It’s All In the Mind: The mental game of leadership

<p>Episode #236 // Have you ever wondered why people who are clearly at the top of their game all of a sudden have a steep decline in performance? Things that they’ve been able to routinely do at an elite level all of a sudden seem to be beyond their reach.</p><br><p>I saw an example of this just recently, where a professional NFL footballer inexplicably lost the plot. His physical abilities were <strong><em>no</em></strong> different after the slump in form as they were prior to the slump. But it looked like his mental state was night-and-day different!</p><br><p>What happens if you have a crisis of confidence in your own leadership? There’s a big difference between having healthy doubts, and having the sort of mental collapse that hijacks your very ability to perform.</p><br><p>In this episode, I discuss those differences, and give you some tactics for dealing with any performance declines so that, at worst, they’re short-lived, and at best you emerge from them even stronger than before.</p><br><p>Just in case you missed it, Em and I just opened doors to the March 2023 cohort of <a href="https://leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=description&amp;utm_campaign=podcast&amp;utm_content=ep236" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Leadership Beyond the Theory</em></strong></a>. This 8-week online leadership program will take your leadership confidence, skills, and capability to BRAND NEW LEVELS! To learn more about<em> Leadership Beyond the Theory,</em> or to enroll now -<strong> </strong><a href="https://leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=description&amp;utm_campaign=podcast&amp;utm_content=ep236" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>click here</strong></a>.</p><br><p><u>Resources referenced:</u></p><br><p><strong><em>ESPN Website</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16486/brett-maher" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Brett Maher 2022 NFL Stats</em></a></p><p><strong><em>spotrac.com</em