The Talent Lab
The secret to finding, creating and sustaining success
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
Simon 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.
Customer Reviews
Inspiration for any success
A great insight into the GB medal making machine! Great examples of forward thinking, technology and innovation that can inspire progression and success in your own personal development, business or of course sport.
A “must read” for those interested in performance
Very well written by Owen Slot. This book provides a unique behind the scenes look into GB Olympic and Paralympic success in London and Rio. How GB became a sporting superpower told in a series of engaging well researched stories. Whether you work or are interested in performance, or just want to be inspired - sports, business, education, health, government - you will find something in this book