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For technical leaders, career development often feels like a leap into the unknown: moving from technical mastery to the realm of leadership and management. But here’s the truth, planning your career is not optional. It’s the key to driving innovation,…

Receiving feedback at work is the curse…no sorry gift… that comes hand in hand with working in organisations. Whilst some people relish those feedback conversations, for many of us the word feedback fills us with anxiety and dread. During the…

“I’ve got some feedback for you”. “Let’s discuss how that meeting went.” For most people, the prospect of being on the receiving end of feedback at work is a cause for anxiety. Why? Because, for many, the way feedback is…

Has your organisation invested time, energy and money into creating feedback processes – and yet they seem to miss what feedback really is – two humans sharing perspectives? Or does feedback feel one-sided, being ‘done’ by one person to the…

If you are a team leader who wants to set performance objectives, how do you define what successful outcomes will look like? Defining performance is not easy – but it’s important to know whether your teams are performing or not….

Learning from the elite sports’ approach to performance This is the third and final article in our Q&A series with performance coach Jon Cooper who shares his perspective on the themes in our book, ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’. As coach to…

Learning from the elite sports’ approach to practise This is the second in our Q&A series with performance coach Jon Cooper who shares his perspective on the themes in our book, ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’. As coach to Paralympian Gold medallist…

When we wrote our latest book ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’ we spoke to many inspiring elite sportspeople to gain their insight on what goes into their performance winning strategies. But we didn’t stop there. We also wanted to capture the thoughts…

Are you working in an organisation with a culture that expects 100% performance? Where delivery is seen as everything – often at the expense of quality, results and employee wellbeing? We think there’s a better way to achieve improved and…

In their latest book, ‘Rest. Practise. Perform.’ Monkey Puzzle Co-founders Karen Meager and John McLachlan explore how elite sportspeople and their teams manifest sustainable performance – and what leaders and organisations can learn from their strategies. As they discovered, the…