“I always say: everyone is always excited for someone else to change,” says Jeremy Bettle, with a wry smile. “It’s always difficult when you have to deliver that to the person who has to change.”

The Performance Director at MLS champions New York City FC is the first guest on the Science in Sport Industry Insight podcast series, where he joins the Leaders Performance Institute Editor John Portch and Science in Sport’s Director of Performance Solutions James Morton to discuss his first season at the club, which culminated in that championship.

Bettle spoke to the pair about his arrival in the Big Apple, with Morton sharing from his own experiences of working with seven-time Tour de France winners Team Sky/INEOS Grenadiers and in English Premier League football.

Also on the conversational agenda were:

- Why Bettle feels he has not always handled change management well in the past [4:00];

- The difference between comfort and complacency in winning teams [14:00];

- The reasons why people management are often at the centre of innovation [20:00];

- Why enjoyment should be a practitioner’s personal priority [22:00];

- Reflective practice and how different questions can change mindsets [29:00].

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