“We introduced Mark Bennetts training & mentoring to the business on a global scale which has been in action for the last 6 months. It has fundamentally changed the performance of the business; in wellness, productivity & in performance."
Business Services
Impacting Performance at Source
My organization & individual interventions are for people who recognise a change is required, either in the present or future. ​This may be at 'self' as the leader, for the senior leadership group, a department, or the whole organization. ​
Often, people recognise a problem that is already present or can see it coming, but they may not know or be competent in executing the needed solutions/interventions.​
I am sure we have all seen the coaching & mentoring world go through trends in certain wording or a subject area seen as the key to success in wellness & performance at the time. The fundamentals of success haven't changed; they are timeless.​​
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I have had the privilege of gaining extensive experience working with the elite British military as a training designer, manager, coach, and senior instructor. I have also worked with both individual & team elite professional & amateur sports globally, including full seasons. world, Paralympic, & Olympic preparation. Additionally, I have provided support to teams & national governing bodies. I have applied my learnings from these environments when supporting global business plus educational organizations, including schools, colleges, & universities.
With this real-world experience combined with my relentless research into individual & team performance, I have identified the sources of what negatively impact engagement, learning, judgment, decision-making, communication, behaviours, & teamwork—the critical influencers that impact culture & performance.
There are 6 critical stages to individual & team performance adaptation -​​​​​​
6 Critical Stages That Impact Performance Adaptation
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Recognising an issue
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Effectively communicate the required adaptation/changes
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Committing long enough to embed the required change
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Identifying solution/s
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Committing with competence to the behaviours/actions necessary
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Staying fluid to the required adaptations needed to maximise performance
The 6 Stages Make Sense; Why Isn't It Common Practice?
The issues often arise through a lack of quality investment in 3 key areas -
Developing Better Individual & Team Decision Makers
Supporting leaders & teams to enhance their ability to develop individuals & teams to make effective decisions & review them live at self & as a collective.
To build their confidence & competence to execute this unsupervised & under varied levels of pressure.
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Many organizations do not teach effective decision-making & reviewing But expect their staff to make good judgments daily.
Enhancing Culture & Environment
Cultivate the required behaviours, empathy, engagement & sustainable 'every time' protocols to build a robust, interdependent, engaging environment to maximise the performance potential of the people within any team or organisation.
Lack of clarity in the daily behaviours combined with little to no explicit investment in them can scupper culture within months.
Facilitating & Embedding Change
Provide effective support, structures & principles to positively impact people ‘change’ to embed the newly acquired skills, competencies & behaviours.
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In my experience over the last 30 years, lack of investment in effective change support is the biggest reason training interventions to improve behaviours & culture fail.
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Change is tough, & yet organizations still invest high in training & low in change support post-training.
Any of these delivered in separation will not facilitate true change. Technical & tactical training is important, but if coaches or managers struggle to influence some individuals & teams to consistently make effective decisions, & execute them with quality & intensity within competitive environments; those individuals & teams will always underperform.
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Even if the training is of high quality in providing information on how to increase individuals & teams behaviours, learning & performance, the chance of someone being able to go away & embed the new learning into their situations; to be able to adjust their behaviours to embed new ones is very slim. Most people will regain their pre-training habits within a few weeks.
This is why having a robust support intervention to help organisations, teams & individuals through the ‘transition of change’ is not only critical; it ensures you receive a tangible return on your investment.
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We know that the coaches & managers greatly influence cultures, environments & performance. PDS increases coaches' & managers' ability to influence teams & individuals within these environments.
Mark Tweddle
CEO
“We introduced Mark Bennetts PDS training & mentoring to the business on a global scale which has been in action for the last 6 months. It has fundamentally changed the performance of the business; in wellness, productivity & in performance.
The whole PDS system has made a huge impact on people individually, but as a collective group it has been able to move the business forward; clear any hurdles that we had historically & find a way to actually review what we are doing; helping us become the best that we can be every single day.
We can’t thank Mark enough; we know anyone that embraces Marks principles & support will have a profound benefit on their lives.”
Paul Sneyd
Senior Management
"Having completed several leadership courses before in my career, I wondered what benefit I was actually going to gain from the PDS coaching.
I can honestly say it was totally refreshing and motivational not only in terms of content but more importantly how Mark delivered the sessions. We have been following the PDS process for well over 6 months now and the transformation within in the team has been unbelievable not only from an individual perspective but also the way we act as a team and support one another.
The guiding principles have become engrained in my everyday life enabling me to be far more effective as a person both at work and in my personal life.”
​John Mills
Senior Management
“From what Mark Bennett has brought to us as a team & individuals is excellent; our mental state has improved; we are more positive in how we interact with each other & managing our daily tasks.
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I have experienced other coaches & consultants deliver sessions in the past. But within a month or so they are forgotten about; you tend to go back to your old habits. What Mark Bennett brought to us was different, in the we are living it; we are working it.
The on going ‘change support’ strategies have helped develop our mindsets & we are working to the point of being everyday excellence (doing the best you can with what you have in the present moment).”​