1231: Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Success with Peter Lowe Founder and Owner of First Team Ltd

Peter Lowe draws on his experience of Premier League football to help businesses to create and sustain a culture of success. He proves that there are startling similarities between the pitch and the boardroom. Pete's track record includes more than 13 years in a senior role at Manchester City Football Club, where he was responsible for helping to develop an unrivalled talent pipeline that created 39 first team footballers and 25 full international players. His strategy for success is simple: "just be better than the rest" Pete believes that the high-performance world of professional sport brings significant parallels with life that can provide real lessons that we can all benefit from. As a professional speaker and thought leader on the global circuit, Pete draws on his experience of the high performance environment of Premier League football to help businesses to create and sustain a culture of success. He proves that there are startling similarities between the pitch and the boardroom. Pete's track record includes more than 13 years in a senior role at Manchester City Football Club, where he was responsible for helping to develop an unrivalled talent pipeline that created 39 first team footballers and 25 full international players. The academies s trophy cabinet was testament to this success, with 13 European tournament wins, an U15 Championship World Cup, six Divisional Premier League Championships and the FA Youth Cup. Understanding how people tick and how to help them realise their potential was instrumental to his career at MCFC. He claims that knowing each character in the training room lies at the heart of extraordinary team performance. Pete is adamant that there are no shortcuts to sustained success. His powerful insights delivered in a 'say it as it is' manner captivate audiences and prove that 'tales from the touchline' translate to other arenas, with compelling results. He maintains that 'excellence' is a nebulous destination and continuous improvement is the Holy Grail of sustained high performance. A man who speaks from the heart using real life insights, Pete believes that culture must support strategy and leaders create leaders, not followers. "it is unbelievably hard, it's incredibly challenging, there will be moments of the most profound self-doubts, never, never, never give up because it's too easy. Accept the challenge and just keep working so hard that degree of hard work absolutely engrains a belief that you can get there. You can get there, you can get there… You have to believe in yourself that it's going to come right and it's going to happen, that you get a breakthrough moment, an elevation moment. An opportunity to elevate yourself off your seat. Only a foot by the way but that's a 1% marginal gain. Accept the marginal gain, seek the marginal gain, the 1% that makes you better on a Tuesday than you were on a Monday "…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-72t