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Rest. Practise. Perform. What elite sport can teach leaders about sustainable wellbeing and performance is the new book from Karen Meager and John McLachlan. It is a is a practical and illuminating guide that offers a fresh perspective on leadership, unleashing an empowering, harmonious approach that’s inspired by elite sports’ proven disciplines.
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The authors take the latest scientific and academic thinking and make it useful and easy to apply for everyone from the leader of an SME to the CEO of a blue-chip corporate.
Which sports inspired the book?
Both Karen and John are sports enthusiasts with Wimbledon and Formula 1 already in their calendars for 2024. They’ve also been impressed with the more empathetic coaching approach of England Manager, Gareth Southgate. These are all very different sports but all feature elite performers who must be at the top of their game.
When it came to the book, they wanted to study a variety of sports disciplines. They chose three different sports, tennis, football, and Formula 1, because they’re very different. They use their teams in very different ways. But actually, they found they have a very similar rhythm, which is that they have rest periods, they have intense practice periods where they’re practicing the skill, and then the performance is the match, the race.
How will the book help you?
Whether you grapple with the relentless demands of your leadership role or are struggling to balance your team’s wellbeing with delivering results, or are simply worried you, and those around you, may not be performing in a way that is both effective and healthy, this book can help.
Contemporary workplace cultures often shackle employees to a culture of ceaseless high performance and productivity. This results in lackluster productivity, diminished creativity and a shattered workforce.
In contrast elite sports have honed time-tested strategies for sustaining peak performance, consistency and getting results without burnout or exhaustion.
The authors draw from extensive research and their deep understanding of leadership behaviors to provide you with a playbook for adapting elite sports’ winning techniques to your own team or organization.
In the book you’ll discover how to apply the incredible rhythm of the rest, practice, perform cycle and explore how it can revolutionize you and your team’s productivity, performance and wellbeing.
Aaron Phipps MBE – paralympic champion said: ‘A game-changer. I wish I’d read it sooner. This should be in every leader’s toolbox.’
How is ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’ different?
The new book presents a fresh perspective on leadership inspired by proven sports disciplines. It does this by shedding light on the pitfalls of contemporary workplace cultures that emphasize relentless high performance and productivity. It provides time-tested strategies for sustaining peak performance, ensuring consistency, and achieving outstanding results; and expertly adapts elite sports’ winning techniques to enhance team or organizational productivity, performance, and overall well-being.
The approach taken by the authors is grounded in research and professional practice that spans 20-plus years. Both Karen and John hold Master’s degrees in psychology and health research. Karen’s specialist research area is mental health and burnout in organizations, and John’s is what organizations can learn from elite sports performance.
In summary
The goal of Rest. Practise. Perform. is to help leaders and organizations find a working rhythm that delivers top performance whilst also prioritizing people and their health.
Available from 21st February from all good bookstores and via Amazon.
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John and Karen’s approach is grounded in research and professional practice that spans 20-plus years. Karen holds Masters degrees in psychology and health research, and her specialist research area is mental health and burnout in organisations. John holds Masters degrees in psychology and health research, and his specialist area is what organisations can learn from elite sports performance. The goal of ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’ is to help leaders and organisations find a working rhythm that delivers top performance whilst also prioritising people and their health.
The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. ship
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