evolution

Health checks

There are lots of ‘health check models’ out there. Most of them attempt to summarise and visualise how teams are doing, and seek areas of improvements. They are sometimes run by managers, sometimes by coaches, sometimes by teams in workshops. Over the years, I have discarded approaches that ‘score’ teams… Read More »Health checks

Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club in a boat on the Thames

The Rowing Coach

Chris O’Hara is a full-time rowing coach working with Oxford University. The ladies 4 x lightweight scullers (four people, two oars each) are heading to the European Universities Games 2014 in Rotterdam at the end of July, and he is determined they will be at their best. But how does… Read More »The Rowing Coach