The Talent Lab - How to Turn Potential Into World-Beating Success

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardSimon Timson and Chelsea Warr were the Performance Directors of UK Sport, tasked with the outrageous objective of delivering even greater success to Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Rio than in 2012. Something no other host nation had ever achieved in the next Games. In The Talent Lab, Owen Slot brings unique access to Team GB's intelligence, sharing for the first time the incredible breakthroughs and insights they discovered that often extend way beyond sport. Using lessons from organisations as far afield as the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music, the NFL Draft, the Royal College of Surgeons and the SAS, it shows how talent can be discovered, created, shaped and sustained. Charting the success of the likes of Chris Hoy, Max Whitlock, Adam Peaty, Ed Clancy, Lizzy Yarnold, Dave Henson, Tom Daley, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katherine Grainger, the Brownlee Brothers, Helen Glover, Anthony Joshua and the women's hockey team, The Talent Lab tells just how it was done and how any team, business or individual might learn from it.

Product details

• Authors: Chelsea SimonWarr, Owen Slot, OwenTimson Slot, Slot Owen, Simon Timson, Chelsea Warr
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781785031786
• ISBN: 978-1-78503-178-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business; SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, SPORTS & RECREATION / Track & Field, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Sports training & coaching, business strategy, Sports training and coaching, Track & Field Sports, Athletics, Track and field sports, athletics, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games