Few things from Africa generate such genuine awe, fear and respect as a Kenyan runner at the start line of a marathon.
There are many great Kenyan athletes that have set (and continue to raise) the benchmark for performance across track, cross-country and distance running. Although it is near impossible to measure what makes for marathon gold, how might we tap into the secrets of these incredible athletes and their achievements to identify some of the high-performance ingredients that drive their ability to win?
What traditions of excellence entice runners from around the world to travel to Africa to train and run with the Kenyans?
The global village has taken note of the Kenyan results, how these athletes have dominated athletics for decades – dashing across finish lines with ease, as exhausted competitors barely make it. In this case study, we celebrate the story of the Kenyan athletes and gain inspiration from their incredible and continuing success, looking at what ingredients we might adopt to enable us to nurture and coach for high performance.
Many athletes come from humble backgrounds, many from poverty. It is said that they run for more than glory. Rural villages, the running hubs of Kenya, are dubbed “City of Champions”, where dirt tracks carve a path to the future. We will tap into some of the inspirational dimensions of this story: training with few modern resources, but with incredible heart, motivation and intensity.
Among Kenyan running groups there is a saying …
“It is impossible to improve on your own.”
We will explore the Kenyan tradition of Harambee whereby a whole community will come together to help itself. It literally means ‘All pull together’ and is the official motto of Kenya. What teamwork lessons can we extract to help us pull together as one team?
As we journey through various stories of high performance, we will also look at how successful athletes are using their own resources to give back to their communities – many starting training schools, helping to fund athletics programmes to help nurture young talent, or simply helping to equip upcoming athletes with gear – reinforcing a tradition of excellence established across generations.
What drives and inspires you to perform to your highest point of contribution?
High-performance habits
Team identity
Building trust
Performance goals
Ignite your teams to think differently about performance. Engage them in a session with highly participative, inspiring and practical lessons, delivered in a multimedia-rich, facilitator-led conversation on Zoom and supported by moderated conversations in breakout rooms (hosted by our team of Pod Coaches).
This case study is available in a 90-minute or 180-minute online (Zoom) format.
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Jørgen Knudstorp
With a success record over 27 years and as the premier provider of the world’s best digital platforms, systems and content for human capital development, LRMG is today the number one provider of smart, human-centric capability development solutions to most of the African blue-chip companies in the financial services, telecoms, manufacturing, mining, educational and professional services sectors in Africa.
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