TLH Talks

I am in a relationship with my brain. What does that even mean? A few years ago, I wouldn’t have known how to assess that—let alone why it mattered.

Humans tend to focus on the negative effects of stress on health and well-being. While a necessary perspective, researchers have turned their attention to the possible positive outcomes that can be derived from adverse and stressful events.

Emotions evolved because they served a purpose – they helped us survive.Anxiety’s purpose was to make us run from danger. Sadness’s purpose was to gain succour from others, disgust to stop us being poisoned, and happiness to attract mates.

The 2024 Paris Olympics is set to be an incredible sporting spectacle on the world stage. Mel Marshall is an Olympic Coach and Belief Partner at The Leadership High. We took time recently to talk to Mel and ask her how she personally prepares as a leader in her high-performance world.

Many people feel that they are less able than others think they are  - colloquially known as the ‘impostor syndrome’ - and on average women think this way more than men do. Yet it’s actually quite normal – and in many cases beneficial -  to slightly overestimate our abilities, which men and boys do much more readily than women and girls.

Olympic Coach and TLH Belief Partner Mel Marshall MBE and Olympic Gold Medallist Adam Peaty OBE share what they will take from 2023 to fuel them in 2024 as they go in Pursuit of Better.

Today, 55 per cent of the world’s population lives in cities. People flood to them in ever-increasing numbers so that by 2050, two-thirds of human beings will live in a metropolis, and it turns out that individual confidence plays a key part in determining who makes such a move.  

When we think about physical exercise, we have a tendency to relate it to our bodies getting leaner, fitter and building up our muscles.

Sarah MacDonald, Founder of The Leadership High (TLH), recently spent time speaking to TLH Belief Partner, Mel Marshall MBE, to find out what enables her to lead on another level.

Change is baked into every aspect of our world – social, economic, environmental, economic, political and technological - and the rate of change is increasing, likely exponentially.

“The difference between too much pressure and too little can result in either debilitating stress or lack of motivation in extreme situations. However, the right level of challenge and stress can help people flourish and achieve more than they ever thought possible”.

TLH research study aims to explore the impact engaging in physically and mentally challenging activities can have on important psycho-social outcomes, workplace performance and, more broadly, people’s lives. Will Tyne maps his journey so far.

"I’ve found a way to use challenge as performance fuel and turn obstacles into opportunities – and it all started with a moment of total self-belief on a mountain." Sarah MacDonald, Founder

"We are all in the business of getting better. We are always looking at getting better at how we lead ourselves and those around us." Sally Storey, TLH Transformation Partner