Peak Performance Archives

The Blueprint: Building a leadership roadmap that’s as unique as you are

What’s your leadership blueprint? I’m not talking just about your values – or a description of how you operate at your best, on the best day – when everything is going according to plan. I’m talking about a roadmap of clearly defined behaviours, rituals and practices that exactly define the ...

POWERCUT: Rich Diviney on the power of quitting vs. giving up

Here we are with number three of our powercut episodes. This is our way of keeping you inspired over Christmas and New Year while our Inside Influence team takes a little bit of a break to rest and recharge. We have gone back through all the episodes and narrowed down, ...

Rich Diviney – The Attributes: A Navy SEAL Commander on the hidden drivers of elite performance

Skills are not enough. 90% of Navy SEAL recruits fail to pass the basic training. And 50% of Navy Seals fail training for specialised command. Today’s guest, former Navy SEAL Commander and officer in charge of training for specialised command Rich Diviney asked why? Beneath skills there are hidden drivers ...

Laura Gassner Otting – What would you do if you felt truly limitless?

Whether you call it “being in the zone”, “flow”, “hyperfocus”, “feeling invincible”, or in the words of my guest today “consonance” – we have all experienced those moments where we feel our abilities and passions are absorbed into the task in front of us. Time melts away and we produce ...

Pip McKay – The archetype of influence: A hidden language of growth, persuasion and getting unstuck

There are some episodes of this podcast where I feel like I come into the conversation with at least some basic knowledge of the subject or, or the journey we’re about to embark on. And then there are others where it’s probably equally as new territory for me as it ...

James Clear – Atomic Habits: How to lock in new habits, lock out distractions and move to the next level

Now, hands up if you have a set routine whilst listening to this podcast. Maybe you listen whilst you’re in the gym or on your commute?Obviously, if you’re listening to this at the time of publishing – when most of us are in lockdown due to the Covid 19 pandemic ...