Comments on: High Performance Culture – Do you have what it takes?

By: Rob Shugg

Rob Shugg — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:06:13 +0000

Great stuff Wayne
Honesty, accountability, feedback and responsibility are all very human factors depending on great communication, that are essential to an effective performance program.

But there are also practical difficulties in establishing this level of open communication between so many players and staff.

This is where establishing and athlete monitoring program can help. If you can remove the practical barriers to establishing and coordinating these information flows then you are well on your way to creating the right environment for high performance culture to take root and grow.

I have written more about athlete monitoring and communication here http://kinetic-athlete.com/blog/

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:36:23 +0000

Thanks Stuart.

The reason so few people survive in high performance sport is the “brutality” of the honesty required to succeed.

You can’t hold back on uncompromising, hard, brutal honesty with athletes and coaches if you want to win at the highest level and in a world which demands “soft” thinking and political correctness, few can deal with the harsh reality of the high performance environment.

Thanks again,

By: stuart wilkinson

stuart wilkinson — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:55:08 +0000

Love the brutality of this article; simply it isn’t worth discussing or considering unless you intend to hit scores 25-30. Don’t bother or you will not improve performance without all the engagement all staff, players and benefactors. Great post

By: Marcos

Marcos — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:24:42 +0000

Amazing article! Was just writing about team work due to “rehiring” my coach and your text made me realize lots of issues to be really and trully improved! May I translate it into brazilian portuguese?
Cheers, Marcos