What Does It Take To Win?

Andy Salmon and Greg Baker bring their life experiences of the Military and performance coaching to the Track Record podcast. Against difficult odds, they reveal how they’ve delivered significant wins with their teams.“Optimism isn’t necessarily looking through rose tinted specs… it’s about positively embracing and moving towards a better place and believing that that is entirely possible no matter the context.”Andy Salmon - CMG, OBE, Commandant General of the Royal Marines, and creator of immersive art experiences that lead to a better life.Greg Baker - Long term head coach of the UK Paralympic Table Tennis programme. A graduate of the elite sports programme and co founder of the UK performance coaches association to provide a voice for coaches.

What does it take to win and to become CEO of a business? Sian Jones lends insights into how to turn around a business in 18 months.“If you don’t have the “why do anything at all”, then there is no way of connecting your employees to the strategy, it’s just a set of work tasks.”CEO of Xoserve the Central Data Service Provider (CDSP) for Great Britain's gas market. Sian’s career began with Accenture, where she helped launch Sainsbury’s first online grocery shopping service and the Nectar loyalty card programme. Sian is currently a non-executive board member for the UK Statistics Authority and a Vice President of The Institute of Customer Service.

In Episode 1 we’re joined by Olympic gold medallist Dr Hannah MacLeod to discuss how Team GB's hockey team regrouped from failure to become the best in the world within 18 months. What role did team culture, values and confidence play in beating elite competition - and how can these lessons be applied to business?