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Rest. Practise. Perform.

What elite sport can teach leaders about sustainable wellbeing and performance

John Mclachlan author Karen Meager author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Right Book Press

Published:21st Feb '24

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Do you grapple with the relentless demands of your leadership role?Are you struggling to balance your team’s wellbeing with delivering results?

Contemporary workplace cultures often shackle employees to a culture of ceaseless high performance and productivity. This results in lacklustre productivity, diminished creativity and a shattered workforce.

In contrast elite sports have honed time-tested strategies for sustaining peak performance, consistency, and getting results without exhaustion. This practical and illuminating guide offers a fresh perspective on leadership, unleashing an empowering, harmonious approach that’s inspired by elite sports’ proven disciplines.

Karen Meager and John McLachlan draw from extensive research and their deep understanding of leadership behaviours to provide you with a playbook for adapting elite sports’ winning techniques to your own team or organisation. Discover how to apply the incredible rhythm of the rest, practise, perform cycle and explore how it can revolutionise your team’s productivity, performance and wellbeing.

‘A game-changer. I wish I’d read it sooner. This should be in every leader’s toolbox.’

Aaron Phipps MBE, paralympic champion


‘A great tool to help leaders see how rest and recovery strategies can help their teams perform at the highest level.’

Kylie Grimes, MBE


‘The power of recovery has never been more important in today’s fast paced world of work. This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding burnout or lack of focus.’

Vicky Smith, researcher, organisational psychologist and author


‘A great read! I’m already seeing the results from taking learnings from top sporting performance and applying them to business.’

Simon Bouton, VP Global Operations and Experience, Google DeepMind

ISBN: 9781915483270

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 275g

176 pages