S1 - Episode 8 - Scott Simon

P3 Podcast

Topics Discussed:

• Scott's from personal coaching to becoming the Head Coach of the Paracanoe Programme, and the injuries he got that took him down this path.
• Setting goals and sticking to them can help us overcome the difficulties in our lives.
• Goal setting can help us a lot at the moment as we deal with Covid.
• Scott's experience in the Invictus Games and the role they played on his rehabilitation journey.
• Scott's role in the Paracanoe Programme and what he does on the lead-up and during the Paralympic Games.
• The challenges athletes face during the four-year Paralympic cycle.
• Covid's effect on the Paralympics, and how Tokyo being postponed is affecting athletes everywhere.
• Flexible leadership and emotional intelligence as the cornerstones in leadership skills required to get us through the Covid period.
• Scott's process of decision making.
• The importance of keeping an open mind and adapting your strategy at all times.
• How we all have different perspectives and languages and need to be aware of that so we can make sure we are communicating effectively.
• Academia's tendency to paint things black and white when in actuality coaching is more of an art than a science.
• Phil talks about the importance of personal development in being an effective leadership coach. Scotty agrees and expands on this, giving examples within his own life.
• How Scott is an action-driven person and the positive and negative aspects of that.
• The importance of recharging and the difficulties in doing this during these current Covid times.
• How we should be measuring productivity, not busyness.

Related Links:

Scott Simon's Twitter - https://twitter.com/scotttaffsimon?lang=en

British Paracanoe Webpage - https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/olympic-paralympic/paracanoe-intro