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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Looking back on twelve months of independent thinking on The Independent Minds

Michael Millward the founder and managing director of Abeceder marks the first year as and host of the Abeceder change management podcast The Independent Minds.

Find out more about Michael Millward at Abeceder.co.uk.

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How can small businesses compete when on-line search is dominated by the big players ?

Tobin Brogunier is the founder and at the time of recording in 2023 was the CEO of Virtual Store Fronts.

Virtual Store Fronts is a localised search engine and marketing service.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Tobin explains to host Michael Millward the problems that small businesses in rural communities face in competing in online searches and how Virtual Store Fronts levels the playing field.

During their conversation Tobin explains how the major search engines and social media platforms work, and how their business model makes it difficult for them to adapt to meeting the needs of small bricks and mortar businesses.

Tobin explains that instead of trying to convert small retailers into mail order companies Virtual Store Fronts aims to facilitate interactions at the physical store by supporting communities.

You will rediscover the better way to shop is one that involves face-to-face interactions between customers and retailers.

Tobin refers to a case study of Andrews Valley Rail Tours.

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