Alex Hill has spent 13 years studying organisations that have out-performed their peers for over 100 years, including the All Blacks, Eton College and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The result is his book Centennials: The 12 Habits of Great, Enduring Organisations. “If you want society to support you long term, your impact has to be much broader th…

► Opening 00:00 Introductions ►Player Specific 01:00 Sebbe blood torva and pvm journey 5:07 Randalicious obtaining quiver 7:17 Abra getting Player Moderator 10:45 Plundering approaching 200M all on level 3 16:00 What are your current goals? ►False Bans, Customer Service, Skilling 20:40 Significant amount of high level false bans in the last few mon…

“I’ve been told I give really good hugs.” So says Lindsay Mintenko, the Managing Director of USA Swimming’s National Team, in the second episode of this new series of the Leaders Performance Podcast, which is brought to you by our Main Partners Keiser. “Just being able to sit with an athlete; sometimes you don’t even have to talk,” she continues, “…

Michael Bourne has a sports science background, so it is no surprise that he places a premium on critical thinking. “It is core to me,” the Performance Director at the Lawn Tennis Association [LTA] tells the Leaders Performance Podcast, which is brought to you today by our Main Partners Keiser. Critical thinking is a skill that also served him well…

Harjiv Singh, a performance and development scientist at the Orlando Magic, is another example of a practitioner who suffered their own debilitating injuries. Hot on the heels of Andrea Hudy, who recounted her own story of ACL troubles in episode one, Harjiv told the tale of a pickup basketball game that ended with him tearing his ACL and meniscus …

When the US women’s national soccer team started tracking their menstrual cycles, it was seen as groundbreaking. At least part of their success in claiming back to back World Cup titles in 2019 was attributed to the fact they could adjust individual training plans and nutrition based on the data. Ellie Maybury was part of the USWNT backroom team th…

00:00 Introductions ►Sailing Development Progress 01:40 Should JMods trust Reddit’s input on Sailing? 11:00 The potential for Sailing to be boosted/boostable. 23:40 HD support for Sailing. 30:15 Shamanism vs Sailing. Kieren said they will revisit Shamanism. 46:15 Phase 1 of 4 for Sailing development is complete. 55:00 Should Sailing work on mobile …

Paige Bueckers’ stellar performances at this year’s March Madness proved that her ACL injury is long behind her. She returned to action in November 2023 after 15 months out and drove UConn all the way to the Final Four of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Behind the scenes, Andrea Hudy, the Director of Sports Performance (Women's Basketball) …

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David Dunne describes a perennial problem for practitioners in elite sports. “There’s a fundamental mismatch between what practitioners can deliver and what athletes actually want and desire,” he told Joe Lemire and John Portch on the People Behind the Tech podcast. “So we pivoted towards the COM-B model.” During this episode we spoke at length abo…

“Everything is based upon the game for us,” said Ryan Alexander. “Understanding how the physical demands and fitness is going to be interpreted on the field as it is going to relate to the technical and tactical execution of a certain style of play.” Alexander, the Director of Sports Science at Atlanta United, was speaking to John Portch and Joe Le…

At November’s Leaders Sport Performance Summit at the Oval in London, a coach was overheard saying: ‘I have a team looking at AI but I have no idea what they do’. Gary McCoy is the CEO of Peak AI, which has been shortlisted in Sports Business Journals' list of the 10 Most Innovative Sports Tech Companies of 2023. Peak AI uses psycholinguistics to e…

Ben Baroody is a big believer in psychologist Michael Gervais’ idea that the apex of well-being and performance is human flourishing. “It means a lot to us,” he tells Henry Breckenridge and John Portch on the Leaders Performance Podcast, which is brought to you today by our Main Partners Keiser. “The aim and approach of all of our programs, process…

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“How do we design tech and tech solutions to almost combat [other] tech solutions and distractions?” The question is posed by Brian Cunniffe of the UK Sports Institute [UKSI], who is Joe Lemire and John Portch’s first guest on The People Behind the Tech podcast for 2024. Brian, a performance lead at the UKSI who works primarily in canoeing and who …

Lydia Bedford, the Head Coach of the Brentford men’s under-18s team has some firm coaching advice. “There’s no shortcuts, even though everyone seems to want them these days,” she tells Henry Breckenridge and John Portch on the Leaders Performance Podcast, which is brought to you today by our friends at Keiser. “Time on the grass, working in differe…

Zendler speaks to Joe Lemire and John Portch about her work with Rimkus and the NBA and NBPA’s Wearables Validation Program. “It was scary at the start. It was this white space of do we want this to happen? Can you make it happen?” says Jess Zendler. The Program Manager of the NBA and NBPA’s Wearables Validation Program is discussing her first step…

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Dr Daniel Laby is talking to John Portch and Joe Lemire about his vision training with Liverpool and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold in 2021. He says: “If the question is: ‘are you worse than you should be for your sport?’ And knowing what each sport needs, if you have that information you can say how someone needs to train.” Red Bull commissio…

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“The greatest gains in S&C can be made in how you make yourself an integral part of the team,” says Johnny Parkes. “You have to be out there with the team on a daily basis, you have to have those soft skills – I actually call them essential skills – we have to recognise that we have to make ourselves completely valuable to the team.” Johnny, who wa…

“You can watch the room change from that lived experience approach,” says Marc Williams, a programme facilitator at gambling harm minimization consultancy EPIC Risk Management. Marc, a former professional footballer who suffered the consequences of gambling harm, will speak to athletes and teams with a view to educating and informing them about the…

We will try and be more positive on the next podcast, sorry. ►Opening 0:00 Introductions 1:30 Capt King acitivies since 200M All/McNugget Challenge ►Shooting Stars - Upcoming Changes/Nerfs/Buffs5:50 Shooting Stars AFK for 7 minutes at a time 16:55 Do Zalcano, Volcanic Mine, Blast Mine, Motherlode Mine, Amethyst methods need any smaller changes? ► F…

Emily Hall enjoys building relationships with athletes as it enables her to better support them and, from time to time, when necessary, call them out. “You have to be able to read your athletes and know your athletes,” says the Strength & Conditioning Coach, who works with various women’s teams at Queensland Rugby League, including the U19s. “[You …

Time stamps included! Going to start putting participants names in the titles. I will likely will go back and do to previous podcasts as well. ►Player specific0:00 Introductions 02:35 Autumnelegy F2P UIM progress and account discussion 04:00 Dkho plans after 200M all on an ironman next year 07:21 Jcw and the road to 200M all as a level 3 09:53 Jcw …

When Conor McGoldrick joined John Portch for this Keiser Podcast, he spoke of learning from other disciplines and how that happens in both an unstructured and structured way. The Head of Strength & Conditioning at Red Bull’s Athlete Performance Center in Salzburg is describing the learning opportunity provided by the interdisciplinary work that goe…

Joe Rogowski has seen the NBA from all sides. He spent two years as an S&C at the Orlando Magic, a further six years as Director of Science & Research at the Houston Rockets, before spending almost nine years at the National Basketball Players Association [NBPA]. Since 2022, he has served as Chief Medical Director of the National Basketball Retired…

Timestamps are included! Group Hexis podcasts like this are planned to be done every 2 weeks. Would you have any interest in a shorter duration ~1 hour podcast of a one on one with Randalicious and another current/former member of Hexis? Those shorter ones would be done every 2 weeks and fill the week in between group podcasts. Please let me know. …

“Serial winning coaches don’t just want to get ahead – they want to stay ahead,” Professor Cliff Mallett tells the Leaders Performance Podcast. “But they know that staying ahead means having healthy relationships of mutual trust and care with the people that they work with.” Cliff and his colleague Sergio Lara-Bercial join Henry Breckenridge and Jo…

The return of the Hexis Podcasts! Time stamps included.--Sailing Related0:00 Introductions2:15 What did you think about Jagex lowering the percent to pass a poll from 75 to 70?15:40 Of the 3 skills that the team moved forward to a poll of Sailing, Shamanism, and Taming, which one did you like best?27:15 If you could add to or change one thing about…

Collier Madaleno recalls the story of a defensive lineman that had put on weight during the pandemic when college football was brought to a halt. “He used that next year to really focus on nutrition,” she tells Joe and John. “[He] got down and dropped his body fat percentage by 7%, lost 45lbs [20.4kg], and he was a first-round draft pick. “He just …

The rise of Toulouse FC has been both fast and meticulously planned. Le Téfécé were Ligue 2 champions in 2022 and, last season, won the Coupe de France – their first major trophy in 66 years. Toulouse also finished 13th in their first season back in Ligue 1 – well clear of the relegation zone. Not that Damien Comolli, the club’s President since 202…

“When a club as big as Racing come to you and say ‘we want you, there is no plan B, you’re our No 1 man’ then it helps persuade you”. Stuart Lancaster, the new Director of Rugby at Racing 92, agreed to join the Parisian club last September while enjoying his seventh season as Senior Coach at Leinster. It meant a fresh challenge for the man who also…

“With technology now, we’re starting to understand movement in a way that we didn’t really understand before,” Keke Lyles tells Joe Lemire and John Portch. The Director of Performance at Uplift Labs was on the pod to discuss how the company’s AI can reduce injury risk in athletes. There is no better candidate to delve into injury prevention and mit…

Mark Gannon, the CEO of UK Coaching, feels that it is about time that coaches were perceived as people too. UK Coaching is an association that connects and supports approximately 180,000 coaches from grassroots to elite level through its UK Coaching Club. “Coaching is all about the right environment,” he tells the Leaders Performance Podcast. “So w…

“When I took over the Head Physician job at the New England Patriots, I saw a very unique opportunity to provide medical leadership at the next level,” says Dr Matthew Provencher. “Fortunately, we had a great coach in Bill Belichick, great ownership in the Krafts, Jonathan and Robert, and I really talked to them around the facility about providing …

“Student-athletes in the United States are four times more likely than the average college student to have a gambling problem.” It’s a startling revelation from Mike Huber, an advisor with our Partners at EPIC Risk Management, on this Gambling Harm Prevention edition of the Leaders Performance Podcast. “Taking it a step further,” he continues, “we …

Scott Hann recalls the euphoria and the relief of watching his charge, the artist gymnastics gold medallist Max Whitlock, claim two golds and a bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. “Then, all of a sudden, you get home and you’re hoovering the floor in your living room and it just hit me. What was it all for? What’s happened?” he tells the Leaders Perfo…

"The conversation has grown," says MT Eisner, "but curiouser and curiouser: has the conversation grown because I'm in that circle or has the conversation genuinely grown?" The US Applied Performance Specialist Manager at Kitman Labs would like to think it's the latter. "Within Kitman, we talk about it consistently, within the other organisations th…

Daniel Guzman believes that genetics plus training equals performance. “Our genetics are just a code that says ‘here’s how your genetics express here whether that’s cardiovascular or it’s cellular or it’s your body composition or whatever it might be and here’s how we need to influence your environment’,” he tells Joe Lemire and John Portch on the …

As Lorena Torres Ronda explains, there is a big difference between say the NBA and international tournament play in basketball. She has experienced both, including a spell as Performance Director at the Philadelphia 76ers and, most recently, as Performance Coordinator at the Spanish Basketball Federation, a role she has held for two years. Lorena i…

“My staff is, by far, way more educated, smarter than me. They all have these niches that they’re really good at,” says Brandon McDaniel. “When I need to be able to understand something, when I need to be able to communicate something, when I need to be able to have that conversation with our front office or coaching staff, whoever that might be, t…

“I’ve spent a lot of time in professional sports and often been one, if not the only female, in those particular organisations,” says Matti Clements, the Acting Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. Her observation is all too common in such a male-dominated industry with certain roles, such as psychology, often presumed to be a more natura…

“I often talk about the difference between fixing broken and creating awesome,” Rachel Vickery tells the Leaders Performance Podcast. The performance coach, who guides and supports high performers to excel, lead and thrive in high pressure and high stakes environments, is discussing the importance of preparing athletes for the high pressure scenari…

High performers in both sport and business tend to overcomplicate things, on the other hand, they cannot just assume they can go it alone. Dan Lawrence, the Head of Performance at Matchroom Boxing, watched his former boxer, the now-retired George Groves, learned this in real time. “Yes, he had a team. He had myself, a conditioning coach, we had his…

Today we spoke with Steve Guest – Elite recruitment specialist and author of 'Top Biller' Steve has been recruiting for 17 years. He has placed over 800 individuals into permanent roles in the UK. Podcast host of 'The Guestlist with Steve Guest', Amazon best-selling author across multiple categories for “Top Biller – The Life of a Recruiter” (globa…

“Innovation isn’t about what we know; and defining it would be challenging everything we know,” says Ben Williams. “One thing I do believe is: to harvest a culture of innovation we need human engagement and we need collaboration.” Williams, who serves as the Ineos Grenadiers cycling team’s Integrated Performance Lead and the Ineos Britannia sailing…

Today we spoke with Allistair McCaw – Human performance and team culture coach Allistair is recognised as one of the world’s leading figures in maximising human performance, mindset, team culture and leadership. For over 25 years, he has worked with numerous Olympians, Paralympians, World Champion Athletes, Grand Slam Champions, Fortune 500 compani…

Welcome back to A Season of Reflections - Part 6. This week we unpack the theme of self-care across fascinating conversations from our previous guests, including Professor of Biochemistry and Immunobiology at Trinity College Dublin Luke O'Neill, author and Mental Health Activist Daragh Fleming, High Performance Leadership Expert James Laughlin, Hum…

“The most important thing when stepping up from being an individual contributor to being responsible in a management position is that it’s not about you any more,” Max Lankheit, the San Jose Earthquakes’ Director of High Performance, tells EPP’s Founding Partner Dave Slemen. The duo are discussing the traits needed when stepping into a leadership p…