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09 05.2016 Into the Lion’s Den Roy Hodgson on Building an Environment for Success on the International Stage Insights from the leading fi gures in Worth Knowing sports performance & beyond _Performance_9.indd 1 19/05/2016 17:23 Performance Summits London Emirates Stadium 8 - 9 November 2016 Los Angeles Save the Date 11 March 2017 New York Save the Date 27 - 28 June 2017 Gathering the industry’s most influential practitioners to share insights and spark discussions that will help shape the future of sport. Find out more at leadersinsport.com _Performance_9.indd 2 19/05/2016 17:23 Welcome 09 Spring Issue Performance Stephen Dobson Summits Executive Editor Performance Superstars, Underdogs and Talent Management I think that treating players equally extensive travel. Named ‘Travel Management’ London is wrong because that’s not showing this review details how various teams handle enough respect to those who have the rigors of continually being on the road. Emirates Stadium earned“ and deserve it, but players must be 8 - 9 November 2016 aware that you’re not favoring certain other Beyond sport we chatted with the Chief Talent players.” Roy Hodgson. Offi cer at General Motors in Detroit. Michael J. Arena told us how his multibillion-dollar In elite sport, coaches have to provide the organization is working to adopt a startup conditions for different personalities to perform mentality that allows innovation to fl ourish. at their peak. It’s more art than science, and it’s ‘Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast’ explains how an art that Roy Hodgson has been developing a large, complex company can overcome the over a 40-year career spanning club and internal politics that prevent good ideas rising Los Angeles international soccer. to the top. Save the Date His teams have had superstars and underdogs, Another unique story in this edition is that 11 March 2017 both young and old, and as manager of of Stunt Performer Bobby Holland Hanton. England’s men’s national soccer team he now During a break in fi lming Bobby took time has one of sport’s most demanding positions. to share his experience of almost 10 years With limited time spaced across the year, it’s his working in Hollywood. ‘Living on the Edge’ job to gel disparate talents together and instill a highlights some striking parallels between team philosophy under the intense scrutiny of the preparations for dangerous stunts and the media. In our cover interview for this edition elite level sporting performance. His growth we speak with Roy about talent management, mentality drives and prepares him to face New York bridging the generation gap and handling serious injury on a daily basis. Save the Date diffi cult conversations - principles he’s put into action during a perfect run of 10 wins from 10 Elsewhere in this edition we’ll look at the 27 - 28 June 2017 games in qualifying for the upcoming European question of sleep management in sport Championships in 2016. through the work and fi ndings of Dr. Charles Samuels and Dr. Amy Bender of the Centre of We’ve also collected six longer features to Sleep and Human Performance in Calgary. They explore different aspects of performance. In discuss their gold medal strategies for ensuring ‘Keeping Older Players in the Game’, strength athletes get the quality of sleep needed to help and conditioning specialists from across the them be their best when competing. There is Gathering the industry’s most influential practitioners world discuss how they earn the trust of their also an eye catching reading list from Black to share insights and spark discussions that will help athletes and guide them toward making choices Box Thinking Author Matthew Syed. It’s a that extend their careers. collection of stories and ideas to help you look shape the future of sport. at your team, athletes and organization with We also spoke to some of the top sports teams fresh eyes. in the world to explore the ways they deal with Worth Knowing. Find out more at leadersinsport.com 3 _Performance_9.indd 3 19/05/2016 17:23 Contents Contents Credits 22 Publisher LEADERS Executive Editor Stephen Dobson Chief Content Writer John Portch Content Team Matthew Stone Luke Whitworth Matthew Thacker Design Team Matthew Sidebottom Samuel Richardson Commercial Manager Tom Worrall Performance Consultant Clive Reeves Photographic Agency Getty Images www.leadersinsport.com Cover Story Reading List 22 8 Into the Lion’s Den Matthew Syed Roy Hodgson on Building an The renowned Journalist and Environment for Success on the Author of Black Box Thinking International Stage suggests some of his favorite The Manager of the England men’s titles in the fields of learning national soccer team discusses his from failure, continuous work managing the talent at his improvement and how to create disposal and creating an environment a high performance culture. for his players to flourish. 4 _Performance_9.indd 4 19/05/2016 17:24 09 Spring Issue Contents 10 42 61 Features 10 39 57 Keeping Older Players in Living on the Edge Optimized Sleep the Game The Mindset of a An Emerging Extending the Careers of Hollywood Stunt Performer Performance Enhancing Elite Level Athletes A Hollywood Stunt Performer Tool for Elite Athletes Athletic performance coaches discusses his growth mindset, The Medical Director and from the AFL, NBA, NFL preparations, and the ability Postdoctoral Research Fellow and English Premier League to find focus ahead of a of the Centre for Sleep & club Manchester United join dangerous stunt. Human Performance in Calgary the Director of Performance assess sleep optimization and for Canada Basketball 46 how research suggests there is and the Head Strength Travel Management a strong correlation between & Conditioning Coach of Reducing the Impact sleep quality and optimal Harlequins RFC to discuss of Continually Being on performance. their methods for keeping the Road older players in the game. Performance practitioners 63 from the MLB, English Painting a Picture 30 Premier League and the How Scouting is Done in Think Big, Start Small, England & Wales Cricket Three World Leagues Scale Fast Board join Team Sky’s Head The Assistant General How to Innovate at a Large, of Performance Science & Manager of the Baltimore Complex Organization Innovation to highlight their Ravens, Director of Scouting The Chief Talent Officer of methods of reducing the risks & Recruitment at Premier General Motors explains how and effects of constant travel. League club Southampton GM in southeast Michigan is FC and Collingwood FC’s innovating while continuing General Manager of List to create new opportunities Management explain how the for future leaders. art of scouting varies across three different continents. 5 _Performance_9.indd 5 19/05/2016 17:24 LSPS Los Angeles 2016 The Sport Andrew Fagan @Fages1 Performance Summit Plenty of insights from a lifetime in the game #DaveWohl @LAClippers The Facts & Figures #Leaders16 #LosAng 11 104 Thought-provoking Delegate Speakers Attendees 20 7 Sports Countries Represented Represented 47 Buyer:Seller Clubs/Franchises Ratio Represented Scott Drawer @ScottDUK One of the best sessions I have been to @Leaders_Insight on Power of Storytelling. Great insights into Pixar. So much insight #Leaders2016 #LEADERS16 02 6 _Performance_9.indd 6 19/05/2016 17:24 09 Spring Issue Andrew Fagan @Fages1 Plenty of insights from a lifetime in the game #DaveWohl @LAClippers #Leaders16 #LosAng 11 104 Thought-provoking Delegate Speakers Attendees 20 7 Sports Countries Represented Represented 47 Buyer:Seller Clubs/Franchises Ratio Represented Scott Drawer @ScottDUK One of the best sessions I have been to @Leaders_Insight on Power of Storytelling. Great insights into Pixar. So much insight #Leaders2016 #LEADERS16 02 7 _Performance_9.indd 7 19/05/2016 17:24 Reading List Reading List Matthew Syed The renowned Journalist and Author of Black Box Thinking shares some of his favorite books in the performance fi eld. These titles delve into topics such as learning from failure, continuous improvement and The Logic of Cracked: Why Psychiatry how to create a high Scientifi c Discovery is Doing More Harm performance culture. Karl Popper Than Good James Davies The Austrian-British Sir Karl Popper is considered to be In Cracked, James Davies, Matthew Syed one of the most infl uential a Psychological Therapist, scientifi c philosophers exposes the practice in his of the 20th Century. He business of placing money transformed contemporary and medical status above thinking on science and the wellbeing of patients. knowledge through ideas Whether it is doctors issuing such as ‘falsifi cationism’. unnecessary prescriptions Popper suggested that the for ineffective drugs, role of observations and manipulated drug trials, or experiments in science is to the fabrication of mental Matthew Syed is an criticize and refute existing disorders, Davies paints a award-winning Author and theories because no theory bleak picture of a psychiatric Journalist; most recently can be proved beyond doubt, industry that answers to acclaimed for his book Black but a single experiment can a greedy and powerful Box Thinking. He says that contradict one. pharmaceutical industry. high achievers are linked by their ‘black box thinking’ Matthew: “Terrifi c read Matthew: “Terrifi c which means they are not on how science can exploration of the lack afraid to face up to their only improve by learning of scientifi c method in mistakes and will use failures from failure.” psychiatry, and what can be as the best way to learn. done about it.” Matthew is a regular columnist and feature writer for The Times and has won numerous prizes, including Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. 8 _Performance_9.indd 8 19/05/2016 17:24 09 Spring Issue Antifragile: Things That Safe Patients, Smart Just Culture: Balancing Gain From Disorder Hospitals: How One Safety and Accountability Nassim Nicholas Taleb Doctor’s Checklist Can Sidney Dekker Help Us Change Health Taleb coined the phrase Care from the Inside Out Just Culture starts from the ‘antifragile’ to describe a Dr.

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