Organizational Psychology - Why Motivational Speaking Does Not Improve Team Culture

Apr 13

Ben Foodman is a subject matter expert on performance and organizational psychology

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Ben Foodman is a licensed psychotherapist & performance specialist. He owns his private practice located in Charlotte North Carolina where he specializes in working with athletes to help them overcome mental blocks (the yips), PTSD, ADD / ADHD and achieve flow states through the techniques of Brainspotting & Neurofeedback. If you are interested in services, use the link here! Enjoy the article below!

Why Motivational Speaking Does Not Improve Team Culture

I recently started a second business called Ibex Tactics. Our business is focused on helping teams build, repair and enhance their organization’s culture. We combine the disciplines of sport psychology and organizational psychology to help our clients achieve their goals. One area of interest that we have been communicating with our clients is how ineffective motivational speaking is towards actually helping teams improve their culture. Use the link below to access the Ibex Tactics Journal and read more about how we explain this issue to current and future clients!

Ibex Tactics Journal Article

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If you are an athlete reading this segment of the TRAINING REPORT, hopefully this content was helpful! I put the Training Report together because I felt like many of the discussions on issues such as the Yips/mental blocks, strength training & other subject matter on athlete performance concepts were really missing the mark on these ideas (e.g. how trauma is the direct cause of the Yips). If you are interested in learning more, make sure to subscribe below for when I put out new content on issues related to sport psychology & athlete performance! Also, if you are looking to work with a mental performance specialist, you are in the right place! USE THIS LINK to reach out to me to see if my services are the right fit for your goals!

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