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High Performing Teams

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Andrew May about high performing teams, leadership and followership, and the three circles that form a high performing team.

We also dive deeper into the bridge that connects the corporate world and sports, training your brain, and the learning agility that businesses can learn from athleticism and sports.

Andrew May – High Performing Teams
Andrew May is the CEO and founder of StriveStronger, author of the best-seller “MatchFit” and the Mental Skills Coach for the Manly Sea Eagles National Rugby League Club. He took up a Bachelor of Applied Science in Exercise Physiology and a Masters of Coaching Psychology at the University of Sydney.

From a former middle-distance runner to assisting top-tier athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport, he is a regular face on ABC News Breakfast and the host of The Business Fit podcast and Performance Intelligence podcast. He is also a former Managing Partner at KPMG after they acquired his company The Performance Clinic, and is part of IBO World Boxing Champion, Tim Tszyu’s team.

Andrew talks about:

Dreaming of going to the Olympics as a runner

Starting surfing at 12, which planted the seed of high performance

The skill of following as taught by the Army and the Navy

It’s a real strength to be able to both follow and lead in a team

Definition and dynamics of high performing teams

The three circles of a high performing team

The importance of teamwork and connectivity

Your brain is totally trainable

Coaching in sports and in the corporate world

Good coaches will know when to focus on the positives as a double down on the strengths

Businesses can learn Learning Agility from sports

Getting the middle balance between driving a high performance team and the stakes of running them out of gas

Three gifts he wants to give his kids

The social contagion theory

Disconnection in the modern world of technology

Tweets
“Having the conversation on and actually working on resilience. Working on toughness and grit, and actually making people work hard and get rewarded for it.” The importance of conversations around rewards within teams with Andrew May on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“In a high performing team, having real clear leadership, authentic leadership, but then having people who know actually how to follow a plan and implement a plan and knowing your job. So it’s really challenging and it’s totally changed my definition of followership.” Andrew May on the strength in followership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“If you want your brain to be fit, fast, flexible, and strong, you’ve got to train your brain. And that’s where mental skills are now really evolving and it excites me.” Training your brain with Andrew May on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

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Mindset Mastery

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Darren Fleming about Mindset Mastery, mental momentum and the marvels of the human brain.

We also dive deep into the world of health and athleticism, meditation and awareness, using positive psychology, and dealing with unwanted thoughts.

Darren Fleming – Mindset Mastery

Darren Fleming is a Peak Performance Strategist, behavioral scientist, former international elite athlete, and a prolific author with six books on communication, leadership, and influence under his belt. He’s recently launched a new book called Mindset Mastery that’s bound to change the game.

With a degree in Psychology from the University of South Australia and a background in neuro-linguistic programming, he has an incredible journey to share with us. From being a para-legal to a debt collector, he’s taken up leadership, training, and coaching roles at Westpac and even worked as a statistician for the Australian government. He’s on a mission to help major Australian and international companies unleash their full potential. With a passion for helping people overcome their limitations and achieve their goals with greater ease, he’s worked with top Global 100 companies such as CISCO, Caterpillar, and Komatsu.

Darren talks about:

Growing up in a rough environment
Finding love in the world of sports
Mindset Mastery
Sensory body feedback loop and how do we engage with the world
Mental momentum
Don’t be a D!ck
Feeling the fear and doing things anyway
Taking ownership and responsibility of everything
Preventing moments of exclusion
Meditation and awareness

Tweets

“Always have awareness a hundred percent all the time during the day. That’s the first thing. Action. Well, take action when you need to. It’s not an either-or.” Darren Fleming talks about meditation and awareness on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Don’t turn your back, don’t cover your ears, don’t close your heart.” How to prevent exclusion with Darren Fleming on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I would simply just say be curious, curious, act with love, act or come from love is probably the better perception. Just do something that interests you.” Darren Fleming on creating an energy flow for situations on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Darren Fleming www.darrenfleming.com.au
Darren Fleming LinkedIn
Darren Fleming Twitter
Speakers Institute Corporate www.speakersinstitutecorporate.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Recommended Reading:

Mindset Mastery Book
Don’t be a D!ck Book

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