Boost!

Outline

Boost! (2016) applies lessons from sports psychology to management and everyday work. Michael Bar-Eli draws on research about athletes and coaches to explore how people perform under pressure, make decisions, set goals, and stay motivated. The book shows how insights from the playing field, such as avoiding biases and managing stress, can help professionals and teams achieve better results.

• Sports psychology research on athletes and coaches offers practical lessons for managers and professionals in everyday work.
• Clear goals help people stay motivated and direct their effort toward better results.
• Learning how people perform under pressure helps you handle stressful moments at work more calmly.
• Avoiding common biases in decision-making is a skill athletes and coaches use that professionals can borrow.
• Managing stress is a habit teams can practise together to get better results.

Michael Bar-Eli is an Israeli professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev who specialises in sports psychology and behavioural economics. His research examines decision-making, performance under pressure, and the psychology of athletes and coaches. In Boost! he translates these findings into practical lessons for business and management.