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The blog section provides the reader with insights to business and life through the lens of sport, principally cricket. The articles are written to promote discussion, debate and commentary.

Tips to Coach your Team Successfully

by John Buchanan
I am often asked – what were some of the secrets to being able to coach at the highest level in sport, and to be able to do so over a long period of time? I think one of the advantages for me was that I did not venture into…
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Leadership High Performance

Business Leadership and High Performance

by John Buchanan
Guest columnist Michael Crutcher Taking the news into your own hands – the rise of corporate journalism Journalism isn’t dying – it’s changing. And it’s changing in a way that we’ve never seen. The barriers to entry in the media world have been demolished. Where you once needed a printing…
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5 Tips to Winning

Cricket News of Interest

by John Buchanan
Athletics Australia I have recently been appointed to chair the review into Athletics Australia (AA). Working alongside fellow Review Panel members Matt Favier, Lynne Williams, Mark Bartels and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, we are required to deliver a first draft report to the ASC prior to Christmas 2014. If readers want to…
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Great Deal Patience

Q & A with John Buchanan

by John Buchanan
Q & A with John Buchanan Turn Your Business into the Dominant Player in the Market! John recently held a 45min live session through Google Hang Out on Tuesday 2nd September 2014. Now you can watch this event at anytime. Why should you spend your valuable time to watch this…
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Business Leadership and High Performance

by John Buchanan
guest columnist Shawn Callahan, Director Anecdote Great leaders are good storytellers When I run our storytelling for leaders program I like to point out that effective leaders are good storytellers. I say “good” because a leader merely has to share a story or two to set them apart fro the…
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Being a Change Leader

by John Buchanan
Follow the link below to watch a video about being a change leader. BEING A CHANGE LEADER It is taken from a seminar I gave to ( senior leaders and management within The Department of Natural Resources and Mines February 2014). The Department were beginning the process of delivering a…
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Knowing Leadership Philosophy

Knowing your Leadership Philosophy

by John Buchanan
In this short video, I use the example of how I approached a job interview – it was a job interview that changed my life. The job was Head Coach, Queensland Bulls cricket team. The assignment – to win the Holy Grail for Queensland, the Sheffield Shield! Queensland had tried…
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Everyone's Coach Part 3

Know your purpose – fulfil your leadership

by John Buchanan
Great coaches, great leaders know their purpose – they have a vision or a dream! There are many fascinating biographies, articles, insights to people who have understood their fundamental purpose in life, and set about living out that purpose. Mother Theresa is just one clear example. I recently read Clayton…
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Vision 400

Vision 400

by John Buchanan
An overarching vision is critical to guiding and keeping a business on track with where it wants or is aiming to be in the future. However, at various points, the future needs to be shortened down to a horizon which is clearly within reach. I refer to these points in…
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Have the competition beaten before you start

by John Buchanan
The picture you see is of 5th Century BC Chinese warlord, Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu is famous for not only his achievements as a warrior leader, but also for his principles of waging and winning wars. His principles have been translated into many spheres of life including business and sport.…
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Coach Manage Lead

Coach, Manage, Lead with John Buchanan

by John Buchanan
For this Hangout, I have a panel of 4 successful businessmen who were integral members of the Queensland Bulls teams I coached from 1994-1999 and Business consultant Oscar Trimboli. While that was the last century………………the insights we all gained and learnt from those experiences have helped shape the people we…
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Requires Strong Leadership

Beating Competition Requires Strong Leadership

by John Buchanan
In my previous articles or posts, I have outlined the elements of a High Performance team; that is to say, a team which dominates its marketplace for years if not decades. These elements include – Vision and overarching strategy Leadership culture Learning environment Talent Success measures This article concerns itself…
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PROVEN TEACHING METHODS

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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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