How Does Sport/Business Work?

There are 3 areas in which companies use sport:

• Marketing, PR and client entertainment
• Engage with your local community
• Internal development programme helping your people with their ‘Attitude, Performance and Leadership' skills

Our first step is to get to know you, your business and your ambitions.  From there we can select the right athlete, coach or team to create a bespoke high performance partnership.

This sports influence will act as a catalyst for learning, marketing activity, community engagement and client entertainment.  Red Sky acts as the conscience using respected business interventions, theory and coaches to close the gap between your current status and your self-identified ‘gold medal’.

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Examples:

A senior director found the following benefits were clear within the first 6 months of beginning the partnership between his company and an elite athlete.

• His  personal and business profiles rocketed
• The company directly benefited with increased revenue
• It attracted high calibre personnel to apply for work

Lion’s Dinner
An exclusive client entertaining event, hosted by a former Lion and Scotland rugby Captain to watch the rugby match in a private cinema.

Learning Through Sport
A company sourced Red Sky to hold a learning programme during the Dubai 7’s rugby tournament.

One individual "upon watching the coach shouting at one of the players, I noticed that the player did not respond well to that and as a consequence played worse. Another member of the team went over and started to encourage him and as a result his playing picked up.  I think this is the way I treat one of my staff – I am going to change."

Testimonials

Gordon Lipp, Town and County Land Rover"Hand Red Sky a project and you can be assured of it being handled in a prompt and professional manner. Red Sky provides a much sought after level of professionalism and depth of knowledge in their specific field."

Chris Oliver, Red Spider Technology"I've been working with Rhona since the end of 2005.  Rhona brought Shirley to us to talk all about what drives and motivates her, how she sets goals, overcomes setbacks etc. Shirley is an excellent communicator. Rhona then facilitated a workshop (all of which she routes firmly around the desired outcomes for the business) with a smaller group of 12 or so about lessons/parallels that can be drawn between sport and business. This was an interesting way to start the year and brought the group into a good conversation about challenges, target setting and trusting the team.

Rowen Shepherd spoke about lessons from his time as a professional rugby coach and the importance of having leaders on the field (other than the captain and coach), to motivate, lead by example and maintain the shape of the game.

I think there is something special, different and exciting here - and the link to sport and learning with Rhona could be a compelling experiential path."

Adam Preedy, Programme Manager-Deployment. HR Solutions, Coo Infrastructure and Change, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group"Just a short note to sincerely thank you for all the work and effort you put in to making Friday a brilliant day. It truly was one of the best kind of  those days I have either attended or been involved in. The team were hugely enthusiastic about it and I've had a lot of positive feedback since then. David (Carry) was absolutely first class and I think it was obvious he made a big impression on everyone - please pass on my thanks to him."

Partners/Associations:

• OKI worldwide,Xodus Group, Brodies WS, RBS, HSBC, Town and County, IIP Scotland, Sportsman Charity, ARK Occupational Health, The Big Partnership, Lloyds Register, Red Spider Technology, GTG Training, Whiteburn, Thomas Miller Investment, John Lawrie Group, Clydesdale Bank, The WS Society, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland