Up the last… Creating a legacy

embrace a fear of failure to lift performance. Successful leaders have high internal benchmarks, they set their expectations high and try to exceed them.

8. PREPARATION

Train to win, practise under pressure. Practise with intensity to develop the mindset to win. Intensified training in preparation to win will condition the brain and body to perform under pressure and make peak performance automatic. Get out of your comfort zone. If you are not growing anywhere, you are not going anywhere.

9. PRESSURE

of skill or innate judgement; they are made because of an inability to handle pressure at the pivotal moment. Know how to manage, deal and embrace pressure. Control your attention. Switch from ‘red head’ – tightinhibited, result-oriented, anxious, aggressive, overcompensating, desperate – to ‘blue head’ – loose, expressive, in the moment, calm, clear, accurate, untasked.

10. AUTHENTICITY

Know thyself, keep it real. If you succumb to peer pressure and do things because others want you, you will be cut off. Be genuine, stay true to yourself and be honest with your environment. Adopting the behaviours and values of others will often conflict with what got you there in the first place. Leaders need to create an environment that encourages safeconflict, honesty and integrity, in which people

Bad decisions are not made through lack

The All Blacks, while being sporting giants for New Zealanders, remain accessible and easily approachable. Barber often has them visit Paraparaumu Beach when a game is in town and true to their ethos they are polite, grounded and always appreciative. With Barber are All Blacks (from left) Damien MacKenzie, Beauden Barrett (World Rugby Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017) and Jordie Barrett

genuinely know one another.

11. SACRIFICE

Find something you would die for and give your life to it. Do the above and beyond for a cause, activity or mission you believe in. Champions do extra. Bleed on the field and

Barber’s first game of rugby as an eight-year-old (he is the one holding the ball). Rugby is religion in NZ and despite not going on to wear a version of that black jersey which carried the silver fern insignia, Barber’s passion for the sport has never waned

know that your teammates will do the same for you. Be the first to arrive at the gym, be the last to leave. Push yourself outside of your comfort zone.

12. LANGUAGE

Let your ears listen. Invent a language – sing your world into existence. A system of meaning that everyone understands. A language, vocabulary and a set of beliefs that bind the group together. Meaning, rituals, stories, heroes all bound together. An oral culture – a common story. Leaders are storytellers. Great organisations are born from a compelling story. The central organising thought helps people understand what they stand for and why.

13. RITUAL

Ritualise to actualise. Create a culture, a culture of continually growing and improving. Inspiring leaders establish rituals to connect their team to its core narrative, using them to reflect, remind, reinforce and reignite their collective identity and purpose.

14. WHAKAPAPA (GENEALOGY)

Be a good ancestor. Plant trees you’ll never see. Connect the past, present and future. True leaders take responsibility for adding to the legacy. Ensure knowledge transfer. Know that you are standing on the shoulders of giants; live up to that expectation and know that you will be looked upon as one.

15. LEGACY

Write your legacy. Be purposeful. Add to the

ethos, make your mark.

The All Blacks have had their hands on the William Webb Ellis Trophy three times. Awarded for winning the Rugby World Cup on the back of blood, sweat and tears, it is graciously shared with fans across NZ