Performance Psychology 

Performance psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses upon the factors that allows individuals, teams and groups to flourish and to achieve their aims of being the best. It engages the performer on how to be successful by developing the power of the mind and to practice mental skills training in their daily lives. This encourages peak performance in sports, business, entertainment and professional lives of all performers, whether elite, professional or of amateur status.

Performance psychology is practiced regularly in sports and by some of the worlds greatest champions who recognise the need for the slightest competitive edge that they can get that prepares them for their moment when they need to perform at the highest level often under the most extreme form of stress. The training that underpins the psychology of performance has been researched and scientifically proven over many decades and is perfect grounding for those other performers in business who wish to become corporate athletes; others in the performing arts such as dance, music, entertainment and the stage who wish to deliver an exceptional performance when it really matters and other professionals such as entrepreneurs, medical and legal professions, small business owners and many more. All of which desire to be the best and experience mastery and higher purpose in all that they set out to do.

Our work with sporting figures over many years has also been developed for our work with the business, professional and performing arts communities and will work for you and can be delivered in many ways including online training, workshop and in person. There is a flexible solution for you or your organisation. I have been featured on BBC Radio 4, in many newsprints including Business Update Magazine and the author of "12 biggest business problems you cannot overcome: are all really mental"

 

	Business - Performance psychology in the workplace turns owners, directors, executives, managers and all levels of staff into peak performers who learn to deliver exceptional human performance for their organisations. This performance is often the difference between a good company and a great company who can tap into the needs of its customers and staff.

 

	Professional - The psychology of performance is becoming very widely used within the professions and by professionals in all fields such as medicine, financial services, entrepreneurs and small business owners who need to perform at the highest level often under the most extreme stress and to do it with poise, clarity, relaxation, focus and confidence.

	Sports - Sport psychology is used extensively within elite and professional sports all around the globe to offer the individual or team the competitive advantage needed to become a winner. Mental skills training in this area focuses upon core skills such as concentration, goal setting, motivation and much more to develop mental toughness and mental strength in the athlete.

	Entertainment - Performance psychology can assist performers in the world of dance, music, entertainment and stage to help them overcome nerves, stage fright and performance anxiety that hinders their ultimate performance and ability to enjoy the moment that they have worked so hard and long for. Be your exceptional best in your future defining moment.

How to be successful utilising performance psychology is a four stage approach to personal development which follows learning and understanding of what performance psychology skills are and how they will fit into your training and development plans. Once understood they need to be implemented and practiced daily to retrain the power of the mind towards success, fulfillment and self-actualisation and to remove all negative barriers to accomplishment. These barriers will show themselves in the form of doubts, worries, anxiety, stress, illness, thoughts, emotions and behaviour and will limit you by your underlying beliefs and values. The good news is that performance psychology will help you eliminate anything that is holding you back and disempowering you and instil new empowering versions.

The structure for performance psychology is as follows:

 

	Direction
	Drive
	Control
	Mastery

Direction will ensure that correct goal setting is implemented to assist performance. This criteria will link into drive or motivation which propels us along our set targets and outcomes. We will show how traditional motivation schemes and systems are outdated and no longer engage our staff and ourselves towards our life's purpose. Control will cover areas such as professional attitude, intensity, concentration, psychological preparation, self-confidence, emotional, mental rehearsal, positive thought control, team cohesion and dynamics which will deliver mental toughness and mental strength which is the starting point for pursuing a life of mastery through autonomy, purpose and courage.

The benefits of a perfomer who introduces performance psychology:

 

	Perform consistently every time
	Acquire a competitive advantage
	Be able to turnaround adverse situations
	Make critical decisions under extreme pressure
	Have abundance of endurance to go the course
	Deliver peak performance with poise, confidence and clear focus
	Always prepared for the unexpected
	Ability to save energy away from the uncontrollable
	Clear mind to manage risks
	Much much more

There are many solutions to work on performance psychology areas with you and many that can be tailored to fit your requirements. Our new and unique elearning package which is video based and covers the 12 main areas of development together with videos, examples, tests and a workbook can be purchased on this website and is available immediately by download to tap into the power of the mind. We also offer workshops that are available on a regular external basis or can be brought in house for you covering areas such as how to motivate staff and how to motivate yourself and mental toughness for success. Personal coaching, business coaching and psychological executive coaching can be arranged for you or your staff after discussion of requirements.

We also offer bespoke versions of our online training for business where a tweek or rewrite can be conducted to develop your staff and to show them how to be successful and help them to help you by delivering exceptional human performance to your customers through the use of the psychology of performance and the power of the mind.