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May 23, 2018
Brexit has been dragging on for two years but the problems seem more intractable than ever, the differences more irreconcilable and the chance of a coherent proposal from the government even less likely. Politicians accuse each other of indulging in […]
May 4, 2018
Do you want to understand the science behind dynamic, agile, energised, committed teams, full of passion, pride and performance? The social identity approach is now considered by most psychologists to be the main theory for understanding behaviour in groups. We asked Prof […]
March 20, 2018
Alex does the bare minimum required to ensure she doesn’t get into trouble with her boss. If you ask Alex how much she actually ‘works’ during the day she would tell you it’s around 3 hours. The rest of the […]
February 13, 2018
In 2011, a remote football club in Sweden’s fourth division, with a former lieutenant colonel in the boardroom and an unorthodox English manager in the dugout, were set to undergo a journey that would see them take on, and defeat, […]
January 29, 2018
This White Paper is for leaders in business who want: Insights into the latest research on the psychology of high performing teams. A deeper understanding of the psychological foundations needed to create a great team. Ideas on how to lead their […]
January 5, 2018
April 25, 2017
This White Paper is for leaders in sport who want: Insights into the latest research on the psychology of high performing teams. A deeper understanding of the psychological foundations needed to create a great team. Ideas on how to lead their […]
July 4, 2017
We had fun exhibiting at the CIPD Learning and Development Exhibition at Olympia last month. Here is 30 seconds of the action! Join our brand new Facebook group and Follow us on twitter @CfTExcellence
April 19, 2017
The failure to select Jonathan Joseph would have meant the Lions will face significant psychological challenges that could have been avoided, on their summer tour to New Zealand. We predict that had Joseph not been selected it would have been […]
March 13, 2017
Over the last 3 years, we have taken the leading social psychological approach for understanding group behaviour – the social identity approach – and applied it to teams in order to recognise the challenges, problems and most crucially solutions to the ever changing sports team landscape.
April 19, 2017
If you wanted a case study in how to get it wrong the USA Ryder Cup team would have been a good starting point. Over the past two decade, the USA has had some of greatest players of all time […]
April 19, 2017
Despite having the most expensive squad, widely acclaimed individual stars and the highest paid manager, England exited from Euro 2016 in one of the most humiliating defeats in our sporting history. Yet, the loss at the hands of Iceland, whose […]
March 13, 2017
Sir Matt Busby & Sir Bobby CharltonPaul Scholes recently accused Mourinho’s United of lacking an “identity”. But why is creating a team identity important? Does Mourinho’s United have an identity? And does this fit with the “Manchester United Way”?
May 9, 2017
It’s the 16th December 2015, Chelsea have endured their worst start to a season since 1961/1962 leaving them just two places above the relegation zone. Following this string of calamitous results, and with rumours circulating of a rift between […]
March 10, 2017
Hollie Webb, interviewed after scoring the Olympic Gold medal winning goal, opens a window onto the extraordinary mental preparation and resilience of the gold medal winning GB women’s hockey team. Nine million Brits had tuned in to watch the Olympic hockey final. Under immense pressure from the start, the GB team came from behind twice to take the contest to a penalty shoot-out. With great purpose and remarkable resilience GB won.
