In today's episode, Stuart welcomes Alex Chapman. Alex supports people and teams to achieve their personal and collective aspirations across a multitude of settings [including Professional, Olympic & Paralympic sports, education, and business settings] for nearly two decades. Currently a performance lifestyle advisor with the English Institute of Sport and doing some private stuff as an executive/performance coach. In this episode, they discuss some considerations around professional development, a bunch of things around feedback - how to seek it out from your clients and how to best receive it even if it cuts deep. They finish talking about his coaching philosophy.
Timestamps:
[02.03] - What it was like working for Portsmouth F.C. while they were in the Premier League.
[04.02] - What he would tell himself if he could go back to the start of his career?
[08.56] - Does he enjoy getting better?
{18.15] - A discussion around feedback.
[22.20] - Why you should consider introducing a review session into your 1-1 PT client set up.
[27.05] - Gaining feedback on your blindspots and creating actions off the back of useful feedback.
[30.00] - A process for gaining feedback openly from new clients.
[33.35] - Why feedback can be harder to take when it hits your identity.