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The Accomplishment Podcast with Sir Michael Barber

Ep 21: Accomplishment - Fran Millar

Feb 19, 2024
Guest Fran Millar, founding member of Team Sky and CEO of Belstaff, discusses embedding 'winning behaviors' from elite sport into business with Sir Michael Barber. Topics include creating winning behaviors, achieving success through focus and innovation, applying high-performance strategies to Belstaff, influence of a talented cyclist on creating a clean cycling environment, and the importance of mentorship and growth.
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Quick takeaways

  • Success patterns in elite sport can be translated to business for achieving excellence.
  • Creating winning behaviors and aligning individual goals with team objectives are crucial for success in any organization.

Deep dives

Applying Lessons from Elite Sport to Business

Fran Miller, former CEO of Team Ineos and founder of Team Sky, discusses the transferable lessons between elite sport and business. She highlights the importance of learning from patterns of success and excelling in one field, such as sport, which can be applied to other disciplines. Miller emphasizes the role of creating winning behaviors, which she implemented in Team Sky, to codify a successful culture and maintain their level of success. These winning behaviors focused on self, team, performance first, communication, and constant improvement. Miller believes that these behaviors are applicable in any organization and can drive success.

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