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The Focus Feedback Cycle: How High Performers Learn Faster and Adapt Smarter
In every high-performance environment - whether it’s the cockpit, the boardroom, or the running track - feedback is the currency of...

Steve Barbour
4 days ago2 min read
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Pausing to Process Adaptation
This month I’ve had quite a focus on adapting to change. I’ve introduced my ADAPT model , looked into why we as humans are resistant to change and how change helps athletes to improve their performance . Now I’m taking my own advice and pausing to see how I’m making changes to continue growing as a coach and athlete. In the past, I’ve worked with a triathlon coach who got me over that initial hurdle of juggling three sports in one event, and we worked well together over this

Steve Barbour
Nov 23 min read
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How Your Brain Resists Change – and How to Train it to Adapt
We, as humans, are creatures of habit. It’s a mindset embedded within us from our days as hunter gatherers (and probably well before...

Steve Barbour
Oct 133 min read
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Understanding Our Environment: A Journey into Perception and Awareness
As humans, we know a remarkably large amount of what’s going on around us. We see everything, hear everything, taste everything, smell...

Steve Barbour
Aug 182 min read
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Why Situational Awareness Fades - and How to Rebuild It
In high-stakes environments - like aviation, emergency response, sport, and leadership - we talk a lot about situational awareness. But...

Steve Barbour
Jun 302 min read
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What Aviation Can Teach Sport and Business About Trust and Safety
Aviation is one of the safest industries in the world - not by accident, but by design. Through decades of hard-earned lessons, aviation...

Steve Barbour
Jun 234 min read
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What Did I Learn From My First Ever Triathlon?
The crossover between sport and professional performance is one that I hold at the core of my coaching philosophy. It’s why I train athletes and professionals with a similar approach. Lessons identified in one area can be related across and applied to enhance performance. Let me prove it to you... In mid-May, I packed my bike onto the back of my car, loaded up my wetsuit and running shoes and made my way to Burghley House in Stamford. The whole way my stomach was churning wit

Steve Barbour
Jun 98 min read
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Lost in Transmission: Why Relying Only on Written Communication Risks Clarity and Safety
In today’s fast-paced world, we send more messages - but understand less. Whether it’s a WhatsApp from a coach, a safety note in...

Steve Barbour
Jun 23 min read
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Why Blame Kills Performance (And Trust)
In aviation, sport, and leadership, few things erode trust faster than blame. In high-performance environments, where human error is...

Steve Barbour
May 124 min read
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Exploiting Technology in Fatigue Management
Technology is used in today’s society as both a help and a hinderance. We utilise it in all aspects of our lives, and sleep is no...

Steve Barbour
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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