{"id":2125,"date":"2020-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-john-thorrington\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:37","slug":"podcast-at-home-with-leaders-john-thorrington","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-john-thorrington\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders &#8211; John Thorrington"},"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\/1E4A7724.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                                Aug 05, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\" 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>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders &#8211; John Thorrington<\/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\/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\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-john-thorrington\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-john-thorrington\/&#038;text=Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders - 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