The Power of Performance Thinking

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♦ Discover the Powerful Benefits of the Performance Mindset

♦ Build Connected Ensembles of Energised People

♦ Revisit the Organisation’s True Purpose and Find Compelling New Ways of Telling your Story

♦ Learn the Secrets of Creative Rehearsal and Unlock Real Innovation

♦ Find New Ways of Delighting the Audience in Everything you Do

Dr Mark Powell and Jonathan Gifford, co-authors of The Five Principles of Performance Thinking, have unique experience of the world of business and the performing arts.

Mark is a business writer and entrepreneur who has been a business and strategy consultant for over 30 years. He had a successful parallel career as a competitive Latin American dancer, winning over 50 titles including two British and two World Championships. 

Jonathan is a ghostwriter of books and autobiographies for business leaders. He played saxophone professionally for several years before starting work as a Fleet Street advertising man, later moving into magazine publishing with BBC Magazines. He continued to play semi-professionally throughout his business career.

 They came independently to the same conclusion: that the way they worked with their fellow artists to put on a performance was different from the way they worked with their business colleagues, and that the way they worked as artists was in many ways better: more collaborative; more energised; more creative; more effective, focussed on the objective of delivering a brilliant, audience-pleasing performance. Their co-authored books explore ways of re-imagining corporate culture for the modern era and show how much business can learn from the performing arts.

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“I found the concept of learning from performance artists deeply unsettling, but it was transformative for me.” John Oliver, Executive Director, Sellafield Ltd

Performance Thinking

The Power of Performance Thinking Our workshops and programmes deliver the power of Performance Thinking. Hands-on, engaging and transformational, the sessions explore the mindsets and techniques used by top performing artists and put these into a business and personal context, giving delegates real insights into ways they can enhance their own performance, turn the teams…

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Books

Our books explore the human aspects of modern business and challenge the notion that the business world is an exclusively rational arena from which human emotion and social behaviours are excluded. The Five Principles of Performance Thinking systematises our conviction that business can learn valuable lessons from the performing arts and distils our extensive experience…

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Speaker Themes

We speak on range of themes based on the concepts explored in our books. These themes explore organisational culture and what business can learn from the performing arts; employee engagement; leadership; creativity and innovation; the concept of organisational performance; the millennial mindset; emotional and Machiavellian intelligence and organisational change. Each theme can be delivered in…

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“Mark Powell brings a rare combination of imagination, structured thinking and a broad frame of reference to organisational challenges. He is able to see the whole picture whilst still empathising with the individual, the personal. He is collaborative in his approach and has an incisive ability to cut to the chase. Things generally become clearer when working with Mark!”

Tracey Camilleri, Associate Fellow & Programme Director, Oxford SAID Business School

“This is by far the best book on management and leadership that I have read in years because it allows you to identify with successful performers and ensembles rather than preaching at you. Ensemble performance is a much better model for teamwork than the usual fallback on measuring the talents and styles of team members with silly tests. The focus is the emotional connection between leaders, members, and most important the audience.” Review of Perform To Win

Edgar H. Schein, former professor at MIT Sloan School of Management