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My articles provide insights to business and life through the lens of sport, principally cricket.
They are written to encourage discussion, debate and commentary.

The Ashes

The Ashes

by John Buchanan
What Business can learn cricket. I was recently asked a series of questions about the significance of The Ashes. I coached the last Australian team to win in England in 2001. I coached a further 3 Ashes contests winning at home in 2003-04, losing a remarkable series in 2005, and…
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Art Skill Mindfulness

Leadership and the art or skill of Mindfulness

by John Buchanan
There have been plenty of articles written on this topic such as the one included by HBR – ARTICLE LINK The article discusses some of the work of Daniel Goleman, one of the great proponents of EI. The article also discusses the range of techniques to allow people especially busy…
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Leaders Managers Coaches

Leaders must set the Vision!

by John Buchanan
Leaders must set the Vision, and then never lose sight of it in everything they do! The vision is Everest It is my view that leaders, managers and coaches need to ‘take people where they have never been before’ as Henry Kissinger was once quoted as saying. The role of…
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Art Skill Mindfulness

Having those tough conversations

by John Buchanan
As Leaders, managers, coaches – we are all faced with those difficult conversations…………the tough ones that neither the person giving, or the person receiving likes. Dr Phil Jauncey is a performance psychologist, and a good friend. I have had him involved in a number of different projects with which I have…
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Great Deal Patience

Leaders, visionaries … a common vision

by John Buchanan
Spend time influencing the team visionaries to accept a common vision that then becomes part of everything done. This influencing process will take many guises and requires a great deal of patience. It will not always be direct and quick. It will require placing notes under the door, circulating information,…
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Little League Coach

Everyone’s a coach

by John Buchanan
‘… whether you’re a teacher or a committee chairman, sales manager or a choir leader, a Little League coach or a military officer, you can improve your ability to get the best performance from people.’ Everyone’s a Coach, DON SHULA AND KEN BLANCHARD WE ARE ALL COACHES in some form or other.…
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Everyone's Coach Part2

Everyone’s a coach – Part 2

by John Buchanan
Everyone will find themselves in the role of coach many times over in their lives, whether they choose to or not. In order to be better equipped to handle these moments, there are three key principles that will help a person in this role. In this article I discuss the…
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Everyone's Coach Part 3

Everyone’s a coach – Part 3

by John Buchanan
In the previous two articles, I discussed – • Getting to know the whole person • Creating an environment for the individual to grow In this article, I outline the third principle: never be satisfied Never be satisfied with where we are today, because it can be better tomorrow. Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath,…
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Facts Finding Way

Staff engagement – facts and finding a way

by John Buchanan
https://www.cultureamp.com/files/new-tech-benchmark-2015.pdf There is little doubt that a team, a unit, or a business cannot hope to achieve targets, healthy bottom line or continuous success without its people delivering their skills favourably when matched against task. These skills include technical skills – the way to use a cricket bat to score runs; or…
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How To Be Resilient

by John Buchanan
I’m excited to be part of the Brisbane book launch for my friend Stacey Copas’ first book “How To Be Resilient”. I invite you to be my guest as I join Australian Institute of Management Membership CEO David Pich, former tennis and golf champion Scott Draper and Stacey on the panel to…
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Brings Theories Realities

Clayton Christensen & the theory of disruption

by John Buchanan
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/12/02/fresh-insights-from-clayton-christensen-on-disruptive-innovation/ Three types of disruptive innovation and some still sit outside 1. Market -creating 2. Sustaining 3. Efficiency 4. Outside Christensen brings theories to realities. He and interviewer Steve Denning provide clear examples of the various ‘disruptors’ to the table so that the reader can clearly understand the theory.  The question is – Where…
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A coach and a leader with a unique perspective on the world, John is at home in any environment which seeks change, a desire for peak performance, and a vision to be the world’s best.

Speaking

Speaking

Are you planning to reach your Everest…be at the top of your game like a world champion team? Master Coach and Strategist John Buchanan will give you the road map, the tools and the inspiration you need to reach your summit.

Coaching

Coaching

This world champion coaching model will provide you, your team and your business with a road map to the top and the sacrificial acts that world champion teams embrace to give the best chance of having a “PB day”, every day at work.

Online Programs

Online Programs

I will be building relevant, insightful, practical courses and modules which will help you as a Leader and/or Coach to quickly make changes to the way you lead your teams, and indeed, the teams you want to create.

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