{"id":15820,"date":"2023-01-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=podcast&p=15820"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:36:15","slug":"epp-industry-insight-matti-clements-were-seeing-sport-understand-the-role-wellbeing-plays-in-sustainable-high-performance","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/epp-industry-insight-matti-clements-were-seeing-sport-understand-the-role-wellbeing-plays-in-sustainable-high-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"EPP Industry Insight \u2013 Matti Clements: \u2018We\u2019re Seeing Sport Understand the Role Wellbeing Plays in Sustainable High Performance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Acting Director of the Australian Institute of Sport discusses the leader\u2019s role in modelling health-seeking behaviours.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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A podcast brought to you by our Partners Elite Performance Partners<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve spent a lot of time in professional sports and often been one, if not the only female, in those particular organisations,\u201d says Matti Clements, the Acting Director of the Australian Institute of Sport.<\/h6>\n

Her observation is all too common in such a male-dominated industry with certain roles, such as psychology, often presumed to be a more natural fit for a female practitioner than, say, a strength & conditioning role.<\/p>\n

Matti, for her part, is a psychologist by training but has served in a series of senior managerial roles \u2013 becoming a pioneer in the process \u2013 and has shifted perceived wisdoms in the fields of people, culture and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

As such, she was an ideal guest for the latest edition of the Elite Performance Partners<\/a>\u00a0(EPP) Industry Insight Series Podcast where she spoke to Dave Slemen, EPP\u2019s Founding Partner, about her career journey and her thoughts on the evolution of psychology and wellbeing in sport.<\/p>\n

She continues: \u201cOver time, I got a bit more comfortable with \u2018what do I bring? Why am I here? So what is the role that I\u2019m being asked to fill and how do I utilise my strengths in that role?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of the conversation, Matti also spoke about:<\/p>\n