What makes a winner ? in business or in sport? Why do some people consistently break sales targets, cross the line first or hammer the ball in the net with pinpoint accuracy? Natural talent, disciplined training and fitness are vital. But with two equally matched professionals, something else makes the difference that provides that extra, champion factor: the mind. Mind Games looks into the mental processes of sporting stars, identifying the attitudes and approaches that enable them to achieve peak performance, every time, and applies them specifically to the world of business. What are the key mental characteristics that make some people come out on top? How do winners channel adrenalin into controlled power while losers choke? What do sportsmen and women mean when they talk about ?the inner game?, being ?in the zone? or being ?in the now?? What is it that coaches do to realise the potential they see? What are the lessons that business winners need to learn from sport?s superstars? The authors draw on extensive first-hand experiences of acknowledged sporting champions across a range of sports, identifying personal techniques proven to have worked under the pressure of top-level competition. They also draw on the expertise of professional coaches and psychologists who have worked with sportsmen and women. The authors have obtained the full involvement of the following: Sven-Göran Eriksson, England football coach Matthew Pinsent, rower, three times Olympic gold medallist Clive Woodward, England rugby coach Nick Faldo, Britain?s most successful golfer Ellen MacArthur, fastest woman to sale around the world single-handed Steve Backley, three times European and Commonwealth gold medallist and Olympic silver medallist in the javelin Roger Black, 4 x 400m World Champion and Olympic silver medallist Jonny Wilkinson, England rugby fly-half, arguably the world?s best kicker David Platt, former Aston Villa, Sampdoria, Arsenal and England footballer and manager of England?s Under-21 team Sally Gunnell, former Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 400m hurdles champion Dr Stephanie Cook, Olympic and World modern pentathlon champion Lawrence Dallaglio, England rugby regular Ron Dennis, boss of the McLaren Formula One motor racing team Howard Wilkinson, former Sunderland and Leeds United manager and former Football Association technical director David Lloyd, former Davis Cup captain Michael Lynagh, former Australian rugby captain Sebastian Coe, former double Olympic 1500m champion Sir Chay Blyth CBE, round-the-world yachtsman Jack Charlton, former England footballer and Ireland manager Gill Clark, former European badminton doubles champion Adrian Moorhouse, former Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Mark Richardson, 400m Commonwealth silver medallist John Regis, former European 200m and World 4x400m champion Richard Dunwoody, record-breaking champion national hunt jockey Ian Lynagh, sports coach and psychologist Ron Roddan, athletics coach (including coach of Linford Christie) Frank Dick OBE, former national athletics coach John Syer, sports psychologist to Tottenham Hotspur Graham Shaw, Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner Professor Graham Jones, sports psychologist Steve Sylvester, sports psychologist Renzie Hanham & Ceri Evans, Gazing Performance, mental conditioning specialists
Book Details:
- Author: Jeff Grout
- ISBN: 9780857080554
- Year Published: 2004
- Pages: 424
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
What makes a winner ? in business or in sport? Why do some people consistently break sales targets, cross the line first or hammer the ball in the net with pinpoint accuracy? Natural talent, disciplined training and fitness are vital. But with two equally matched professionals, something else makes the difference that provides that extra, champion factor: the mind. Mind Games looks into the mental processes of sporting stars, identifying the attitudes and approaches that enable them to achieve peak performance, every time, and applies them specifically to the world of business. What are the key mental characteristics that make some people come out on top? How do winners channel adrenalin into controlled power while losers choke? What do sportsmen and women mean when they talk about ?the inner game?, being ?in the zone? or being ?in the now?? What is it that coaches do to realise the potential they see? What are the lessons that business winners need to learn from sport?s superstars? The authors draw on extensive first-hand experiences of acknowledged sporting champions across a range of sports, identifying personal techniques proven to have worked under the pressure of top-level competition. They also draw on the expertise of professional coaches and psychologists who have worked with sportsmen and women. The authors have obtained the full involvement of the following: Sven-Göran Eriksson, England football coach Matthew Pinsent, rower, three times Olympic gold medallist Clive Woodward, England rugby coach Nick Faldo, Britain?s most successful golfer Ellen MacArthur, fastest woman to sale around the world single-handed Steve Backley, three times European and Commonwealth gold medallist and Olympic silver medallist in the javelin Roger Black, 4 x 400m World Champion and Olympic silver medallist Jonny Wilkinson, England rugby fly-half, arguably the world?s best kicker David Platt, former Aston Villa, Sampdoria, Arsenal and England footballer and manager of England?s Under-21 team Sally Gunnell, former Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 400m hurdles champion Dr Stephanie Cook, Olympic and World modern pentathlon champion Lawrence Dallaglio, England rugby regular Ron Dennis, boss of the McLaren Formula One motor racing team Howard Wilkinson, former Sunderland and Leeds United manager and former Football Association technical director David Lloyd, former Davis Cup captain Michael Lynagh, former Australian rugby captain Sebastian Coe, former double Olympic 1500m champion Sir Chay Blyth CBE, round-the-world yachtsman Jack Charlton, former England footballer and Ireland manager Gill Clark, former European badminton doubles champion Adrian Moorhouse, former Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Mark Richardson, 400m Commonwealth silver medallist John Regis, former European 200m and World 4x400m champion Richard Dunwoody, record-breaking champion national hunt jockey Ian Lynagh, sports coach and psychologist Ron Roddan, athletics coach (including coach of Linford Christie) Frank Dick OBE, former national athletics coach John Syer, sports psychologist to Tottenham Hotspur Graham Shaw, Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner Professor Graham Jones, sports psychologist Steve Sylvester, sports psychologist Renzie Hanham & Ceri Evans, Gazing Performance, mental conditioning specialists
1. Author will buy and distribute 1500 copies on publication generating word-of-mouth sales 2. Full involvement of over 30 sporting household names, including: · Sven-Göran Eriksson, England football coach · Matthew Pinsent, rower, three times Olympic gold medallist · Clive Woodward, England rugby coach · Nick Faldo, Britain?s most successful golfer · Jonny Wilkinson, England rugby fly-half, arguably the world?s best kicker · David Platt, former Aston Villa, Sampdoria, Arsenal and England footballer and manager of England?s Under-21 team · Sally Gunnell, former Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 400m hurdles champion
About the Author
Jeff Grout is a respected adviser, commentator and columnist on the subjects of motivation, peak performance, people management, teamwork, recruitment and retention. He is also a regular speaker at conferences and events, specialising in Building High Performance Teams and The Characteristics of Success. He is also business manager to Clive Woodward, the England Rugby Coach, and former National Champion Hunt Jockey, Richard Dunwoody. Jeff is an experienced television and radio participant and has collaborated with the BBC in producing an interview training video. He has also run interview technique courses for a number of the UK?s leading companies. Jeff is a published co-author. The Adventure Capitalists and My Brilliant Career offer insights into the characteristics of career success, based on public interviews with high achievers from the fields of sport, business, media and the stage. Two further books, Kickstart Your Career: The Complete Insider?s Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job (published in February 2002) and Recruiting Excellence (published in April 2002), draw on Jeff?s expertise gained as former UK Managing Director of Robert Half International, the largest specialist recruitment consultancy in the world. Sarah Perrin is a freelance journalist and writer, contributing regularly to business and professional magazines. She is co-author of Kickstart Your Career and Recruiting Excellence, and author of The Guardian Careers Guide to Accountancy. She is also a qualified NLP practitioner, a technique increasingly used by sporting champions.