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The Ben Ryan Podcast

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Olympic Gold Medal winning coach, Ben Ryan, seeks out the world’s top performers and coaches to find out what makes them and those around them, the best. From Footballers and Athletes to Special Forces soldiers and company CEO"s, Ben’s focus is on performance and culture, what"s important, what isn’t and what really makes a difference. Ben is the most successful men’s rugby sevens coach in the world, winning Continental, World and Olympic titles and off the pitch has been working at the top end of

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48:32

Jon Norfolk - The Leverage You Can Create From An...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/06/08

Jon Norfolk is head of coaching at one of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic programmes, British Cycling. Jon is another of our guests that has experienced competing and coaching in different cultures and environments. Having worked previously with the Australian Track Cycling Team and been head coach of the hugely successful GB Paralympic cycling programme, he was also both an International cyclist in his own right and also cycled as a tandem partner including setting a world record in the

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58:06

Scott Drawer - We Need To Value The Off-load As Well...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/06/01

Scott Draweris the current Director of Sport at Millfield School, one of the UK’s leading independent school’s. Before that he was Head of Research and Innovation at UK Sport and also held positions as Athletic Performance Manager at the Rugby Football Union and worked in the Sky Performance Hub in Cycling.I first met Scott in his role at UK Sport almost 15 years ago as I asked him to help me tap into the amazing work being done across the UK sport innovation and research network to help the England

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33:33

Robbie Elliott Part 2 - Being First Is Not Always The...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/05/25

This week its part 2 of my chat with former footballer Robbie Elliott.Robbie spent two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total. Last week we chatted about his own playing career and some of the iconic managers he worked under including Ossie Ardilles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson.This week we focus on his career post playing from his role at Newcastle in the sports science department to

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42:03

Robbie Elliott Part 1 - There's Definitely A...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/05/18

After last weeks chat with Darius Charles, we stay on the football theme with another ex Professional footballer, Robbie Elliott. Robbie had almost two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for his beloved Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total, which also included spells at Sunderland, Leeds, Hartlepool and an eventful four years at Bolton Wanderers.Over his career, he’ worked under some iconic managers including Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Sam

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64:56

Darius Charles - I Was Creating A World Where...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/05/11

This week I’m delighted to bring you a chat with someone who grabs life by both hands, former footballer Darius Charles.Darius retired from professional footballer just a matter of weeks ago after playing professionally for sixteen years for the likes of Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford and most recently, AFC Wimbledon.We talk about how he feels about that and also the journey football has taken him on personally. His mum had him when she was sixteen years old and Darius has had plenty of obstacles over

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42:33

Stuart Lancaster Part 2 - To Get Trust, You've Got To...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/05/04

This is the second part of the conversation I had with Leinster Rugby senior coach, Stuart Lancaster who has held senior leadership positions at many levels of the game including being the former England Rugby head coach. In part one we chatted about the foundations of culture, putting teams together and knowing your own personal strengths and weaknesses. In this episode we jump around a bit again and touch on subjects like managing time and energy, continual learning and the art of teaching, but to

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40:17

Stuart Lancaster Part 1 - You Don’t Get High...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/04/27

Todays show is the first part of another brilliant conversation, this time with rugby coach Stuart Lancaster.Stuart is currently coaching Leinster Rugby and he’s held leadership, management and coaching positions at many levels of the game including being the former England Rugby head coach. I’ve also worked with Stuart during my time at England Rugby and have coached against him during his time at Leeds and we discuss that time in both our lives later in this show. He’s a wealth of knowledge around

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72:31

Ask Me Anything

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/04/20

Thanks to the following for their great questions which formed the basis of this week’s Ask Me Anything show.On Twitter - Brad Allen, Simon Young, Bruce, Luke O’Mahony, Jack, Chris, Nimi, TumaOn Instagram - Richard Mortimer, Emma, SalaThrough LinkedIn - Hannah Behan, Andrew M, Rod Bannister, Lucas O’Ceallachan, Mark Leppard, Neil Thomas, Chris Latterell, Martin Prior,Via email - Ben, ShelleyShow Notes:Loughborough University - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Plato - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlatoSocial

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34:04

John Sutherland Part 2 - The Best Leaders Understand...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/04/13

It's part two of my conversation with former Met Police Superintendent, John Sutherland. From sieges that shut down London, to the time he got things very wrong when communicating to his team and his own personal battle with his mental health, this is another cracking episode, and we pick up from where we left off, talking about Leadership and perhaps it’s most important trait.Show Notes: Jurgen Klopp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_KloppChief Superintendent -

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41:05

John Sutherland Part 1 - We Are More Than The Names...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/04/06

John Sutherland joined the Met Police in 1992 after receiving the baton of honour, presented to the outstanding student during an officer’s basic training. He quickly rose through the ranks and as it says on the back cover of his first book 'Blue', experienced all that is extraordinary about a life in blue: saving lives, finding the lost, comforting the broken and helping taking the dangerous people off the streets. With the highs came the lows and in 2013 John suffered a major nervous breakdown and

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68:41

Laurence Halsted - Seeing The Person Behind The...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/03/30

My guest this week questions the idea of what success is and how most people can look at sport and life in a very different way.Laurence Halsted is a double-Olympian, a fencer who achieved European medals as well helping to take the GB fencing programme from amateur to professional and qualify for an Olympics in the team event for the first time in the modern era.He’s a former performance director for the Danish Fencing Federation and now Director of Mentoring at The True Athlete Project as well as

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78:55

Dr. Jim Loehr - Every Dose Of Stress Is A Gift

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/03/23

Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist and cofounder of The Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute.He has worked with hundred of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine, law enforcement, military and much, much more.Sport clients have included tennis players Jim Courier, Monica Seles and Andre Agassi, golfers Mark O’Meara and Justin Rose, boxer Ray Mancini, Ice hockey stars Eric Lindros and Mike Richter and Olympic gold medal speed skaterDan

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47:52

Craig White Part 2 - Nothing Is Ever In The Way, It's...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/03/16

In part two of my discussion with Craig White we go into Transcendental Meditation, centering, flow states, the roles of breath, sound, touch and movement and much, much more, but we start by talking about Embodied Learning -what it means, and how it works, as well as the sensation we’ve all felt, our gut feeling.Show Notes: Alan Watts -https://www.youtube.com/c/AlanWattsOrg/videos James Haskell Podcast episode with Craig - https://apple.co/3CKiKeLNLP -

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56:17

Craig White Part 1 - Confusion Always Precedes New...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/03/09

Craig White's credentials in rugby are impeccable. Roles at Wasps, Ireland, Wales, The British and Irish Lions as well as his journey with the Uruguay team at the last Rugby World Cup,fill his CV. He started in strength and conditioning but has added so much more at places like Bolton Wanderers Football Club, where he acted as consultant to manager Sam Alladyce.Relating to the Bolton part of his life, there is some swearing in this section of the podcast. We don’t usually include swearing as we know

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66:02

Andrew Milburn - Nine Times Out Of Ten Your Gut Is Right

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/03/02

Andrew Milburn retired from the US Marine Corps in 2019 and has since gone on to write the highly acclaimed memoir ‘When The Tempest Gathers: A Marine Special Operations Commander At War’.As an infantry and special operations officer, Andy has had operational command at every rank which included leading the multinational special operations task force given the mission of defeating ISIS in Iraq. This has obviously led to some very dangerous situations and from all his experiences, he shares with me

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59:13

Wendy Searle - Just Get Out The Door

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/02/23

This week's podcast comes from one of the most inhospitable but beautiful places on earth as we chat to explorer, Wendy Searle.A mother of four with a busy job, Wendy wanted to show others that extraordinary is available to everyone. She is the seventh woman and fourth fastest in history to ski solo and unassisted from the coastline of Antartica to the South Pole. The 715 mile route took her 42 days, she fell over every day, lost 12kg in bodyweight, had moments of pure elation and moments of pure

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60:34

Marcus Daniell - There's A Relationship Between Rest...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/02/16

This week's guest is professional tennis player, Olympic medallist and founder of the brilliant High Impact Athletes organisation, New Zealander, Marcus Daniell.The chat you're about to hear is a very honest one from someone who's learnt so much from the journey he has taken.It's easy to think that being a professional athlete means that, not only do you know everything about preparation and performance, but that you also have an entourage around you to help and guide you. For the huge majority of

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59:02

Allistair McCaw - You Can't Give Energy, If You Don't...

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/02/09

So, It’s series three and for my first guest of the re-branded 'Culture & Performance Podcast' I thought it would great to kick off with a best-selling author and speaker and someone who’s recognised as one of the world's foremost figures in leadership, team culture and performance, Allistair McCaw.For over 25 years Allistair has worked with some of the most successful people, teams, colleges and organisations in the world. We first met when we were both presenting at a conference for Paris St

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2:10

Series 3 Coming Shortly And With A New Name!

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2022/01/19

Series 3 starts on Feb 02 with a re-branded podcast 'Culture and Performance with Ben Ryan' which will encapsulate all things that Ben holds dear with regard to his approach to coaching and life.Over the course of the series we'll hear from people from the world of sport, the Armed Forces, world-leading psychologists and people that push adventure to the extreme and through it all, aim to bring you tools and tips that you can apply to your own life.Details of how you can listen and interact with the

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5:39

Series 2 Summary & Ben's Best Books

The Ben Ryan Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Ben will be back in a few weeks time with more great conversations in Series 3. In the meantime, please check out past podcast episodes as well as some of the books that Ben recommends in this short summary.Listen & Subscribe to The Ben Ryan Podcast: Ben’s Website - http://benryan.co.uk/bio/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUL1eLA7HFKt5gxO7Uf4j?si=oN9YN6uFRSSGbO6kR01ONQ Amazon Music -

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