1. EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP
Delivering Consistent High
Performance Under Pressure In Your
Business
2. • Whether you are a sports fan or not, there are
valuable lessons to be learned from Olympic
and Paralympic athletes from the perspective
of leadership and peak performance.
• Today, we are going to talk about what is
needed for leaders to turn their business
strategy into consistently exceptional results,
using the examples of world class athletes to
support our view that exceptional leadership
is attainable by anyone.
3. ‘Organisations with the
highest quality leaders were
13 times more likely to
outperform their competition
in key metrics such as
financial performance.’
Source: 2011 DDI Global Leadership Forecast
9. ‘OUR AIM AS LEADERS IS TO HELP
THE PLAYERS BRING THEIR BEST
PERFORMANCE WHEN UNDER THE
GREATEST PRESSURE.’
José María Olazábal, European Ryder Cup Captain 2012
12. WHAT CAN BUSINESS LEARN FROM
OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS?
1. GUTS AND DETERMINATION
2. TEAM WORK
3. FOCUS
4. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
5. SELF-BELIEF
6. DON’T BASK IN THE GLORY
21. ‘IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A WORD. I
HOPE THAT PEOPLE SEE THIS, USE
IT AND PUSH ON WITH WHATEVER
THEIR PASSION HAPPENS TO BE.’
Matt Stutzman, Paralympic Silver Medallist
22. Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning
1. Good Mood
2. Attractive Situation
3. Learning
4. Freedom to Focus
5. Positive Culture of Mutual Respect
6. Solid Support System
7. Better Press
8. Invitations to the Best Parties
9. Self-determination
10. Continuity
23. How Can You ‘Medal’ Every Day?
1. Words Create Worlds
2. The Power of Dreams
3. Marginal Gains
4. Talent Team
5. Results with the Right Behaviour Matter
6. Winners Do Not Feel Pain
7. Motivational Job Titles Work
8. Dealing with Failure
9. Success Breeds Success
10. The Impact of Support
24. How Can You ‘Medal’ Every Day?
11. Succession Planning Matters
12. The Power of the Mind
13. Athletes Concentrate on Their Strengths
14. Meaningful Goals Create Involvement
15. Launch in Style
16. Focus on Your Game
17. Proactively Recruit the Right Talent
18. Share Best Practice
19. The Home Advantage
20. Manage the Cultural Legacy
28. ‘Organisations with the
highest quality leaders were
13 times more likely to
outperform their competition
in key metrics such as
financial performance.’
Source: 2011 DDI Global Leadership Forecast
29.
30. “Be the best. It’s the
only market that’s
not crowded.”
From: ‘Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best
Independent Stores in America’
31. IMAGINE
DARE TO DREAM
HAVE A BIG VISION
HOLD ON TO YOUR VISION
…..AND PURSUE IT!
32. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW
POSITIVE LEADERSHIP LIMITED CAN HELP
YOU DELIVER CONSISTENT HIGH
PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE IN
YOUR BUSINESS, PLEASE CONTACT:
graham.watson@positiveleadership.co.uk
www.positiveleadership.co.uk