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The one about The Secrets of a High Performance Team

Season 1, Ep. 5

In this episode Justin and Nick explore the drivers behind those high performing teams who are successful over and over again - focusing on English rugby union team Harlequins. The insights from Harlequins discussed in this episode align to the learnings from a diverse range sources explored in their published book Stretchonomics


Joining their discussion are:

- Paul Gustard: Head of Rugby at Harlequins and previously England Rugby Union team's defence coach

- Roderick Yapp: former Royal Marines Officer, now heading up the Harlequins Business Academy" 

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