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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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Todd Greenberg CEO NRL active CEO Podcast — *Todd Greenberg – CEO NRL*

On this episode of the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Todd Greenberg about focusing on more than a game, the importance of EQ as a leader, choosing character before talent, CEO loneliness and life under intense public scrutiny as CEO of NRL. We also delve into Rugby League being owned by its fans, looking through the lens of what’s in the best interest of the game, channelling your competitive instinct as a leader, sport enabling social change and tribalism in professional sports.

Todd Greenberg – More Than A Game

Todd Greenberg is a grateful and humble leader, who loves connecting with people in one of the world’s toughest sports, Rugby League. Known as one of Australia’s top sport administrators, Todd is a handy cricket player who would love to be a defence lawyer, and is passionate about building inclusive and engaged communities through sport.

He completed a Sports Science degree at the College of Knowledge and a Masters of Sport Management at University of Technology Sydney. His career has included Events & Promotions Manager at Cricket NSW; Operations & Events Manager and CEO at Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs; General Manager at ANZ Stadium; Head of Football at the NRL; and is currently the CEO of NRL.

Todd talks about:

Growing up in one of the world’s great sporting cities, Sydney.
The life lessons from playing in a team sport environment.
Being from a family where work ethic was principally driven from his parents
Always believe intuitively in your own ability and back yourself consistently.
Bob Radford, CEO of NSW Cricket, was one of the early influences on his professional career.
Surviving in sports administration takes an equal set of IQ as well as EQ.
Being the youngest CEO in the NRL when appointed to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
As leaders of a sports club you effectively become the custodians for that period of time.
Fans are emotionally connected with the brand and the colours of that club.
Sports teams as a pillar of community bringing multiple cultures and communities together.
Your players inside the club need to understand the broader scope of their responsibilities.
The role of sport enabling social change in society.
Rugby league wants to be a game for all, irrelevant of where you come from.
Recharging the batteries and being disciplined to find time away from sport.
His first 100 days in office as CEO of NRL.
The most immediate challenge was people, culture and relationships.
The NRL tackling shifting the behaviours and mindsets of the players.
Supporting the family and their role in the players performance.
Mentally and emotionally coping with having to regularly fronting integrity-related issues.
The importance of a team of mentors.
Doing something for someone else and not expecting something in return.

Active CEO Performance Tip

active CEO Performance – Cultivate Performance – Performance doesn’t occur on its own. It requires hard work, consistency, recovering with purpose and most importantly discipline. You need to cultivate your performance through being disciplined and ensuring that you have established the small repeatable daily actions that are required to achieve your goals. Discipline is a work in practice, it is something you need to develop, train and then maintain to be successful.

Tweets

“It’s not about being fitter, faster and stronger, it’s actually being a better person, a more rounded individual who can contribute back to their communities.” Todd Greenberg talks about character over player, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

“Playing a team sport particularly, irrelevant of what sport it is, provides you so many life lessons, particularly for your business life.” Todd Greenberg on the life lessons from team sports, on the Sportspeople Recruitment active CEO Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Todd Greenberg Twitter
Todd Greenberg Wikipedia
National Rugby League www.nrl.com
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns Speaker
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn

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