Countdown to next Winter Olympics - Sochi

Believe Consulting Blog

• Sport Psychologists in London: Resilience in Sport and the Workplace

  Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:47

  Sport Psychologists in London

  Resilience in Sport and the Workplace

  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche

  Let’s start with a fact: Human beings, technology, Mother Nature are not perfect. Consequently, in sport and the workplace, as in life, you can bet that things will go wrong at some point. We will have bad days (along with the good!), matches that go terribly wrong, weeks when the weekend can’t come soon enough, and general slumps in performance. Sometimes, even when we do our very best, there is no guarantee that will be enough. So, what do we do when things go wrong? How do some people seem to rise above and come out the other side better for it? The answer is…RESILIENCE.

• Press Release: Believe Consulting Ltd Website Re-Launch

  Friday, 17 June 2011 13:25

  Amanda Owens, Founder and Director of Believe Consulting Ltd is proud to announce the re-launch of Believe Consulting Ltd’s website. The new site can be found at http://believeconsulting.co.uk

• Overtraining and the Importance of Sleep to Athlete Performance and Wellbeing

  Thursday, 09 June 2011 22:21

  The sporting world has become a hyper competitive environment with athletes pushing themselves further and further to achieve national and international status, secure professional contracts, break records, and achieve personal best performances. In the lead up to London 2012, athletes are bidding for those elusive spots to represent their country and sport on the foremost world stage. The consequence of this high performance atmosphere is the prospect of athletes developing Overtraining Syndrome also known as Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (UUPS). The psychological and physiological consequences of which can be extremely detrimental to not only an athlete’s performance but more importantly their wellbeing and health.

• Don’t stumble at the Start Gate: 10 Tips for Recruiters and Candidates to Achieve a Podium Job.

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 11:32

  Preparation:

  Tuning into Me the Recruiter

  Tuning into Me the Candidate

  Tuning into the Mood

  Choosing the right Environment:

  Is it noisy? Is it comfortable? Is it the right atmosphere?

  How can you have a confidential conversation?

  How can you build trust?

  Tuning into my aim

• ‘Time Outs’ & ‘Pit Stops’:Pushing the pause button to improve work performance

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 11:28

  ‘ Time outs and pit stops’

  How many of us, stop, reflect and take ‘think weeks’ to be more creative and allow us, ‘ourselves’, to slow down in order to speed up?  By Pushing the ‘pause’ button individuals and teams can  improve work and personal performance- significantly.

  Bill Gates is as an example who applies and requests a ‘think week’ taking himself to a retreat once every spring and every fall, taking with him ideas submitted by microsoft employee’s and mulling over the ideas in a relaxed and conducive environment.

• Social Intelligence and The Biology of Leadership: What makes a successful Leader?

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 11:05

  An article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) highlights the importance of  Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership . So what makes a good and successful Leader?

  ‘New studies of the brain show that leaders can improve group performance by understanding the biology of empathy’.

  http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2008/09/social-intelligence-and-the-biology-of-leadership/ar/1

  This article portrays the importance of self-awareness of how your own mood affects others as well as yourself and your own effectiveness; How you can inspire others to be more effective at work and indeed in their life by acquiring better social intelligence and understanding empathy.

• Where’s your head at?

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:57

  Where’s your head at? Amanda Owens a Leading Sport Psychologist provides 10 Mental Skills/psychological tips to improve your skiing and race performance.

  Where’s your head at?

   

  Tip 1- Gate 1- Preparation:

  ‘How’ and ‘what do I need to do mentally and physically to perform at my best for this race, run 1 and run 2.

  • Have I inspected the course? How many times?
  • Have I thought about my best past and current skiing performances and experiences?
  • What do I need to focus on before the race? During the race?

• Sport Psychology and Successful Leadership in Action

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:34

  Andy Flower An Integrative leader

  Integrative thinkers don’t mind a messy problem. In fact, they welcome complexity, because that’s where the best answers come from.”
  (Roger Martin, 2007; Cited Harvard Business Review Winter 2008).

  We are in interesting, challenging and exciting times and no more so than in sport. It is refreshing to notice and convey the leadership skills of both Andy Flower (England Cricket Team Director) and Alan Shearer (Manager of Newcastle United Manager) both taking over in messy and uncertain circumstances and prevailing as well as creating a change in belief, culture and attitude amongst players and the team.

• The Thinking Skiers PRET Sandwich

  Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:33

  Pret Sandwich The Thinking Skiers PRET Sandwich: How to think and focus appropriately before, during & in between your first and second run.

  During races as a skier you have so much to time to think, in fact TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK, which can be unhelpful for you to race at your best. You can be distracted by: spectators, partners, sponsors, media, race competitors, FIS points and a poor first run… Working with Rob Bullen at The British Land Skiing Championships in Meribel, we worked on the race and run sandwich.