The High Performance Podcast

This is the third episode in our CEO Series, in which we will be deep diving into what it takes to be a CEO.

Deborah Cadman OBE is the current CEO of Birmingham City Council, Deborah has worked in pub…

Ben Towers is co-founder of Happl, a platform with a mission to connect employees and tackle ill-mental health. Ben started his first company at the age of 11, after finishing school for the day he w…

Alex Scott MBE is a sports presenter, pundit and former professional football player. She played for Arsenal and made 140 appearances for the England women’s national football team. In this episode, …

This the second episode in our CEO Series, in which we will be deep diving into what it takes to be a CEO.

Greg Jackson is the founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group, which currently has over 3.1 mil…

Kenton Cool is an English mountaineer, a performance coach and co-founder of In Cool Company. He has climbed Everest a record 16 times and, among many other accomplishments, he kicked off the 2012 Ol…

This episode is the start of our CEO Series, in which we will be deep diving into what it takes to be a CEO.

Amanda Blanc is a Welsh businesswoman and the current CEO of Aviva, stepping into the role …

Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian author and entrepreneur. Previously he held the position of Chief Business Officer for Google X, he is now host of the popular podcast Slow Mo. Mo is known for creating the h…

Our chat with the irrepressible, inspirational and incisive Jo Malone (ep45) was one of the most moving interviews which we have been lucky to do on High Performance. 

Jo is a household name and one o…

Jost Capito is a German Motorsport manager and current CEO and Team Principal of Williams Racing Formula One Team. He joined Williams during Covid, in this episode he shares the difficulties that cam…

Ellie Simmonds OBE is a former Paralympian swimmer. She won two gold medals for Great Britain at the age of 13 at the 2008 Paralympics; has many world and European titles and was awarded an MBE at th…

In this week’s Bitesize, we’re returning to episode 28 with Sir Clive Woodward. The head coach who led England’s rugby players to World Cup glory in Australia in 2003. 

Clive discusses the similaritie…

This week on The High Performance Podcast, we speak to Sunil Patel, the Co-founder and CEO of Whisper, an award winning production company to Sunil created with High Performance host Jake Humphrey. 

I…

We had the immense good fortune to spend an afternoon in the company of Kevin Sinfield for episode 42, a leader who provided so many golden nuggets of information. In the hard sport of rugby, we chat…

A special bonus episode for you this week with former racing driver and now Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Racing, Zak Brown. 

He shares his story from wannabe racer to McLaren boss, and highlight…

James Patterson is one of the world’s most successful authors, having sold over four hundred million books. 

In this episode James takes us through the challenges of his career and the ‘Eureka moment’…

In this week's bitesize lesson from the archive we jump back to episode 69 with the founder and CEO of leading fitness brand Gymshark, Ben Francis.

We asked Ben to define the values which he enshrine…

Nick Cox is the Head of Academy at Manchester United. He has previously been an Academy Manager at Sheffield United FC. In this episode, Nick shares with us the key to high performance - people and r…

Singer-songwriter Kelly Jones, frontman of the Stereophonics, opened up with us about his relationship with the press after his childhood friend and former band member Stuart Cable sadly passed.

The k…

It has been 2 years since Jake and Damian first sat down with Frank Lampard. In this new episode the three of them return to their previous discussion to see what has changed, what has stayed the sam…

Trigger Warning: Themes of trauma, sexual assault and suicide.

Gemma Morgan began her career serving as an officer in the British Army and is now a speaker, writer and leadership coach. In this exclu…