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How to Outperform

By: Lisa Mainwaring
Narrated by: Charlene White
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  • Summary

  • Journalist Charlene White gains unprecedented access to some of Britain's oldest and most famous companies and institutions to find out what makes them successful. In each episode we will meet the people behind this success; senior management and staff, past and present, this series gets under the skin of these world famous organisations.

    We learn how they have each employed distinct cultures, systems and techniques in order to stand the test of time. We also hear about the companies' biggest failures throughout their history and what they learnt.

    With the help of Paul Anderson-Walsh, Director of The Centre for Inclusive Leadership; and research by Professor Alex Hill, Kingston University & Director of the Centre for High Performance; each episode identifies how these business lessons can be applied directly to your own life; how to improve your productivity, stay motivated and get ahead.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: British Rowing
    Apr 17 2019

    British Rowing is the national governing body for rowing, responsible for the training and development of rowers from grass roots level to high performance athletes. GB Rowing Team are champions of success at the Olympic Games, having won a total of 68 medals, including 31 gold, up to and including Rio 2016.

    We go behind the scenes to learn some of the secrets of their world-class approach to coaching and training programmes.

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    32 mins
  • Ep. 2: RADA
    Apr 17 2019

    For more than a century the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA, has trained some of Britain’s best known actors from the stage and big screen.

    To get under the skin of this venerable institution we hear from some of RADA’s instructors and star-studded alumni about how the school maintains its high standards. In order to maintain its high standards and personal touch RADA remains intentionally small: offering just 28 places to the several thousand aspiring actors who apply each year.

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    27 mins
  • Ep. 3: The Royal Institution
    Apr 17 2019

    The Royal Institution has been the esteemed organisation at the forefront of scientific research, education and discovery for the last two centuries. Its impressive history is decorated with 15 Nobel prizes and the discovery of ten different elements.

    To this day, the Royal Institution continues to fuel vital scientific discussion and inspire and educate the next generation of world-changing scientists.

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    25 mins

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  • 23-08-2019

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What did I learn from this audio book? Well, Absolutely nothing. What a shameful promotion.

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Good read

Ep1, Ep2 & Ep4 are great, Ep6 is a political, more a climate change advertisement and no real take away about organisation performance, what make them different and does not seem to connect to the common man / woman.

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The riches man in Babylon, a really good listen

I really loved this book, I had it when I was younger but struggled with the old king James language, but it was really easy to follow while listening to it

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Interesting but didn't give what l was looking for

Some interesting topics and establishments. I didn't really find any new skills on how to out perform though.

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Thank you for doing the book, but it could have been great.

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not well planned

interviews and stories seems to just be thrown in. doesn't really go into any theories on how to preform or reach any conclusions

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Well delivered, great content and translatable

This series was well made and delivered with the added summary of take aways meant that missing any of the muchly translatable content was near on impossible

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not for me

wasn't what i expected, really did not like this however was presented very well. it was well researched.

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Very interesting

'How to Outperform' takes us into 6 different institutions where excellence, intelligence and the drive to be better are apparent. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and the many speakers throughout; ranging from cutthroat olympic rowing teams to actors, doctors and scientist. Each had a lesson to be learned and I will be applying these methods to my own life.

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  • Pad de Braye
  • 26-04-2019

Vital lessons for all who care about performance

Valuable lessons - beautifully stitched together. A wonderful mix of contributions and perspectives from those involved in performance improvement from a range of fields.

As a coach myself I gleaned countless valuable insights related to helping people improve their game in all fields of life.

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  • 04-06-2019

amazingly stimulating

stories provide many varied perspectives on life with conclusions tightly tied together through evaluations by 2 experts. it is cohesive, multifaceted and extremely informative. I'll be listening to this series again and again!

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  • 23-11-2019

Thought provoking

I listened to all of them and liked the way the author has weaved the stories together. The coach - Paul - is utterly brilliant. So insightful. My favourite episodes are: Eton College (it's a different world); listening to actress Juliet Stevenson in the RADA episode talking about the late Alan Rickman and Michael Palin in the Royal Geographical Society episode. If you want a masterclass on teamwork listen to the The British Rowing episode . I have picked up some wisdom in some form from every episode. Well done!

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  • 04-01-2020

The best of British

It is interesting to hear about attitude of businesses with long history. Over the various examples, it provides with many ideas on how to set the idea of outperformance as a norm.

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  • 23-11-2019

A great podcast

This podcast series was a fascinating insight into how some unique British Institutions are run, how they have developed over the decades and succeed. Their people centred attitudes to management. Excellent listening.

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  • Lizibeth
  • 06-09-2019

great series

incredible insights in to the british organisations with clear take away messages. somethings we can all try in here

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  • 03-09-2019

Nice

great listen, informative and inspiring, people sharing personal experience on what is import to outperform

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