Women’s Sport Breakfast: The Lengthening of Time in High Performance Pathways for Women

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The aim of the Women’s Sport Breakfast is to bring together high performance practitioners who are passionate about growing women’s sport and providing access for women in sport to network and learn from one another about the strides being made in the industry. The breakfast will be an opportunity to connect and have impactful conversations with those working on the front lines to progress women’s sports before transitioning to the Summit content. 

Welcome & Action Planning

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We’ll set the scene for the day and take the time to outline a plan of action to make the most out of the learnings from day one of the Summit. 

Session 1: Performance Planning, Execution & Reviewing

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Effective performance planning is an important foundational piece of any high performing organisation to support the mission or end goal. There has been many examples of teams competing in major competition this year so we want to unpick their approaches around planning process, how this transitioned into execution, but also what the learnings were along the way.  

Skills Session: The Art of Effective Debriefing

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We’ll be reflecting on the learnings from the previous session, and give you the opportunity to unpack them with the peers around your table. We’ll also use the insights from the session, alongside some research and skills based learning exercises, to explore ‘The Art of Effective Debriefing’.  

The old adage that ‘people learn best through experience’, is not necessarily true. For learning to take place, people need to both reflect and make sense of the experience, and then think through how they will apply that learning.​ One of the most powerful applications of coaching, then, is to facilitate learning through effective debriefs of experience. This is about taking the time to squeeze more richness out of the experience we have. Done well it can drive a very steep learning curve, build responsibility & confidence, and increase focus on results. This skill is a huge part of any high-performance environment that has learned to sustain success. ​ 

Session 2: A Framework for Future Leaders

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Exploring 15 years of research into empowered leaders and combining this insight with the modern day organisation, what does real leadership look like in the current landscape? People are facing complexity and challenges from different directions, so how are we preparing for this? In this session we will sought to explore a framework for future leaders to create meaningful change in their environment.   

Interactive Roundtable: Reviewing Your Current Leadership

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As a follow on from the previous session focused on evaluating modern day leadership, we will take the opportunity to reflect on our own leadership and seek to identify the gaps in our current approach and that of the suggestions for effective future leadership.  

Session 3: Talent Development: What Can We Learn From Other Elite Environments?

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With athletes at the centre of high performance models, multidisciplinary teams are work hard to optimise the environment to ensure the development of their talent is the number one priority. To provide a different perspective, we will explore a world-leading talent development environment from outside our industry, to benchmark and unpack their approach to high performance sport – what are the similarities, what are the differences? 

Interactive Roundtable: Benchmarking Your Approach to Talent Development

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As a follow on from the previous session, we will look to use the insights to stimulate discussion on your table around your current approach to talent development. From the conversations shared from the speakers, what is similar and different to your current philosophy for developing talent? 

Session 4: Culture Case Study: Sustaining World Class Values

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An opportunity for us to explore one of the most heralded cultures in elite sport. We will get under the skin of the culture, the core foundations, how it is brought to life and sustained. How has this culture allowed the organisation to create an environment where innovation flourishes, problems are solved and people are supported? 

Skills Session: Culture Leadership

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We’ll be reflecting on the learnings from the previous session, and give you the opportunity to unpack them with the peers around your table. We’ll also use the insights from the session, alongside some research and skills based learning exercises.  

A key role we have as leads is to help shape a positive, winning culture in the organisation. Doing whatever we can to create an optimal environment to get the best out of every individual and the team as a whole.​ To do this we need to have a clear vision of the culture we are trying to nurture. We need to encourage people to speak up about what is getting in the way. And we need to aware of the different ways in which we as leaders can reinforce and help embed the behaviors we want to increase. 

Day One Reflections

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We’ll take time to debrief at the end of the session, and ensure you have a clear plan of action to take into Day 2, as well as looking at how we can implement today’s learnings back into your organisations. 

Networking Drinks

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We’ll finish the day with some drinks, giving you the opportunity to connect and reconnect with peers and friends at the end of the afternoon and into the evening for those of you who wish to stick around. We’ll start at the venue, then head to a nearby bar (TBC) from early evening onwards. 

Welcome & Action Planning

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We’ll set the scene for the day and take the time to outline a plan of action to make the most out of the learnings from day two of the Summit. 

Session 1: Undertaking Transformational Change in High Performance Environments

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Transformational change refers to changes that are typically much grander in scope than incremental and adaptive changes. When considering transformational change, it can often refer to developments in an organisations strategy, culture, structure and processes. The session will explore a case study from high performance sport on how they have approached this process and key learnings along the way. 

Session 2: Organisational Behaviour: Managing People through an Evolution

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After we explored a high performance sporting example of transformational change, this session will look to deepen our knowledge and understanding of change, focusing on theories and frameworks that can help mitigate risk and managing people while on that evolutionary journey. 

Interactive Roundtable: Leading Change & Transition

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We’ll be reflecting on the learnings from the previous session, and give you the opportunity to unpack them with the peers around your table. We’ll also use the insights from the session, alongside some research and skills based learning exercises, to explore ‘Leading Change and Transition’. 

Session 3: Projecting Your Practice

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In the previous session we explored the topic of change and how to manage it effectively. The next 24 months will bring change in many of our roles as high performance sport continues to evolve. To provide an opportunity to contextualise some thinking into your current role, we will engage in a practical session to project forward for the next two years to predict key conversations and developments around your practice. What might this mean for this? What skills do we need to develop? Where are our knowledge gaps? 

Session 4: Designing Effective Learning Environments

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How do you create the conditions for learning in a high pressure organisation? We often hear organisations say that they are striving for a world-class culture of learning, knowing learning being a core component of a high performing team or organisation. Often learning and development can lose focus and intent in times of pressure, so in this session, we will look to glean insights and experiences on how you can balance the two so learning contributes to high performance output. 

Skills Session: Making Learning Stick

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We’ll be reflecting on the learnings from the previous session, and give you the opportunity to unpack them with the peers around your table. We’ll also use the insights from the session, alongside some research and skills based learning exercises.  

One of the major challenges with learning is its application back into the environment. As part of this skills session, we will explore some of the foundational pieces you can put in place to foster a true culture of learning and ensure the learning you and the team do is having an impact on the ground.  

Session 5: Making an Impact Around High Performance Coach & Staff Wellbeing

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In recent years, the support and awareness around athlete wellbeing has witnessed progression in our understanding of wellbeing, how to deliver support to our athletes and also the heightened resources at their disposal. There is a sense that the wellbeing of Coaches and High Performance staff as often been overlooked, especially with models placing athletes at the centre – their performance and wellbeing is our priority so we will do what is necessary. The dial needs to be shifted so this session will engage in a conversations of how this dial can be shifted to better support staff within your environment for sustained performance for all. 

Interactive Roundtable: How Can We Positively Influence Coach & Staff Wellbeing?

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We’ll take a break from listening, and give you an opportunity to engage and talk to one another on your tables. We’ll explore the insights of the previous session, as well as focus on skills we can fine tune and develop in line with the theme of sustainable high performance and wellbeing initiatives. 

Day 2 Reflections

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We’ll leave some time at the end of the event to reflect on the learnings from the two days, and think about how they can be implemented back into our organisations. We’ll also ensure you have the opportunity to catch up with your peers in the room before you leave.