Leon Lloyd dreamt of playing for Coventry City, but winded up playing rugby for Leicester Tigers and England. Now, he's a CEO, author and speaker, as well as in the final stages of completing an MBA. As a former athlete that has moved from 'boot room to boardroom' he's the perfect man to skipper the Switch the Play Foundation - the UK's only charity dedicated to supporting all sportspeople to successfully transition into life outside of sport. We discuss the trade-off between focusing on your primary performance area and building interests and skills outside of it - from the All Blacks and the German football team, to Jamie Roberts and Beth Tweddle. You can find Leon here:

Social:
https://twitter.com/LeonLloyd13
linkedin.com/in/leon-lloyd-b409201a 

Website:
www.leonlloyd.co.uk

His book:
http://www.leonlloyd.co.uk/life-after-sport/

Switch The Play:
https://switchtheplay.com/
http://twitter.com/switch_the_play

Based in sunny Canberra, Richard is a sport psychology practitioner, researcher, speaker and author. In 2015 he wrote 'Being a Sport Psychologist' - a book found on the shelves of every sport psychology trainee. This episode is about building careers. We dig deeper into a keynote I saw him deliver last year entitled 'The Heartless Mercenary Career Path: Authenticity, Resilience and Strength-in-Diversity'. Whilst focused on sport psychology, Richard's insights can be applied across many industries - highlighting the ever present challenge of change and uncertainty, and how to future proof ourselves in a dynamic world. You can find Richard here:

His book:
https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/Being-a-Sport-Psychologist/?K=9781137300898

eBook:
https://www.vitalsource.com/en-au/products/being-a-sport-psychologist-richard-keegan-v9781137300904?term=9781137300904

Social:
https://twitter.com/sportpsychaus
https://www.instagram.com/sportpsychaus/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardkeegan/?originalSubdomain=au
https://www.instagram.com/sportpsychaus/

Projects:
https://www.sportaus.gov.au/physical_literacy
https://www.sportaus.gov.au/physical_literacy

Mustafa is one of sport psychology's foremost researchers and speakers on resilience. He somehow managed to find time in between lecturing, consulting and presenting at international conferences - to speak to me about some of his experiences. We talk about resilience at the individual versus the organisational level, whether insights can be applied across performance contexts, and why we need to move away from the notion that resilience is an ability to endure on your own.

You can find Mustafa here:

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/science-technology/mustafa-sarkar
https://twitter.com/MusSarkarhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mustafa_Sarkar
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-sarkar-b6370256/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAAS08CF5p8ck4
https://www.bases.org.uk/imgs/55_tses_editor_s_choice_spread__p20_21_815.pdf
https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3604

You can find me here:
www.petejackson.co.uk