What Makes a World-Class Conference or Corporate Event?
Written by Adviti Rathee, Account Executive at Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?. As an Account Executive at Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?, I’ve had the privilege of working with a diverse set of clients over the past two years, helping them create impactful keynote speeches and engaging corporate events. Through these […]
Don’t wait to celebrate the result. Teams gain energy from celebrating the milestones along the way.
Written by Tom Barry, Co-Founder of Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? I have the great privilege of working with an Olympic Gold medallist in the human form of Ben Hunt-Davis. Being an Olympic rower, he still eats three bowls of cereal in the office each day. Being an Olympic rower, he constantly disrupts and […]
What Got Us Here… Won’t Get Us There
We recently hosted 130 senior leaders from across the UK and beyond at our annual conference. The day was structured around the greatest challenges we face when looking to make a fundamental shift in how a business operates, changing the expectations and mindset for what is now required. We hugely enjoyed welcoming, challenging and supporting […]
Winning the Wargrave Challenge Cup 2024: My Four-Year Journey
Written by Kate Metalli, Growth Marketing Manager at Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?: “The more experience I gain in my career in business and rowing, the more I see the parallels between high performance in both. In our consultancy work we help get our clients thinking around their strategic ambitions. When setting their […]
Navigating the Challenge: High-Performing Teams on the Fast Track
Written by Sarah Oates, Client Director at Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?. In today’s dynamic work environment, we increasingly see the emergence of teams who need to come together swiftly and hit the ground running. Whether it’s a project team, a cross-functional group, or an emergency response team, the pressure to perform at […]
Unlocking Gold Medal Performance
Last week I sat down with Steve Trapmore, the head coach of the current men’s rowing eight crew going for gold in the upcoming Paris Olympic games. What struck me is that despite becoming World champions last year, Steve is instilling a relentless focus on improving. He knows that what got them there won’t get […]
What can we learn from leaders at the Euros 2024
Written by Senior Performance Consultant, Jamie MacPherson. As the European Football Championships progress into the knockout stages it’s another opportunity for international teams to duke it out in pursuit of being crowned the best country in Europe. Will it be an opportunity for a European heavy weight like France to continue to confirm its golden […]
How to look for the ‘Long Win’ lessons in performance at Paris 2024
Written by Keynote Speaker, Author & Senior Performance Consultant Dr. Cath Bishop. We’ve passed the 100 days to Paris milestone! What performance lessons might we learn from our aspiring Olympians and Paralympians this summer? How are our athletes changing their approaches to deliver under the greatest of pressures? Team GB have ranked highly in medal […]
Why Every Team Needs a Shared Goal
The key to getting the best performance out of your team is to define a clear ambitious goal and work together towards it. Every team needs a shared goal. In this article we will focus on the first of our Performance Principles, ‘focus on what’s most important’. At some point most people have had […]