Olympic Games 2024 vs Leadership - the hallmarks of high performance
Emily Rust
In the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the world's top sportspeople are tested to the extreme. From an athlete's perspective, it is considered one of the most stressful events they will attend due to a combination of intense pressure, psychological stress, and external factors that can significantly impact performance.
Often the expectation to perform overshadows personal wellbeing. Sound familiar?
The performance of athletes at the Olympic Games can be likened to leadership in several ways.
Both Olympic athletes and organisational leaders operate under intense scrutiny and pressure, where their actions and decisions can have far-reaching consequences. Just as athletes must maintain peak physical and mental condition to compete at the highest level, leade