EP 43 - LESSONS FROM THE OLYMPICS WE CAN APPLY TO BUSINESS - ROGER BLACK

Olympic Champion Roger Black Applies His Olympic Lessons to Business

Olympic champion Roger Black represented Great Britain at the highest level in the world of athletics, both as an individual 400 metre runner and as a member of the 4x400 metre relay team, winning fifteen major Championship medals including European, Commonwealth, and World Championship Gold medals. 

Today, he speaks to corporates all over the world, about the lessons learnt throughout his athletics career, which resulted in him achieving his dream of standing on the Olympic rostrum in Atlanta in 1996. This week we speak with Roger about change management, overcoming adversity, leadership and teamwork as well as these topics in this week's show:-

• Tracking Roger's journey to the Olympics
• Are we following our hearts or relising our true potential?
• Learning to live in the moment, don't miss your opportunity
• Am I focussed, am I focussed on the right things?
• Can we take learnings from the Olympic arena and apply it to our businesses?
• Winning the 1991 World Championships, a moment that shaped British sport. What are the learnings?
• Thinking differntly about your strategy
• Changing a winning strategy is a winning strategy
• Are you really focussed on the outcome or the process?
• How does Roger Black face adversity?
• What does running your perfect race look like to you?
• Do you pass the mirror test?
• What does success look like for you?
• What are Roger's rituals?

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