{"id":1272,"date":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/reports\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:12:37","slug":"leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Sustaining Success &#038; Preventing Complacency"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Insight-Sustaining-Success-Virtual-Roundtable-Featured-Image.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Feb 27, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Sustaining Success &#038; Preventing Complacency<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/leadership-culture-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/&#038;text=Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Sustaining Success &#038; Preventing Complacency\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Sustaining Success &#038; Preventing Complacency. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-sustaining-success-preventing-complacency\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">An online meeting of Leaders Performance Institute members on 14th February 2019.<\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Sustaining success in sport can be more difficult than reaching the top in the first place. Motivation and energy can fade once the pinnacle has been reached and teams become comfortable in their achievements. Leaders face the challenge of winning today and building for tomorrow.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The group discussed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Balancing people\u2019s focuses, priorities, energies.<\/li>\n<li>Thinking about the \u2018now\u2019 versus the future.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge culture vs. a \u2018yes\u2019 culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading: Leaders Performance Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/complacency-is-the-enemy\/\">Complacency is the Enemy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/alex-hill\/\">How Do the Best Sustain Their Success?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/code-for-success\/\">Code For Success<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Future Thinking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Protect the time to review.<\/li>\n<li>It is important to dedicate time and people to \u2018future gazing\u2019, whilst reviewing on the here and now.<\/li>\n<li>Pathways for staff are also something that needs to be given time and focus. Give them time to review and evaluate what they want to work on, and then empower them to better themselves. Great tool to keep hunger after experiencing success.<\/li>\n<li>The moment you get complacent in professional sport is when then competition flies straight past you.<\/li>\n<li>With long-term planning for younger talent, as coaches look to instil behaviours and educate them on culture at the next level. This education can positively impact handovers and integration into the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Thinking Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Challenge 1: <\/u><\/p>\n<p>Balancing people\u2019s focuses, priorities, energies between preparing for the \u2018now\u2019 versus the future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a challenge in managing the here and now, in relation to current performance but it\u2019s crucial to stick to the process of the long-term plan.<\/li>\n<li>This proves the importance of having a clear visions, with clear plans, but also having the discipline to stick to those principles, even when you experience heightened levels of success.<\/li>\n<li>If you experience success, there is no real need to redirect that plan \u2013 it means it has worked, and it\u2019s important to reiterate that this should be the same process for staff as well as the players.<\/li>\n<li>Do you foster a strong culture of \u2018review and reflect\u2019 in your teams? A lot of sports move so quickly that reviewing and reflecting are both overlooked. It\u2019s incredibly important to build this into your wider plan and daily process.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s also important to have your staff reflect on their experiences, whether that be during success, throughout a tournament etc.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be afraid to get things down in writing from this process. Use this as a reference and encourage and challenge your people to revisit this and review. This at least allows you to document and track the progress you are making.<\/li>\n<li>It is important to \u2018future gaze\u2019 \u2013 sport often has a culture of the here and now. What will your sport look like in 5, even 10 years\u2019 time?<\/li>\n<li>Managing up feeds into the \u2018future gazing\u2019 piece to create an alignment with other individuals driving the organisation forward. Bring those people you need to influence into your conversations and keep them invested in the process.<\/li>\n<li>Do you put an emphasis on \u2018acting\u2019 upon what you review? Often we review and then forget.<\/li>\n<li>Competition for places is a good pillar for sustained levels of success. Therefore, it\u2019s important to focus on this in your environment.<\/li>\n<li>Pathways for staff is also something that needs to be given time and focus. Give them time to review and evaluate what they want to work on, and then empower them to better themselves. Great tool to keep hunger after experiencing success.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge your people to build their network and bring something new back to the table. Push the boundaries about what\u2019s possible.<\/li>\n<li>AFL\u2019s Collingwood have an Innovation Award intervention, where it challenges staff to come up with a new idea or solution to bring to the programme that is actionable.<\/li>\n<li>The moment you get complacent in professional sport is when then competition flies straight past you.<\/li>\n<li>With long-term planning of younger talent, as coaches, look to instil behaviours and educate them on the culture at the next level. This education can positively impact handovers and integration into the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Stay strong and stay true to the plan before, during and after, but still keep that emphasis and culture of progression. Have a stable core and a disruptive edge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Challenge 2: <\/u><\/p>\n<p>How do you convince people (staff and players) that change is required when they are achieving success?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguish the changes made for that incremental success to take you over the threshold and resisting the challenges of ripping the playbook up and starting again.<\/li>\n<li>It is important to have that \u2018challenge\u2019 culture. Having a \u2018yes\u2019 culture often doesn\u2019t solve what you need to know or take you to where you need to be.<\/li>\n<li>You will have athletes that are resistant to change, in particular to playing style, but the reality is that an element of change is required to progress.<\/li>\n<li>This is where education and clear objectives surrounding this are crucial.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustaining success in sport can be more difficult than reaching the top in the first place. 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