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We are little more than a week away from seeing many of you in person for the first time at our Sport Performance Summit on 9 and 10 November at Twickenham Stadium.<\/h4>\n
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By Luke Whitworth<\/h6>\n

If you are a member of the Performance Institute, there will also be a Member\u2019s Afternoon on Monday 8 November, which will provide the opportunity for some Leadership Skill Development, conversation and the chance to catch up with people in person for the first time in a long while. If you haven\u2019t registered yet but intend to join, check in with your decision maker to ensure you get your passes sorted!<\/p>\n

Back to business, October brought about another batch of quality learning and interaction across our Performance Institute portfolio of learning opportunities.<\/p>\n

As always, with these varieties of learning opportunities, interactions and conversations brought together practitioners from across high performance to discuss their current challenges, immediate priorities through a number of different learning environments.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the key takeaways and thinking areas that came through particularly strongly.<\/p>\n

Community Group calls<\/strong><\/p>\n

As most of you know, our Community Group conversations bring together Leaders Performance Institute Members with similar job functions and challenges. This month covered some fascinating themes from the Rugby Football Union’s [RFU] new Development Framework<\/a>, which enables them to take a wider organisational approach to mental health & wellbeing, as well as what coaches can learn from performance psychology and much more. Below are a few snippets to give you a flavour of some of the themes across two of the topics.<\/p>\n

Learning from the RFU\u2019s Development Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n

Across our talent and player pathways conversations this month, we switched up the format to hear from two members of the group on a recent project, allowing the group to understand how it was brought to life and an opportunity for questioning. The full document can be accessed in the link above, but here are some top line thoughts that came across within the conversations:<\/p>\n

Every Journey is Unique.<\/strong> Recognise that every journey is unique. No two players are the same. The experiences and input required for each person will vary. The framework has been designed to highlight the central pillars for consideration and implementation by those who are involved.<\/p>\n

The Talent Development Environment.<\/strong> The RFU have worked with experts, both within rugby and from other environments, to set the following principles that help shape what they do:<\/p>\n