This is a super short précis of 10 characteristics that set high performing Elite teams apart. You can use these as health markers for you to assess the health and performance of your own teams and organization.
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Authority [mass noun] the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience: he had absolute authority over his subordinates. An ‘authority gradient’ is a way of imagining how far and how steep the gap is between leaders and team members.
Read OnCheck out the TEDx presentation from Olympic performance psychology coach and former GB athlete Charlie Unwin talking about one of the secrets of elite performance.
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I had the privilege once of meeting Prince Philip and the Queen and talking with them briefly about life in the military and work we had been conducting. It was just one of their engagements, no doubt lost in the memory to them but precious to me like so many others whose lives they have touched.
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he quote above is often attributed to Bob Marley, though more likely the expression was first coined by Roger Miller, a popular US country singer and song writer, best known for the hits 'King of the Road' and 'Dang Me'. Whoever said it, it captures something.
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The 3 most important ski turns on a descent are the last 3 you make before you get back in the lift for the top. Why should that be the case? It's easy at the end of the run to relax and drift into bad form, an issue because sub-consciously that's what you take back up the mountain with you. That's why the habit of making the last 3 turns the best is important.
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In November 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Finland with an army of nearly half a million men. They outnumbered the Finns more than 3-1 but worse than that, the Soviet Union had 6,000 tanks and 4,000 aircraft. The Finns had 32 tanks and 114 aircraft. Against overwhelming odds and in brutal winter conditions where the temperature was frequently – 40 degrees, the Finns relied on a part of their culture called Sisu. The word has no direct translation in English but as a concept it means continuing to act even in the face of overwhelming odds and in spite of every failure and setback. It is about perseverance beyond the limits of physical and mental endurance
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Herbert Simon, one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th Century and a Nobel laureate noted that, ‘A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention’. We have more data, but our ability to digest and makes sense has probably diminished, distracted by novelty and ‘new’ information. This article is about practical steps to cope and thrive
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Last night (17th Oct) Channel 4 began the second season of their reality series ‘Who Dares Wins’. The format follows 25 volunteers who are sent to the Ecuadorian rainforest to participate in an approximation of the jungle phase of UK Special Forces Selection
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As in elite sport, in business the ability of a team to ‘weather the storm’ and ‘bounce back’ has never been more important. In sport when a team crumbles it’s for all to see, witness the England soccer team at the UEFA Football Championships 2016. The resilience of a sales or a project team may be less apparent, but teams form the crucial building blocks of any organisation.
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