MENTORSHIP THAT SUPPORTS Maintaining Mastery
Goals - Development - Safety
Primarily mentoring athletes in development and professional phases, and senior leaders in high-pressure environments
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HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS > EXPECTATIONS + DEMAND + PRESSURE = RISK
BUT HOW YOU RESPOND IS KEY
Mentoring rewrites the rule of reactive support but focuses on maintaining development. In pressured environments, this is important because once you only see pressure, things become very risky.
Pressure, access and risk can blur lines. It can make us excuse behaviours even when they are harmful to ourselves. The saying is because you can, doesn't mean you should. Choosing to be a better version of yourself, making safe decisions in unsafe or ever-changing environment or conditions, can be mentally draining. For this reason, keeping mentally agile is key.
The truth is, for many, we are not taught tools and techniques, or some don't think they need them, and that is what makes them resilient. Wrong! What makes you resilient is having tools and techniques to keep moving towards your goals and staying connected as a human being.
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While some look for reasons not to develop, others understand that a healthy mindset is one that keep developing.
Performance, safe decision-making, and behavioural adaptability are vital skills for connection and navigating consistent change. Here is what I know
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Habits build or destroy the things you love
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Character must matter and should be consistent work because self-sabotage is real
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The person behind the role needs work, too
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The minute you think you know it all, that's when costly mistakes start happening
2026 Fast Forward15 Award Winner
Rising Star Mentor
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In the United States, mentoring is viewed as a vital catalyst for personal, academic, and professional success. I want to contribute to understanding why athletes thrive both personally and professionally. I'm on a mission to show others the importance of personal mastery and mental agility, and to support organisations in building or improving coaching and mentoring delivery and outcomes.
THE PRACTICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Jack Petchey Leader Award
Achieved 3 100% - ABA Visits (Mystery Shopper Visits)
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HOW GEMMA WORKS
Evidence-Based and Principle Focused
Practice and delivery is drawn from psychological research, understanding neuroscience, mindfulness, trauma-informed approach and safeguarding practices.
Contextual and Psychological Approach
Mental Agility is the frontier of change and connection.
The message is the same, but how it is delivered is contextual because context does and should matter. Impact and influence come with responsibility. We must leave people and sectors better. This means commitment, values, choosing hard when it needs to be, as well as continuous work.
Award Winning Practitioner
The accolades are just outputs from the inputs of my work ethic. That personal promise is upheld through mentorship, facilitation or speaking.
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Advisory & Advocacy
Using lived experience and professional expertise to shape systems, services and research
