The High Performance Podcast

Mary Portas is an expert on retail and brand communication. Since 1997 she has been running Portas, a brand agency, producing challenging campaigns and championing brand development for clients. 

She …

It only felt right to dig a little deeper into the episode with the England boss as the whole country builds to only our second competitive final! Gareth Southgate recently joined us on the podcast j…

Ben Francis is the founder and ambitious entrepreneur behind leading UK fitness brand, Gymshark.

Ben founded Gymshark when he was 19, while still a student at Aston University. In addition to his full…

Before we had even released a podcast, we were invited to Mauricio’s house with the warmest welcome and the most incredible ATTITUDE! Mauricio shook our hands and judged our energy. An incredible mom…

It’s the last in our EUROS special! Today we’re joined by footballer Daniel Sturridge. 

Daniel started his career at Manchester City before signing for Chelsea in 2009, where he scored 24 before he wa…

Chris Voss is former lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Chris is current CEO of the Black Swan Group which specialises in solving business communication…

This week's source of bitesize wisdom is Tracey Neville, the head coach who delivered one of this country's greatest sporting triumphs - winning a gold medal for England netball. Here she is talking …

It’s another EUROS special! Today we welcome Thomas ‘Hal’ Robson-Kanu, a professional footballer with West Brom and Wales. In 2016 Hal not only scored one of international football’s most memorable g…

Julian Hearn is an entrepreneur and founder of Huel, a nutritionally complete food. Within four years of launch he built the company to over £40m in revenue, and a valuation of £220m. 

Prior to Huel, …

It’s bitesize Friday! Today’s short, sharp boost of wisdom comes from England defender Tyrone Mings. From being a mortgage advisor in non-league football to representing his country in the EUROS. Inc…

It’s our third EURO 2020 special episodes, we are joined by Arsenal and Spain defender Héctor Bellerín.

Héctor joined Arsenal from Barcelona in 2011 before making his first-team debut, aged 18, in the…

Major Tim Peake, is an Army Air Corps officer and a European Space Agency astronaut. He was the first British astronaut to carry out a spacewalk.  

Tim’s military career included service in Northern I…

This week’s bitesize boost of inspiration comes from the first ever guest on the podcast - Rio Ferdinand! This chat set us on the way to where we are now, five series later. 

In this clip Rio tells us…

In the second in our series of special EURO 2020 episodes, we are joined by Grant Hanley, Norwich City captain and Scotland national team defender.

Grant has been a leader throughout his football care…

Chris Bosh is a NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the league’s Global Ambassador. Chris had his playing days cut short at their prime by a fre…

We love these bitesize eps! Going back to the brilliant conversations from the archive and highlighting the amazing lessons. Back in series 2 we sat down with Reece, who played for Manchester City am…

In the first of a series of special EURO 2020 episodes, we are joined by Gareth Southgate, the current England manager. Gareth took up the position in November 2016 and oversaw the Three Lions’ World…

This week Jake and Damian are joined by successful entrepreneur, Grace Beverley. Named in the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020, Grace is founder and CEO of two successful businesses, Tala and Shreddy,…

What a moment and what a pleasure it was to welcome Matthew on the podcast. There were so great lessons and takeaways. Don’t avoid the bad stuff. It’s coming whether you like it or not. Remembering t…

Christian Horner is the Team Principal of the Red Bull Formula One racing team.

Christian’s path to Formula One management ladder began behind the wheel, as a talented young racer, before at the age o…