The Winning Mindset: What Sport Can Teach Us About Great Leadership by Damian Hughes - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781509804375. Publisher: Pan Macmillan. Overview. The Winning Mindset by Professor Damian Hughes takes readers inside the dressing rooms, boardrooms and training grounds of elite sport to reveal the psychology behind sustained success. Drawing on his academic background in organisational and change psychology alongside real-world experience advising top-level coaches and teams, Hughes distils a practical, five-part framework that leaders in any field can apply. This paperback is a sharp, accessible read for managers, coaches and anyone building high-performing teams.. About the Book. Leading a sports team is often assumed to be as simple as fantasy football: buy the best players, pick the best line-up, and success follows. The Winning Mindset argues the reality is far more complex. True winning environments are built through recruiting, developing and nurturing talent, communicating a shared vision across a diverse group of individuals, managing the expectations of multiple stakeholders, and staying composed under intense pressure — challenges that mirror those faced by leaders across every industry, not just sport.. Drawing on years spent working alongside some of the UK's top teams and observing elite coaches at close quarters, Hughes distils what separates the very best from the rest into five core principles, summarised by the acronym STEPS: Simplicity, Tripwires, Emotions, Practical, and Stories. Each principle is explored through real examples from sport and business, showing how clear thinking, emotional intelligence, and compelling storytelling combine to create cultures where people consistently perform at their best.. Rather than offering abstract theory, the book translates high-performance sporting psychology into practical, usable guidance for anyone responsible for leading a team, department or organisation. It is a book for readers who want to understand not just what winning teams do, but why i