes:
Brentford Football Club - https://www.brentfordfc.com/
Helen Keller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
Scott Fitzgerald - https://bit.ly/3ysK4y0
Thurrock Football Club - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurrock_F.C.
Nathan Broome - https://bit.ly/3wlzQgg
Gareth Ainsworth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Ainsworth
Graham Westley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Westley
Social Identity Theory - https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-identity-theory
Paulo Coelho book ’The Alchemist’ - https://amzn.to/3vYJcj1
Don Miguel Ruiz book ’The Four Agreements’ - https://amzn.to/3yu8KXe
The Last Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQk2hJs2ToA
Michael Jordan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
Bill Cartwright - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cartwright
Chicago Bulls - https://www.nba.com/bulls/
Steve Kerr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr
Phil Jackson’s book ‘Eleven Rings’ - https://amzn.to/3yrOFk4
Jay Shetty’s Podcast - https://apple.co/3yrOQMg
Jake Humphrey's High Performance Podcast - https://apple.co/3whdZ9Y
Steven Bartlett’s Podcast - https://apple.co/3l0BdMh
Erwin Valencia’s Podcast Episode - https://apple.co/38gxqaI
Maya Angelou - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou
Kendrick Lamar - https://www.kendricklamar.com/
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This is the second part of the conversation I had with Leinster Rugby senior coach, Stuart Lancaster who has held senior leadership positions at many levels of the game including being the former England Rugby head coach. In part one we chatted about the foundations of culture, putting teams together and knowing your own personal strengths and weaknesses. In this episode we jump around a bit again and touch on subjects like managing time and energy, continual learning and the art of teaching, but to kick things of I asked him what traits best describe him as a coach.
Show Notes:
Kevin Bowring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bowring
Brian Ashton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ashton_(rugby_union)
Bill Beswick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Beswick
Rod MacQueen’s Autobiography - https://amzn.to/3vsMElQ
Australian RWC Team - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team
Newbury Rugby - https://www.newburyrugby.co.uk/teams/42243
Joe Marchant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Marchant_(rugby_union)
Sarah Milne Rowe book 'SHED - https://amzn.to/3OHYQXw
Warren Gatland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Gatland
Owen Eastwood - ‘Belonging’ - https://amzn.to/3k796dO
Owen Eastwood Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000529539010
Leaders In Sport - https://leadersinsport.com/
South African Cricket Team - https://bit.ly/3s0HECS
Sophie Goldschmidt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Goldschmidt
Michael Ala’Alatoa - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/player?PlayGuid=MA209308
Scott Robertson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Robertson_(rugby_union)
Doug Lemov - https://my.chartered.college/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1.-Cold-Calling.pdf
Doug Lemoff book ‘A Coaches Guide To Teaching’ - https://amzn.to/38zBUZU
Leeds Carneigie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Carnegie
John Wooden - 'Wooden On Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3vHutHZ
Ric Charlesworth - 'World’s Best’ - https://amzn.to/3K76tDm
Bill Walsh - ’The Score Takes Care Of Itself’ - https://amzn.to/3vDNcV2
Jim Collins book ‘Good To Great’ - https://amzn.to/3kqvGOK
Kevin Murray’s books - https://amzn.to/3krJjNw
John C. Maxwell - ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect’ - https://amzn.to/3vKkm5a
Jon Gordon - ’The Power Of Positive Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3rOswZ0
Dave Hadfield - https://coachscompanion.com/dave-hadfield/
Stuart’s Book Recommendations:
Alistair Brownlee - ‘Relentless’ - https://amzn.to/3Lfhp3c
Kevin Murray - 'Charismatic Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3vDNSK4
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner - ‘Learning Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3Mqokqv
Patrick Lencioni ’The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team’ - https://amzn.to/3EM4wek
More About Stuart Lancaster:
Leinster Website Profile - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/staff/stuart-lancaster/
Website - https://www.stuartlancaster.com/leadership
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Lancaster_(rugby_union)
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-lancaster-20a549143/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Todays show is the first part of another brilliant conversation, this time with rugby coach Stuart Lancaster.
Stuart is currently coaching Leinster Rugby and he’s held leadership, management and coaching positions at many levels of the game including being the former England Rugby head coach. I’ve also worked with Stuart during my time at England Rugby and have coached against him during his time at Leeds and we discuss that time in both our lives later in this show. He’s a wealth of knowledge around a whole host of topics and over the two shows we delve into leadership, joining new organisations, transitioning from one role to another, creating and maintaining cultures as well as a tonne and of references to books and resources that has helped Stuart continue his learning journey and we started with Stuart explaining where he sees culture sitting in the construction area of a high performance environment.
Show Notes:
Jim Collins Book ‘Good To Great’ - https://amzn.to/38myPfx
Leinster Rugby - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/
Leo Cullen - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/staff/leo-cullen/
Performance Clock - https://wgcoaching.com/the-performance-clock-the-most-important-concept-in-high-performance-sport/
Kettlethorpe High School - https://kettlethorpehigh.co.uk/
Andy Farrell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Farrell
Graham Rowntree - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Rowntree
Social Identity Theory - https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html
Daryl Powell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Powell
Simon Middleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Middleton
England Saxons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_A_national_rugby_union_team
Guy Easterby - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/staff/guy-easterby/
Robin McBride - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/staff/john-fogarty/
Stuart Hooper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hooper
Paul Sackey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sackey
Russell Earnshaw - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Earnshaw
Wayne Bennett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Bennett_(rugby_league)
Alastair Clarkson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Clarkson
Francois Pienaar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_Pienaar
England Cricket - https://www.ecb.co.uk/
Queensland Reds - https://reds.rugby/
Counties Manukau - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_Manukau_Rugby_Football_Union
Steve Jobs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Matthew Syed Book 'Rebel Ideas’ - https://amzn.to/3kaByvo
David Brailsford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brailsford
British Cycling - https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/
Team Sky - https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/article/team-sky-to-become-team-ineos
Martin Glenn - https://www.thefa.com/news/2018/dec/13/martin-glenn-statement-131218
Gareth Southgate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Southgate
Other Book’s That Stuart Recommends:
Bill Walsh - ’The Score Takes Care Of Itself’ - https://amzn.to/3vDNcV2
John Wooden - 'Wooden On Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3vHutHZ
Ric Charlesworth - 'World’s Best’ - https://amzn.to/3K76tDm
John C. Maxwell - ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect’ - https://amzn.to/3vKkm5a
Alistair Brownlee - ‘Relentless’ - https://amzn.to/3Lfhp3c
Jon Gordon - ’The Power Of Positive Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3rOswZ0
Kevin Murray - 'Charismatic Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3vDNSK4
Owen Eastwood - ‘Belonging’ - https://amzn.to/3k796dO
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner - ‘Learning Leadership’ - https://amzn.to/3Mqokqv
Patrick Lencioni ’The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team’ - https://amzn.to/3EM4wek
More About Stuart Lancaster:
Leinster Website Profile - https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/staff/stuart-lancaster/
Website - https://www.stuartlancaster.com/leadership
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Lancaster_(rugby_union)
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-lancaster-20a549143/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Thanks to the following for their great questions which formed the basis of this week’s Ask Me Anything show.
On Twitter - Brad Allen, Simon Young, Bruce, Luke O’Mahony, Jack, Chris, Nimi, Tuma
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Show Notes:
Loughborough University - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/
Plato - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato
Social Identity Theory - https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html
Megan Reitz & John Higgins 'Speak Up’ book - https://amzn.to/3rzFnOY
Firth of Forth Bridge - https://www.theforthbridges.org/
Andy Milburn Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000552662688
Erwin Valencia Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000512347709
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang ‘Rest' book - https://amzn.to/3rz6Y2A
Sara Milne Rowe ‘The Shed Method’ book - https://amzn.to/3JY2CZ9
John Sutherland Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000556378780
Richard Powers ’The Overstory’ book - https://amzn.to/37wlfGv
Ben McIntyre’s 'Rouge Heroes' book - https://amzn.to/3OqXct2
Brett Davison England Sevens Physio - https://twitter.com/PhysioBrett?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Orlando Von Eindiesel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_von_Einsiedel
White Helmets Documentary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Helmets_(film)
Virunga Documentary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_(film)
Convergence Documentary - https://bit.ly/37oZBUM
Dan Norton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Norton
Cardinal Wiseman School - https://www.wiseman.ealing.sch.uk/
Dr Austin Swain Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000514175556
Captain Class Book - https://amzn.to/3L0E8jg
Osea Kolinisau Poscast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000530222674
Greg Barden Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000517987445
Cork Constitution Rugby Club - http://www.corkcon.ie/
Ray Dalio ‘Principles' book - https://amzn.to/3MitFQE
Bridgewater Investment Company - https://www.bridgewater.com/
HSBC Sevens World Series - https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/?lang=en
Waisale Serevi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waisale_Serevi
Fiji Sevens Olympic Team - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team
Larkhill Barracks - https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/south-west/salisbury-larkhill
Frank Bainimarama - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bainimarama
Sevens Heaven - https://amzn.to/3Miax54
Tom Fordyce Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000510319664
Joe De Sena Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000531667090
Jim Loehr Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000554943608
Jim Loehr 'Leading With Character' book - https://amzn.to/3v6dL6h
Jim Loehr 'The Power Of Story' book - https://amzn.to/3Oq1EIu
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It's part two of my conversation with former Met Police Superintendent, John Sutherland. From sieges that shut down London, to the time he got things very wrong when communicating to his team and his own personal battle with his mental health, this is another cracking episode, and we pick up from where we left off, talking about Leadership and perhaps it’s most important trait.
Show Notes:
Jurgen Klopp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klopp
Chief Superintendent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_superintendent
The Siege Of London - https://bit.ly/37CKDtH
Tottenham Court Road - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road
Stephen Fry on mental health - https://bit.ly/3LZX1Df
Ruby Wax on mental health - https://bit.ly/3vcaOQj
The Body Keeps The Score book - https://amzn.to/3Egcwo1
Mahatmu Gandhi Quote - https://bit.ly/3xjQnDN
Hugh Jackman on Tim Ferris - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show/id863897795?i=1000480367239
Shawshank Redemption - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB3S9bIaco
Mark Kermode’s Book on the Shawshank Redemption - https://amzn.to/3jnk6U9
Bruce Cockburn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn
Martin Luther King - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
These Three Remain Quote - https://bit.ly/3xjR3cj
More About John Sutherland:
Website - https://policecommander.wordpress.com/about/
Media Agency - https://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/john-sutherland/
Twitter - @policecommander
‘Blue’ book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3r2qSCY
‘Crossing The Line’ book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3r5ceL7
’The Siege’ book - https://policecommander.wordpress.com/the-siege/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibl3M4dTF2U
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-sutherland-61994992/?originalSubdomain=uk
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John Sutherland joined the Met Police in 1992 after receiving the baton of honour, presented to the outstanding student during an officer’s basic training. He quickly rose through the ranks and as it says on the back cover of his first book 'Blue', experienced all that is extraordinary about a life in blue: saving lives, finding the lost, comforting the broken and helping taking the dangerous people off the streets. With the highs came the lows and in 2013 John suffered a major nervous breakdown and we talk about and how he’s managed to wrestle control back, later in the podcast.
A third book and his first in the fiction category 'The Siege' is on its way, straddling his second book 'Crossing The Line' and before getting into subjects like hostage negotiation, the art of listening and the reason for becoming a policeman in the first place, we spoke about why he started writing and the routines around that.
Show Notes:
Jose Mourinho - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho
Jurgen Klopp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klopp
‘Blue’ book - https://amzn.to/3r2qSCY
‘Crossing The Line’ book - https://amzn.to/3r5ceL7
’The Siege’ book - https://policecommander.wordpress.com/the-siege/
Ben’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1474608272/
Tom Fordyce - https://twitter.com/tomfordyce?lang=en
Jim Kwik's book ‘Limitless’ - https://amzn.to/37neYN6
Damascus Road - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/road+to+Damascus
Hammersmith Broadway -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammersmith_Broadway
Lancashire Police - https://www.lancashire.police.uk/
Ben’s Olympic Gold Medal - https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/ben-ryan-fiji-olympic-sevens-rugby-187712
The Shawshank Redemption Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzuHjWmXOc
Andy Millburn Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000552662688
Boston Consultancy Group - https://www.bcg.com/en-gb/
Dog Day Afternoon Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STmwLDDBcI
Phil Williams Head of Scotland Yard Hostage Unit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-williams-30242363/?originalSubdomain=uk
Chinese Symbol For Listening - https://rwwleadership.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/the-chinese-symbol-for-listening/
More About John Sutherland:
Website - https://policecommander.wordpress.com/about/
Media Agency - https://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/john-sutherland/
Twitter - @policecommander
‘Blue’ book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3r2qSCY
‘Crossing The Line’ book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3r5ceL7
’The Siege’ book - https://policecommander.wordpress.com/the-siege/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibl3M4dTF2U
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-sutherland-61994992/?originalSubdomain=uk
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My guest this week questions the idea of what success is and how most people can look at sport and life in a very different way.
Laurence Halsted is a double-Olympian, a fencer who achieved European medals as well helping to take the GB fencing programme from amateur to professional and qualify for an Olympics in the team event for the first time in the modern era.
He’s a former performance director for the Danish Fencing Federation and now Director of Mentoring at The True Athlete Project as well as a performance consultant and coach. This podcast turns into a fascinating conversation that evolves around topics such as mentoring, dealing with failure and doubt, life balance and the power of positive relationships, but we start with the idea of self-compassion.
Show Notes:
Deloitte - https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/explore/home.html
Katie Warriner - https://www.theprimeclinic.co.uk/katie-warriner-psychologist
Steve Peters - https://chimpmanagement.com/professor-steve-peters/
London 2012 - https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-2012
Rio 2016 - https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016
Team Denmark - https://www.dif.dk/
Percy Cerutty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Cerutty
Herb Elliott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Elliott
Fiji Sevens Rugby Team - https://www.fijirugby.com/teams/national-7s/fijii-7s/
Sigatoka Sand Dunes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigatoka_Sand_Dunes
Chris Skelley Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-25-chris-skelley/
Owen Eastwood Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-14-owen-eastwood/
The Second Arrow Buddhist Parable - https://mindfulnessmeditation.net.au/arrow/
More About Laurence Halsted:
Personal Website - https://www.laurencehalsted.com/
The True Athlete Project Website - https://www.thetrueathleteproject.org/
TeamGB Website - https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/laurence-halsted/41H6AKeLqla6fzkNgslUth
Book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3JNaJbT
Twitter - https://twitter.com/laurencehalsted
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/laurence.halsted/photos
LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3DlWgRF
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Halsted
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Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist and cofounder of The Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute.
He has worked with hundred of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine, law enforcement, military and much, much more.
Sport clients have included tennis players Jim Courier, Monica Seles and Andre Agassi, golfers Mark O’Meara and Justin Rose, boxer Ray Mancini, Ice hockey stars Eric Lindros and Mike Richter and Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen.
He’s also the author of 17 books including 'The Only Way To Win’ and his most recent ‘Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy’, which also comes with the companion Personal Credo Journal. He also co-authored the national bestseller The Power of Full Engagement.
We bounced around a number of topics including how we listen to our inner voice, using stress to your advantage, the power of positivity, self-talk, healing, journaling and morning routines, but Jim started by giving me an overview of how he was proud to have helped so many coaches and athletes.
More About Jim Loehr:
Website - https://www.jim-loehr.com/
Books on website - https://www.jim-loehr.com/books
Books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Jim-Loehr/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AJim+Loehr
Johnson & Johnson website profile - https://www.jnj.com/jjhws/jim-loehr
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-loehr/
Email - contact@jim-loehr.com
Show Notes:
Dan Jansen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jansen
Dan Jansen Story on Episode 490 of the Tim Ferris Podcast - https://tim.blog/2020/12/28/jim-loehr-2/
Ray 'Boom Boom’ Mancini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mancini
Neuroscience - https://bit.ly/3ImvXfa
Epigenetics - https://bit.ly/3imRPfN
Nick Bollittieri Tennis Academy - https://www.imgacademy.com/people/nick-bollettieri
Andre Agassi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Agassi
Jim Courier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courier
Monica Seles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Seles
David Wheaton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wheaton
Matador - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighter
Erwin Valencia Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-4-erwin-valencia/
Jay Shetty Podcast - https://jayshetty.me/podcast/
Jay Shetty Book - https://amzn.to/3Ipqap3
James Pennebaker - https://www.changecompanies.net/blog/james-pennebaker-expressive-writing/
Joe De Sena Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-17-joe-de-sena/
Ryan Holiday - The Obstacle Is The Way Book - https://amzn.to/3ws1YQw
Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search For Learning Book - https://amzn.to/3qrH8wP
Andy Murray Resurfacing Documentary - https://amzn.to/37Fxa4q
Matt Little Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-5-matt-little/
Matt Little - Way of the Tortoise Book - https://amzn.to/350nRLw
The White Helmets Documentary - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=The%20White%20Helmets&jbv=80101827
Orlando von Einsiedal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_von_Einsiedel
Virunga Documentary - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=Virunga&jbv=80009431
Mark Twain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
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In part two of my discussion with Craig White we go into Transcendental Meditation, centering, flow states, the roles of breath, sound, touch and movement and much, much more, but we start by talking about Embodied Learning - what it means, and how it works, as well as the sensation we’ve all felt, our gut feeling.
Show Notes:
Alan Watts - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlanWattsOrg/videos
James Haskell Podcast episode with Craig - https://apple.co/3CKiKeL
NLP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming
Osea Kolinisau Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-15-osea-kolinisau/
Men Without Masks E-book - https://www.menwithoutmasks.com/blog
More About Craig White:
Website - https://www.craigwhitementoring.com/
Men Without Masks Website - https://www.menwithoutmasks.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/craigwhitementoring/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/cw_mentoring
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-white-737087a/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Craig White's credentials in rugby are impeccable. Roles at Wasps, Ireland, Wales, The British and Irish Lions as well as his journey with the Uruguay team at the last Rugby World Cup, fill his CV. He started in strength and conditioning but has added so much more at places like Bolton Wanderers Football Club, where he acted as consultant to manager Sam Alladyce.
Relating to the Bolton part of his life, there is some swearing in this section of the podcast. We don’t usually include swearing as we know the podcast is consumed by listeners of all ages, but in this instance we felt it added value and was essential to one of the funnier stories in the programme, so we hope you don’t mind too much.
Part one is mainly about Craig's journey and we touch on subjects like pain, character, rapport, feedback and serving people, whilst in part two we go deeper into some of the specific tools and techniques he uses, but we start with his upbringing and how that informed his path from an early age.
Show Notes:
Rugby League - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league
Waterloo Rugby Team - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_F.C.
The Alchemist Book by Paulo Coelho - https://amzn.to/3MuMdhd
Hod Carrier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_hod
John Demartini - https://drdemartini.com
Warren Buffet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett
Richard Branson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
Ireland Rugby - https://www.irishrugby.ie/
Lansdowne Road - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Road
AFC Wimbledon - https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/
Jerk Chicken - https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/jerk_chicken/
Sale RFC - https://www.salesharks.com/
Bolton Wanderers Football Club - https://www.bwfc.co.uk/
Sam Allardyce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Allardyce
Phil Brown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown_(footballer,_born_1959)
Wasps Rugby Club - https://www.wasps.co.uk/
Warren Gatland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Gatland
Lawrence Dallaglio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Dallaglio
Shaun Edwards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Edwards
Paul Stridgeon - https://www.wru.wales/staff/paul-stridgeon/
Dave Haddfield - https://coachscompanion.com/dave-hadfield/
Leicester Rugby Club - https://www.leicestertigers.com/
Austin Swain Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-6-austin-swain-part-1/
2005 & 2009 British & Irish Lions Tours - https://www.lionsrugby.com/
2019 Rugby World Cup - https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/
Uruguay Rugby - https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/teams/uruguay
Mantra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra
More About Craig White:
Website - https://www.craigwhitementoring.com/
Men Without Masks Website - https://www.menwithoutmasks.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/craigwhitementoring/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/cw_mentoring
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-white-737087a/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Andrew Milburn retired from the US Marine Corps in 2019 and has since gone on to write the highly acclaimed memoir ‘When The Tempest Gathers: A Marine Special Operations Commander At War’.
As an infantry and special operations officer, Andy has had operational command at every rank which included leading the multinational special operations task force given the mission of defeating ISIS in Iraq. This has obviously led to some very dangerous situations and from all his experiences, he shares with me what he thinks are some of the key skills and attributes needed to be an effective leader, as well as the culture that needs to be created. How the small accumulation of dropping of standards or turning a blind eye leads to disaster and much much more.
This conversation was recorded before the Russian invasion of Ukraine but, a lot of what Andy talks about is directly actionable, especially with how President Zelensky is conducting himself, facing his very own and very real tempest, but, having been educated at St Pauls school in Hammersmith and University College London, my first question was how he ended up in the US Marine Corps in the first place.
More About Andy Milburn:
Book - https://amzn.to/3vq9lrn
Irregular War Podcast - https://bit.ly/3hvO4nW
Twitter - https://twitter.com/andymilburn8
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmilburn2020/
Show Notes:
Aiden McCullen Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-22-aidan-mccullen/
Aidan McCullen Innovation Show Podcast - https://theinnovationshow.io/about/
Boarding School Syndrome book - https://amzn.to/3C7ZJ5Y
Evelyn Waugh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh
Boy George - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_George
Somalia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
Task Force Ranger - https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
Marionette - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionette
Pavlovian - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pavlovian
My Lai massacre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_Lai_massacre
Haditha massacre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_massacre
Full Metal Jacket - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket
Mali incident - https://abcn.ws/3McTJx8
George Orwell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
Winston Churchill - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
Churchill’s Chief of Staff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke
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This week's podcast comes from one of the most inhospitable but beautiful places on earth as we chat to explorer, Wendy Searle.
A mother of four with a busy job, Wendy wanted to show others that extraordinary is available to everyone. She is the seventh woman and fourth fastest in history to ski solo and unassisted from the coastline of Antartica to the South Pole. The 715 mile route took her 42 days, she fell over every day, lost 12kg in bodyweight, had moments of pure elation and moments of pure devastatio, but through it all, she never had a single day off and kept her mantra ’stop crying and start skiing’ close to hand.
It was a really refreshing chat with Wendy. She doesn’t come from a very sporty background. No high level sporting success on her CV and she has never been part of a high performance programme, in a traditional way. Its all come from her drive and her purity of purpose.
We talk planning and logistics, getting up early, dealing with sastrugi’s and skiing through whiteout’s, as well as just being able to deal with the enormity of the challenge and all the curve balls it throws at you without anyone else’s help.
And we started with the question “Why did you attempt this?”
More About Wendy Searle:
Website - https://southpole2020.com/
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-312058116
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/betweensnowandsky/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/betweensnowsky
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-searle-91262470/
Show Notes -
Show Notes:
Sastrugi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sastrugi
Pollyanna - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna_(1960_film)
Percy Cerutty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Cerutty
Robert Scott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott
Ernest Shackleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
Shackleton Family Motto - Fortitudine Vincimus ‘by endurance we conquer'
Maya Angelou - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou
Atomic Habits book - https://amzn.to/3H8TwYX
Marshmallow Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_oy9614HQ
Liz McColgan Podcast Episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216?i=1000528074743
Audible - https://adbl.co/3AFgswK
The Secret Barrister book - https://amzn.to/3o4yiE3
Ben McIntyre Rogue Heroes book - https://amzn.to/3G7trbA
David Mitchell book - https://amzn.to/3r2Pzj4 / https://amzn.to/3u5NWTK
Punta Arenas in Chile - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_Arenas
Union Glacier Logistics Base - https://antarctic-logistics.com/camp/union-glacier-camp/
British Cycling Innovation -
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This week's guest is professional tennis player, Olympic medallist and founder of the brilliant High Impact Athletes organisation, New Zealander, Marcus Daniell.
The chat you're about to hear is a very honest one from someone who's learnt so much from the journey he has taken. It's easy to think that being a professional athlete means that, not only do you know everything about preparation and performance, but that you also have an entourage around you to help and guide you. For the huge majority of those that make a living playing sport professionally, there is no full time support group and they are often doing the majority of their work on their own.
Being self-sufficient is something we talk a lot about and how you can become more self-reliant and pro active. Going to an Olympic Games and how being part of a bigger group really added value for him and we expand upon the mistakes he has made and the learnings from it all.
Away from the court the obvious drive that Marcus has, propelled him into starting up an organisation called High Impact Athletes, which aims to assist sports people with charitable giving and that’s a rich part of the diet of topics that we touch upon this week, but we start with how he had to chose, at a pretty early age, between tennis and football, two sports he was playing at international level.
More About Marcus Daniell:
High Impact Athletes Website - https://highimpactathletes.org/team
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Daniell
ATP Profile - https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcus-daniell/d763/overview
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marcusdaniellnz/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/marcusdaniell
LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3swYzwu
Show Notes - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/
Show Notes:
Banská Bystrica in Slovakia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica
Michael Bourne - https://bit.ly/3sKzePu
LTA - https://www.lta.org.uk/
Owen Eastwood Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-14-owen-eastwood/
Mike Venus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Venus_(tennis)
David Sammel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sammel
Haka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka
Pounamu Stone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pounamu
Mana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award - https://bit.ly/34YR3lz
High Impact Athletes - https://highimpactathletes.org/
Effective Altruism - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
80,000 Hours Website - https://bit.ly/3HJaHAP
Maslow’s Hierarchy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
Atmosfair - https://www.atmosfair.de/en/
Clean Air Task Force - https://www.catf.us/
Carbon 180 - https://carbon180.org/
Cool Earth - https://bit.ly/3uDwjeb
'The Life You Can Save' book by Peter Singer - https://amzn.to/3Ll70DH
'Stranger In A Strange Land' book by Robert Heinlein - https://amzn.to/34pPkGo
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So, It’s series three and for my first guest of the re-branded 'Culture & Performance Podcast' I thought it would great to kick off with a best-selling author and speaker and someone who’s recognised as one of the world's foremost figures in leadership, team culture and performance, Allistair McCaw.
For over 25 years Allistair has worked with some of the most successful people, teams, colleges and organisations in the world. We first met when we were both presenting at a conference for Paris St Germain FC , we struck up a conversation and have continued to swap notes ever since.
We used his most recent book ‘Lead with Purpose, Make An Impact’ as the framework for this discussion. He’s given us 44 different stop off points to consider what impacts on our leadership and performance environment. It was a good way to prop up our conversation and covered subjecta like, how you deal with the tough conversations, managing your energy and burn out, routines and the idea of “countback” as well many other stories and tools.
I was late getting on the call to Alistair in California as my wi-fi was playing up so it seemed apt to start the chat around what he thought about timings.
More About Allistair McCaw:
Website - https://www.allistairmccaw.com/
Podcast - https://www.allistairmccaw.com/podcast
Books - https://www.allistairmccaw.com/books
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bechampionminded/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AllistairMcCaw
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allistair-mccaw-552a0a89/
Show Notes - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/
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Vince Lombardi - https://bit.ly/3ssjWyG
Sir Alex Fergusson - https://bit.ly/3gsM1k5
Stephen Gerrard - https://bit.ly/3J687VE
George Raveling - https://bit.ly/3HR3leJ
Nick Bollittieri - https://bit.ly/3ssQatA
Ralph Ragnick - https://bit.ly/3LiCytK
Jürgen Klopp - https://bit.ly/3oxVqLx
Brendan Rogers - https://bit.ly/3J2RGcO
Phil Neville - https://bit.ly/3uDpnh1
Graham Henry - https://bit.ly/3JhRmXT
Tana Umaga - https://bit.ly/3GyWc16
Oprah Winfrey - https://bit.ly/3rABtFZ
Coach K - https://bit.ly/3HzZ8vy
Pep Guardiola - https://bit.ly/3sooshU
Eddie Jones - https://bit.ly/3B5I7XA
Erwin Valencia Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-4-erwin-valencia/
Marcelo Bielsa - https://bit.ly/3slXOGp
Brentford FC - https://www.brentfordfc.com/
Thomas Frank - https://bit.ly/3gNjC8B
Matt Benham - https://bit.ly/3ssGqQ8\
Rasmus Ankerson - https://www.rasmusankersen.com/
Owen Eastwood Podcast Episode - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-14-owen-eastwood/
Rita Pearson TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw
Series 3 starts on Feb 02 with a re-branded podcast 'Culture and Performance with Ben Ryan' which will encapsulate all things that Ben holds dear with regard to his approach to coaching and life.
Over the course of the series we'll hear from people from the world of sport, the Armed Forces, world-leading psychologists and people that push adventure to the extreme and through it all, aim to bring you tools and tips that you can apply to your own life.
Details of how you can listen and interact with the podcast are below.
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