Believe Consulting Blog

‘ Time outs and pit stops’

How many of us, stop, reflect and take ‘think weeks’ to be more creative and allow us, ‘ourselves’, to slow down in order to speed up?  By Pushing the ‘pause’ button individuals and teams can  improve work and personal performance- significantly.

Bill Gates is as an example who applies and requests a ‘think week’ taking himself to a retreat once every spring and every fall, taking with him ideas submitted by microsoft employee’s and mulling over the ideas in a relaxed and conducive environment.

An article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) highlights the importance of  Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership . So what makes a good and successful Leader?

‘New studies of the brain show that leaders can improve group performance by understanding the biology of empathy’.

http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2008/09/social-intelligence-and-the-biology-of-leadership/ar/1

This article portrays the importance of self-awareness of how your own mood affects others as well as yourself and your own effectiveness; How you can inspire others to be more effective at work and indeed in their life by acquiring better social intelligence and understanding empathy.

Amanda Owens a Leading Sport Psychologist provides 10 Mental Skills/psychological tips to improve your skiing and race performance.

Andy Flower An Integrative leader

Integrative thinkers don’t mind a messy problem. In fact, they welcome complexity, because that’s where the best answers come from.”
(Roger Martin, 2007; Cited Harvard Business Review Winter 2008).

We are in interesting, challenging and exciting times and no more so than in sport. It is refreshing to notice and convey the leadership skills of both Andy Flower (England Cricket Team Director) and Alan Shearer (Manager of Newcastle United Manager) both taking over in messy and uncertain circumstances and prevailing as well as creating a change in belief, culture and attitude amongst players and the team.

How to think and focus appropriately before, during & in between your first and second run.

During races as a skier you have so much to time to think, in fact TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK, which can be unhelpful for you to race at your best. You can be distracted by: spectators, partners, sponsors, media, race competitors, FIS points and a poor first run… Working with Rob Bullen at The British Land Skiing Championships in Meribel, we worked on the race and run sandwich.