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News
2006 - Metaphorics goes to the
Winter Olympics
Metaphorics performance consultant Dr Mark Bawden is
working with the Great British speed skating team in
their quest for gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics
in Turin. Following a successful Olympic qualification
campaign Great Britain will have four skaters performing
at the games. Mark will be with the GB team in the build
up to and throughout the 2006 Games.
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November 2005 – Lancashire LEA’s
Wellbeing conference
Lancashire’s LEA asked Metaphorics to deliver
a session at their annual Wellbeing conference at their
Woodlands Centre. The session focussed upon “Enhancing
Personal Resilience” and provided delegates with
the opportunity to assess their current level of resilience
and learn how this can be enhanced with the tools and
strategies developed by Metaphorics.
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October 2005 - HeadCoach launched!
The team at Metaphorics have formed a partnership with
Lancashire’s Local Educational Authority to develop
a coaching programme that helps to promote coaching
excellence between head teachers.
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October 2005 - Deputy Head Teachers Conference
The team at Metaphorics recently delivered alongside
Sir John Jones at the Deputy Head Teachers Conference
held at Woodlands conference centre. The day was aimed
at deputy head teachers and focused on enhancing their
own personal performance in schools. The deputy heads
were given the opportunity to see their roles “through
the eyes of an elite sportsperson”. The practical
session provided simple strategies to begin enhancing
personal mental toughness and the feedback received
confirmed our belief that we’re bringing something
truly unique to the field of education.
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October 2005 - Personalising Learning Through
Innovation Conference
The team at metaphorics delivered a mental toughness
session at Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers
FC. The conference was focused on enhancing learning
in education by thinking differently about personal
performance. The metaphorics team presented a model
of mental toughness used by elite athletes and explained
about how this can be used within the world of education.
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September 2005 - Developing Mental Toughness
Metaphorics performance consultants have recently delivered
a two day residential course in the Lake District. The
course was attended by a group of Head Teachers and
focussed upon understanding and enhancing mental toughness.
“The content of the training delved deep into
underpinning values, motivators and your inner confidence.
Some parts of the course made you examine yourself in
a way that you previously might have avoided or felt
uncomfortable about. The team skilfully facilitate your
development through stages so that you take a 360 degree
look at yourself and are enabled to turn weaknesses
into strengths in maximising your potential and performance
as a Headteacher.”
Judith Williams - Headteacher
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