1. Thursday, 30 May 13

2. The Performance Professional
1.0
Unwritten Rules
Thursday, 30 May 13

3. what you’re not taught at university
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4. Sales
Teaching
Innovation
Recruitment
Culture
Integration
Curriculum
Thursday, 30 May 13

5. Curse
01
the evolution
Thursday, 30 May 13

6. “may you live in interesting times”
"寧為太平犬，不做亂世人"
Thursday, 30 May 13

7. Thursday, 30 May 13

8. • More data and information available
• More technologies being developed faster
• More research being published all over the world.
• Harder to track validity, reliability
• Backroom teams & staff growing
• Player & coaches getting younger
What is happening?
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9. Thursday, 30 May 13

10. Sell
02
Competing for hearts and minds
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11. Thursday, 30 May 13

12. “meet the competition”
Thursday, 30 May 13

13. Have I got your attention?It’s%all%about%the%22%Hours%
Thursday, 30 May 13

14. Attention
Buy In
Belief
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15. Thursday, 30 May 13

16. Teach
03
train animals, educate people
Thursday, 30 May 13

17. “coaches can’y say they ‘made’ an
athlete ... the only people who ever
‘made’ an athlete were their parents”
Al Vermeil
Thursday, 30 May 13

18. Our fundamental role is to eventually
make the athlete independent.
The athlete cannot rely on the coach
once they cross the white line.
We try to develop our athletes so they
don’t need us ...
extinction
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19. Thursday, 30 May 13

20. jay z
“i am not a businessman.
i am a business, man.”
Thursday, 30 May 13

21. “how long do you want to play for?”
17 year career, $67 million or ... 11 year career, $23 million
Thursday, 30 May 13

22. Progress
04
Innovation
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23. “progress is made where paradigms
meet”
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24. “progress is made where paradigms meet”
... what?
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25. Thursday, 30 May 13

26. “the definition of stupidity is doing
the same thing over and over again
and expecting different results.”
Thursday, 30 May 13

27. “the definition of stupidity is
meeting the same people over and
over again and expecting different
inspiration.”
Thursday, 30 May 13

28. How do pilots or surgeons handle
multiple sources of information at
once or how do they still make clear,
correct decisions under pressure?
air traffic controllers, swat teams,
chefs ...
How do I handle pressure?
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29. Thursday, 30 May 13

30. where does an industrial designer go
to get stimulation or ideas?
how do they get new ideas, where do
they come from? how do they allow
the ideas to grow?
architects, furniture makers,
cartoonists ...
How do I innovate?
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31. Thursday, 30 May 13

32. teachers deal with children every day,
they must bridge the gap. doctors,
nurses and medical staff do this
under pressure in a&e all the time
tabloid journalists, counselors and
script writers ...
Can I communicate better?
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35. Thursday, 30 May 13

36. Right
05
Best is not better
Thursday, 30 May 13

37. honesty
hard work
humility
Thursday, 30 May 13

38. “we don’t want the best people.
we want the right people.”
spec ops
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39. Thursday, 30 May 13

40. honesty is the most important value
- truth and clarity
- ‘brings people in’
- disarms ego’s
- It’s fast & cuts costs
Values
Thursday, 30 May 13

41. Interview on
- honesty & intelligence
Employ on
- energy, edge, deliverable, passion
Promote to Manage on
-vision, egoless, resilience
Recruitment
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42. Thursday, 30 May 13

43. Build
06
The High Performance Culture
Thursday, 30 May 13

44. person 1st
team 2nd
professional 3rd
Organization Hierarchy
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45. Thursday, 30 May 13

46. - identity
o team and what it stands for
- values
o underlying core of organization
- beliefs
o understandings (can be changed)
High performance culture
- 3 foundations
Thursday, 30 May 13

47. - skills
o management mind & emotion
- behaviors
o actions that happen based on skill
- results
o actions how we are viewed
High performance culture
- 3 responses
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48. Thursday, 30 May 13

49. MVP
07
The Performance Director
Thursday, 30 May 13

50. “the single most valuable role in
professional sport is now the
‘performance director’ - and no one
knows what he’s supposed to do!”
NFL GM
Role
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51. Thursday, 30 May 13

52. 1. communication & facilitation –
personalities, in-house, stakeholders,
2. benchmarking & assessment -
testing & monitoring, performance
3. individualization & education -
gen-y, strengths & weaknesses
5 key responsibilities
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53. 4. coaching integration -
technical/tactical integration, game
analysis,
5. performance improvement & injury
prevention -
probability, rehab, best practice,
recovery
5 key responsibilities
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54. Thursday, 30 May 13

55. back yourself, probe, push, be curious
take risks, learn, encourage and praise
celebrate & encourage successes
relentlessly upgrade, evaluate, coach
keep a vision, live, breathe the vision
exude optimism and energy - lead
establish trust,honesty & transparency
Beliefs
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56. Thursday, 30 May 13

57. foxes -
multidisciplinary
adaptable
self-critical
tolerant of
complexity
cautious
empirical
hedgehogs -
specialized
stalwart
order-seeking
confident
ideological
Skill set
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58. Embrace the change
Sell to the stakeholder
Teach your athletes
Evolve your profession
Build a culture
Develop the environment
Final word ...
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59. Thursday, 30 May 13

60. Thank you
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61. Thursday, 30 May 13