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Constructing Excellence:Links Between the Construction
Industry and Elite SportDr David Fletcher
Professor Jacqui Glass
Educating Winners since 1909
Over 100 years of civil and building engineering at Loughborough
Internationally-leading research
Outstanding employability
Responding to changes and provocations…
What Does the Construction Industry Have in Common with Elite Sport?
Fierce competition Winning
Achieving goals and targets
What Does the Construction Industry Have in Common with Elite Sport?
Establishing long-term strategies and tactics
Hard workPerseverance
What Does the Construction Industry Have in Common with Elite Sport?
DeterminationTeamwork
Dealing with success and recovering from failure and setbacks
Sport is a Powerful Metaphor for Other Performance DomainsMove
performance to higher
levels
Standards and goals move
upwards and onwards
Important Performance Themes
Performance Leadership and Management
Performance Environment and Culture
Performance Psychology
and Lifestyles
Performance Consultancy
and Coaching
Case Example One: Fortune 100 Company1,2
Brief: “Use the sport metaphor to enhance the company’s functioning and effectiveness” Executive coaching Team dynamics Stress and emotion Psychological and team resilience
The principles of elite performance in sport transfer well to business
1 Fletcher, D. (2010). Applying sport psychology in business: A narrative commentary and bibliography. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 1, 139-149.
2 Hodge, K., Beauchamp, M., & Fletcher, D. (in press). Group and team dynamics. In A. Mugford & G. Cremades (Eds.), Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology: Theories and Applications. London, UK: Routledge/Psychological Press.
Case Example Two: Construction Industry
Arup: To design and build the finest sporting venues
Loughborough: To create and maintain cultures of excellence
Joint mission: To leave a legacy of environments where high performance is inevitable and sustainable
Arsenal Football Club Home Team Dressing Room
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
Leadership
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
Performance Enablers
Leadership
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
Performance Enablers
Leadership
People
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
Leadership
People
Performance Enablers
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
Internal ProcessesAchievementWell-beingInnovation
Culture CultureLeadership
People
Performance Enablers
High Performance Environment Model1,2
2 Fletcher, D., & Streeter, A. P. (2016). A case study analysis of the high performance environment model in elite swimming. Journal of Change Management, 126, 1234-141.
1 Jones, J. G., Gittens, M. J., & Hardy, L. (2009). Creating an environment where high performance is inevitable and sustainable: The high performance environment model. Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, 1, 139-149.
PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT Internal ProcessesAchievementWell-beingInnovation
Performance Outcome
Culture CultureLeadership
People
Performance Enablers
Takeaway Messages
Elite sport is a powerful metaphor for the construction industry Psychology is an important factor in attaining, sustaining and
regaining superior performance Four important performance themes:
Leadership and management Environment and culture Psychology and lifestyle Coaching and consulting
Psychology can be changed which will, in turn, change performance
Thank you for your attention
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