SPOTLIGHT: High Performance and Compassion with Red Bull's Andy Walshe

Andy Walshe is a globally recognized leader and expert in the field of elite human performance. For over 20 years the Australian native has been focused on the goal of “de-mystifying talent” by researching and training individuals and teams across a vast network of world-class programs in sport, culture, military and business settings.

Dr. Walshe is currently the Director of High Performance for Red Bull, where he works with hundreds of international athletes and cultural opinion leaders; supervises a team of industry-leading scientists, engineers, physicians and technologists to develop and implement elite performance models. Dr. Walshe was the Performance Manager for Red Bull Stratos, leading the performance plan for Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking jump to Earth from the stratosphere in 2012.

Prior to joining Red Bull, Dr. Walshe designed a highly successful performance program for the U.S Olympic ski and snowboard teams, guiding their athletes to victories on the world stage. Dr. Walshe has also held senior consulting roles at the Australian Institute of Sport, NSW Institute of Sport and Queensland Institute of Sport.

Dr. Walshe consults directly with numerous organizations and institutions in his field, including the Armed Forces, Fortune 500 companies, technology companies, artists and athletes worldwide. Dr. Walshe has been invited to participate and share his learnings at a number of global events and conferences, and has had projects featured in numerous US and global leading publications.

Dr. Andy Walshe joins to CEB Talent Angle to discuss how principals from elite athletics can be applied to developing executives and leaders. Teams will invest money and energy into athletic talent to get the best out of them; Dr. Walsh advocates we apply the same model to business and treat business leaders like the elite talent they are. By focusing leaders on becoming better at who they are before becoming better at what they do, organizations can make leaders the best version of themselves so that they can set the tone and culture across the organization.