{"id":17991,"date":"2023-05-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=podcast&p=17991"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:16","slug":"performance-perspectives-coach-wellbeing-seeing-the-coach-as-a-person-too","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/performance-perspectives-coach-wellbeing-seeing-the-coach-as-a-person-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Perspectives: Coach Wellbeing \u2013 Seeing the Coach as a Person Too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Mark Gannon, the CEO of UK Coaching delves into the steps teams and individuals can take to protect the wellbeing of their coaches.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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Mark Gannon, the CEO of UK Coaching, feels that it is about time that coaches were perceived as people too.<\/h6>\n

UK Coaching is an association that connects and supports approximately 180,000 coaches from grassroots to elite level through its UK Coaching Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoaching is all about the right environment,\u201d he tells the Leaders Performance Podcast. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got psychologists, nutritionists, that sort of athlete support personnel that we wrap around the athlete and I think what we need to start thinking about now is that coaches are people too and how do we wrap the same sort of support, differently, around the coach?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you work for a financial organisation, you\u2019ve got a head of culture or people or HR, and there\u2019s certain things in place in your work environment. Well, that shouldn\u2019t be any different in our sector, maybe in our sector there\u2019s a bit of catching up to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s twee, but people are your greatest asset and the more that we can look after people and the more we can make the environment the right environment, the more people are going to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of UK Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs 15-19 May, Henry and John caught up with Mark, who discussed how teams and organisations can better help their coaches. He also touches upon:<\/p>\n

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  • The notion that we all tread a fine line when it comes to our mental wellbeing [9:00];<\/li>\n
  • The perennial question of job security and its impact on coaches [10:30];<\/li>\n
  • UK Coaching\u2019s work with partners to help identify changes of behaviour in coaches [18:00];<\/li>\n
  • How coaches can protect their own wellbeing [25:00].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n