Nutritionist, Emma Gardner presents at the 2017 Supporting Champions Conference on the what it takes to be successful working in teams

Show Notes

0:45 Honest account of what it takes to be successful, working in teams

2:03 Importance of focusing on skills needed to make impact

4:00 First contact with the senior man’s teams. The crunch moment of being singled out.

7:10 Ultimately, I wanted to see if you were right for us

8:00 Starting work with with GB Hockey with camping

10:00 -Its not like the text books tell you

-You’ve got to establish the ground fit with he teams

-Blend into the culture

11:30 Performance backwards

13:30 Working on vision/values/behaviours

16:00 Holding athletes accountability by appealing to vision, values and behaviours

18:50 Influencing change by establishing purpose - body composition/power example

22:00 Importance of using team to ensure consistency of message

24:00 Don’t do things for the sake of it, use environment to influence

25:00 Sweat patch example - get your priorities straight. Ask the athletes

28:00 Use of infographics to influence behaviour in the environment

36:30 Presence with athletes at key moments. Establishing relationships, rapport to find a way to work with people

33:00 Different types of athletes

34:00 Truly listen