GEOFF
COOKE
Former professional
Rugby Union
Player and
Manager, now
a freelance
Management
Consultant
and in great
demand as
a Conference
and After
Dinner Speaker.
Special
Topics:
Performance
Coaching;
Motivation;
Team Building.
Major Clients
include:
Cellnet UK
plc Save &
Prosper Ltd.,
B.T. Sun Life
Assurance,
Pringle Knitwear
Three Valleys
Water plc
Robert Fleming
Holdings Ltd.,
Willis Corroon
Ltd., Institute
of Management
and Institute
of Bankers.
Rugby
Career
Played mainly
as a Center/Fly
Half 1962-72
and captained
his Club and
his County.
Coach to Bradford
RFC 1973-5.
Coach to Yorkshire
Rugby Football
Union 1975-9,
then Chairman
of Selectors
from 1980-85.
North of England
selector from
1979-1987
(Chairman/Manager
1985-1987
- two Divisional
Championship
titles).
Appointed
Manager of
the England
Rugby Union
Team in October
1987. He has
led England
in 46 major
international
matches including
two tours
to Australia/Fiji
and one to
Argentina.
England achieved
unparalleled
success during
this period
including
two successive
Grand Slams
(European
Championship)
in 1991 &
1992; reached
the final
of the World
Cup in 1991
and were the
winners of
the inaugural
Rugby World
Cup Sevens
in 1993.
Awarded the
OBE for services
to Rugby Football
in June 1992.
Manager of
the 1993 British
Lions rugby
union tour
to New Zealand.
He has two
books (Rugby
Union - 1981
EP Sport &
Skilful Rugby
Union - 1991
A & C
Black) to
his name and
is the author
of numerous
articles on
sports coaching.
THE
WINNING BUSINESS
Geoff Cooke
OBE - synopsis
of a typical
one hour
presentation
supported
by 35mm
slides
1.
Achieving
Continuous
Improvement
Continuous
Change Vision
Steps to
Success
2.
Ethos
Excellence
Thoroughness
Humanity
Openness
Stability
3.
Task
Talent
Attitude
Support
Knowledge
4.
Motivation
Peoples'
needs Getting
the best
out of people
Achieving
dreams
Creating
the environment
The Flow
Experience
Mind over
Matter
Dealing
with pressure
5.
Pride
Preparation
Responsibility
Independence
Discipline
Excellence
6.
The Winning
Edge
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