What can business people learn about performance management from the techniques used by the managers and coaches of elite sports teams and athletes?

Kevin Pickard is an elite sports coach, a director at AP Race and host of the Rogue Monkey podcast.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Kevin and host Michael Millward compare the different approaches to performance management used in elite sport and business environments.

Their discussion covers

• sports working towards a very clear objective
• the role every team member plays in achieving that objective
• dealing with adversity and still performing at your best
• the need for agile systems
• analysis of performance

More information about Kevin Pickard and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

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