Comments on: Can coaching in sport offer lessons to coaching in business? http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/2009/10/08/can-coaching-in-sport-offer-lessons-to-coaching-in-business/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/2009/10/08/can-coaching-in-sport-offer-lessons-to-coaching-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-12 admin Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:11:32 +0000 http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/?p=4#comment-12 Good one, Lee. I'm also really interested in the coaching of individual performers, such as athletes, golfers and boxers. Although these people may be part of a "team" such as at the Olympics, they are surely motivated by individual, personal success. Can successful coaching techniques from these circumstances be applied in business - and what effects would there be on TEAM performance overall? I think that may be my next blog. Andy Good one, Lee. I’m also really interested in the coaching of individual performers, such as athletes, golfers and boxers. Although these people may be part of a “team” such as at the Olympics, they are surely motivated by individual, personal success. Can successful coaching techniques from these circumstances be applied in business - and what effects would there be on TEAM performance overall? I think that may be my next blog.

Andy

]]> By: Lee Solomon http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/2009/10/08/can-coaching-in-sport-offer-lessons-to-coaching-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Lee Solomon Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:49:45 +0000 http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/?p=4#comment-11 Great Post! It is interesting to look at the relationship between coaching in sport and the impact this has had on coaching in business. With the influence of John Whitmore and Timothy Gallwey ringing so clear in this arena, its now almost impossible to talk of coaching in business without mentioning the G.R.O.W model! Both business and sport are essentially about maximising performance so it’s not surprising that methods cross between the two disciplines. Just take a look at Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael M Lewis to see how Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team used statistical analysis to transform his club, giving him competitive advantage over teams with much larger budgets. By shirking the conventional wisdom and ignoring the intuitions of his scouts, Beane was able to assemble his team by running his own analysis of player performance. Completely ignoring the conventional wisdom about batting averages and runs scored, Beane assembled his team using pure statistical analysis taken straight from the business world! Did it work? It certainly did, although since then, Oakland have lost their competitive advantage as sabermetrics, the study of baseball statistics, is now the most successful method for assembling a professional Baseball team available! Great Post!

It is interesting to look at the relationship between coaching in sport and the impact this has had on coaching in business. With the influence of John Whitmore and Timothy Gallwey ringing so clear in this arena, its now almost impossible to talk of coaching in business without mentioning the G.R.O.W model!

Both business and sport are essentially about maximising performance so it’s not surprising that methods cross between the two disciplines. Just take a look at Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael M Lewis to see how Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team used statistical analysis to transform his club, giving him competitive advantage over teams with much larger budgets.

By shirking the conventional wisdom and ignoring the intuitions of his scouts, Beane was able to assemble his team by running his own analysis of player performance. Completely ignoring the conventional wisdom about batting averages and runs scored, Beane assembled his team using pure statistical analysis taken straight from the business world!

Did it work? It certainly did, although since then, Oakland have lost their competitive advantage as sabermetrics, the study of baseball statistics, is now the most successful method for assembling a professional Baseball team available!

]]> By: Colin http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/2009/10/08/can-coaching-in-sport-offer-lessons-to-coaching-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Colin Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:40:20 +0000 http://www.deep-vision.co.uk/blog/?p=4#comment-10 Andy - interesting and thought provoking stuff. Got me thinking about where Roman Abramovitch might stand on these issues given his wide business experience and his first hand experience of football! What was it that got him to where he is now? Andy - interesting and thought provoking stuff. Got me thinking about where Roman Abramovitch might stand on these issues given his wide business experience and his first hand experience of football! What was it that got him to where he is now?

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