Episodes

Welcome to the first in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Keiser. Over the next few months you’ll hear from human performance experts from around the world, discussing best practice, the role of technology and what the future of training and rehabilitation might look like. In this first episode we sat down with Jimmy Pritchard, who is Director of Strength and Conditioning at the the renowned Ski & Snowboard Club Vail in Colorado. He discusses the...

Welcome to the first in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Keiser. Over the next few months you’ll hear from human performance experts from around the world, discussing best practice, the role of technology and what the future of training and rehabilitation might look like. In this first episode we sat down with Jimmy Pritchard, who is Director of Strength and Conditioning at the the renowned Ski & Snowboard Club Vail in Colorado. He discusses the...

Welcome to the first in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Keiser. Over the next few months you’ll hear from human performance experts from around the world, discussing best practice, the role of technology and what the future of training and rehabilitation might look like. In this first episode we sat down with Jimmy Pritchard, who is Director of Strength and Conditioning at the the renowned Ski & Snowboard Club Vail in Colorado. He discusses the...

What was your key takeaway from the Leaders Performance Institute's first visit to the desert? With best practice insights from fields as diverse as World Series Poker, haute cuisine and the US Air Force. It is safe to say there was something on the menu for everyone at the UFC's Las Vegas Performance Institute and we could not have picked a more fitting venue. The curtain came down and members of the Leaders Performance Institute repaired to the VENUE for a well-earned drink and the opportuni...

What was your key takeaway from the Leaders Performance Institute's first visit to the desert? With best practice insights from fields as diverse as World Series Poker, haute cuisine and the US Air Force. It is safe to say there was something on the menu for everyone at the UFC's Las Vegas Performance Institute and we could not have picked a more fitting venue. The curtain came down and members of the Leaders Performance Institute repaired to the VENUE for a well-earned drink and the opportuni...

What was your key takeaway from the Leaders Performance Institute's first visit to the desert? With best practice insights from fields as diverse as World Series Poker, haute cuisine and the US Air Force. It is safe to say there was something on the menu for everyone at the UFC's Las Vegas Performance Institute and we could not have picked a more fitting venue. The curtain came down and members of the Leaders Performance Institute repaired to the VENUE for a well-earned drink and the opportuni...

Mark Warburton, the former Manager of Nottingham Forest, Glasgow Rangers and Brentford, is recounting the tale of a recent job interview for the benefit of the Leaders Performance Institute. "I went for this interview and they asked me what my first 30 days in the job would look like," he says incredulously. "Someone had said it to me jokingly two weeks earlier; 'forget the 100 days it's the one month'." In one small anecdote Warburton, who also served as Technical Director during his time at ...

Mark Warburton, the former Manager of Nottingham Forest, Glasgow Rangers and Brentford, is recounting the tale of a recent job interview for the benefit of the Leaders Performance Institute. "I went for this interview and they asked me what my first 30 days in the job would look like," he says incredulously. "Someone had said it to me jokingly two weeks earlier; 'forget the 100 days it's the one month'." In one small anecdote Warburton, who also served as Technical Director during his time at ...

Mark Warburton, the former Manager of Nottingham Forest, Glasgow Rangers and Brentford, is recounting the tale of a recent job interview for the benefit of the Leaders Performance Institute. "I went for this interview and they asked me what my first 30 days in the job would look like," he says incredulously. "Someone had said it to me jokingly two weeks earlier; 'forget the 100 days it's the one month'." In one small anecdote Warburton, who also served as Technical Director during his time at ...

"The way the fight is being won is changing - strike rates are up, knockouts are down and results by decision have gone up." So says Duncan French of the UFC and the world of mixed martial arts. The Vice President of Performance at the UFC explains that what it takes to win in the UFC - so comprehensively benchmarked in this recent report - continues to evolve in a sport that has been professional for just 25 years. That is why the opening of the $14 million UFC Performance Institute in Las Veg...

"The way the fight is being won is changing - strike rates are up, knockouts are down and results by decision have gone up." So says Duncan French of the UFC and the world of mixed martial arts. The Vice President of Performance at the UFC explains that what it takes to win in the UFC - so comprehensively benchmarked in this recent report - continues to evolve in a sport that has been professional for just 25 years. That is why the opening of the $14 million UFC Performance Institute in Las Veg...

"The way the fight is being won is changing - strike rates are up, knockouts are down and results by decision have gone up." So says Duncan French of the UFC and the world of mixed martial arts. The Vice President of Performance at the UFC explains that what it takes to win in the UFC - so comprehensively benchmarked in this recent report - continues to evolve in a sport that has been professional for just 25 years. That is why the opening of the $14 million UFC Performance Institute in Las Veg...

Mubarak Malik believes the New York Knicks are just a few steps from achieving something special in the NBA. The Leaders Performance Podcast spoke to the Knicks' Director of Performance ahead of the NBA Global Game in London where the Knicks faced the Washington Wizards at the O2 Arena. The result may not have been to Malik's liking that evening, with the nominal hosts claiming a 101-100 victory, but he was in good spirits and spoke candidly about his five years in New York, as well as his tim...

Mubarak Malik believes the New York Knicks are just a few steps from achieving something special in the NBA. The Leaders Performance Podcast spoke to the Knicks' Director of Performance ahead of the NBA Global Game in London where the Knicks faced the Washington Wizards at the O2 Arena. The result may not have been to Malik's liking that evening, with the nominal hosts claiming a 101-100 victory, but he was in good spirits and spoke candidly about his five years in New York, as well as his tim...

Mubarak Malik believes the New York Knicks are just a few steps from achieving something special in the NBA. The Leaders Performance Podcast spoke to the Knicks' Director of Performance ahead of the NBA Global Game in London where the Knicks faced the Washington Wizards at the O2 Arena. The result may not have been to Malik's liking that evening, with the nominal hosts claiming a 101-100 victory, but he was in good spirits and spoke candidly about his five years in New York, as well as his tim...

What role does science have in creating great art? This is the question that the Centre for Performance [CPS] Science at the Royal College of Music [RCM] continually attempts to answer and it was with this in mind that we sat down with Aaron Williamon, Professor of Performance Science at the RCM, for the latest edition of the Leaders Performance Podcast. Williamon, who spoke onstage at the 2018 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in November, invited us into his office to discuss how the RCM is se...

What role does science have in creating great art? This is the question that the Centre for Performance [CPS] Science at the Royal College of Music [RCM] continually attempts to answer and it was with this in mind that we sat down with Aaron Williamon, Professor of Performance Science at the RCM, for the latest edition of the Leaders Performance Podcast. Williamon, who spoke onstage at the 2018 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in November, invited us into his office to discuss how the RCM is se...

What role does science have in creating great art? This is the question that the Centre for Performance [CPS] Science at the Royal College of Music [RCM] continually attempts to answer and it was with this in mind that we sat down with Aaron Williamon, Professor of Performance Science at the RCM, for the latest edition of the Leaders Performance Podcast. Williamon, who spoke onstage at the 2018 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in November, invited us into his office to discuss how the RCM is se...

That's a wrap for the latest Leaders Sport Performance Summit at London's Kia Oval. The great and the good of world sport and performance gathered in south London to share best practice insights behind leadership and culture, data & analytics as well as human performance. Weaving in and out of the corridors were the Leaders Performance Institute's David Cushnan and James Emmett, who joined us on loan from our sister podcast, the Leaders Sport Business Podcast. The duo rounded up a retinue of sp...

That's a wrap for the latest Leaders Sport Performance Summit at London's Kia Oval. The great and the good of world sport and performance gathered in south London to share best practice insights behind leadership and culture, data & analytics as well as human performance. Weaving in and out of the corridors were the Leaders Performance Institute's David Cushnan and James Emmett, who joined us on loan from our sister podcast, the Leaders Sport Business Podcast. The duo rounded up a retinue of sp...

That's a wrap for the latest Leaders Sport Performance Summit at London's Kia Oval. The great and the good of world sport and performance gathered in south London to share best practice insights behind leadership and culture, data & analytics as well as human performance. Weaving in and out of the corridors were the Leaders Performance Institute's David Cushnan and James Emmett, who joined us on loan from our sister podcast, the Leaders Sport Business Podcast. The duo rounded up a retinue of sp...

Mike Brey, the Head Coach of the Notre Dame men's basketball team, remembers the time a player came into his office and closed the door. Most of the time, he says, a player who shuts the door is about to divulge some misdemeanour from the night before. Not this time. "This player said, 'Coach, I really think you're selling us short' - he flat out called me out," recalled Brey onstage at the 2017 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in Chicago. Brey had publicly spoken of reaching the NCAA tournament...

Mike Brey, the Head Coach of the Notre Dame men's basketball team, remembers the time a player came into his office and closed the door. Most of the time, he says, a player who shuts the door is about to divulge some misdemeanour from the night before. Not this time. "This player said, 'Coach, I really think you're selling us short' - he flat out called me out," recalled Brey onstage at the 2017 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in Chicago. Brey had publicly spoken of reaching the NCAA tournament...

Mike Brey, the Head Coach of the Notre Dame men's basketball team, remembers the time a player came into his office and closed the door. Most of the time, he says, a player who shuts the door is about to divulge some misdemeanour from the night before. Not this time. "This player said, 'Coach, I really think you're selling us short' - he flat out called me out," recalled Brey onstage at the 2017 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in Chicago. Brey had publicly spoken of reaching the NCAA tournament...