There’s No ‘I’ in Podcast

Ep. 43 "The 3 'R's of Team Building"

Sean and Mark head out on foot to walk and talk about how the last 40-something episodes have changed how they put together teams. Along the way they dig in to one of the principals of 'Togetherness' from Dr. Matt Slater's book - the 3 'R's. You ca…

Ep. 42 "Making your best day better" (Guest: Dr. Chris Shambrook)

Another massive episode this week that has Sean and Mark talking to Sports Psychologist Dr. Chris Shambrook of Planet K2. Chris has worked with Team GB's rowing team, as well as British cricket teams and the Cambridge Boat Race crew. It's an episod…

Ep. 41: "Creative people... they're unbelievable" (Guest: Hywel Evans)

A refreshed and invigorated Sean and Mark return form their Summer break and dive straight in with creativity consultant, enterprise and innovation adviser and audio producer Hywel Evans. In the episode they cover the myth of the uncreative person, …

PARALYMPICS REPOST: Team GB Coach Ashley Trodden

The Paralympics have begun and Team GB have already won a Gold Medal. So we throw back to one of our earliest episodes where we talk to to 2012 Team GB Paralympic Sitting Volleyball coach Ashley Trodden all the way from Kuwait about the world of eli…

OLYMPICS REPOST II: Strength & Conditioning Coach Dan Lavipour

[Initially posted 15 May 2020] Sean and Mark sit down this week with Daniel Lavipour, an elite strength and conditioning coach, currently working with London Pulse Superleague Netball club and the FA. They cover the storytelling behind strength and …

REPOST: "Teaching What Competition Looks Like" (Guest: Team GB's Rob Richardson)

While the Tokyo Olympics are taking place (and Sean and Mark are taking a short break) we will be reposting some previous episodes where the chaps had an opportunity to speak to athletes and coaches who have had the Olympic experience. First up, Ma…

Ep. 46 "Ask the right questions" (Guest: Ben Wharfe from FIIT)

Sean and Mark are able to grab a chat Ben Wharfe, Chief People Officer for exercise brand https://fiit.tv/ (FIIT) about his own journey from a giant corporation into a startup, finding himself in the people business along the way. Ben talks about the…

Ep. 45 "Does it make the boat go faster?" (Guest: Phil Denton)

Sean and Mark are back in business and back with guest Phil Denton who is both a headteacher and the co-author of "The First 100 Days - Lessons in Leadership from the Football Bosses" (https://100daysleadership.co.uk/ (100daysleadership.co.uk)). The …

Ep. 44: "The Brilliant Ideas Board" (Sean & Mark talk transformational change)

In this episode Sean and Mark dig into the Linkedin Learning course "Aaron Dignan on Transformational Change" and look at how it could chang…

Ep. 43: "Whoever turns up in the room are the right people" (Guest: Anna Glarin)

This episode Sean and Mark chat to Mark's colleague and co-artistic director of Waterloo Community Theatre about, amongst other things, making sure young people's voices are heard, the fear and excitement of the plan being no plan, and how t…