Damian Hughes

From the Sunday Times bestselling authors of High Performance 'Packed with wisdom' ? GARETH SOUTHGATE 'Extraordinary and empowering' ? LAURA KENNY 'Full of tough love and practical wisdom' ? BEAR GRYLLS --- What if you could change your life in less than five minutes? We assume that the highest-performing people are wired differently; that their success is down to nothing more than raw talent. But in the course of 400 conversations with the world's most remarkable individuals, Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes have found the opposite: real success comes from small, often imperceptible changes in behaviour. They call them micro-habits. Drawing on exclusive interviews with leading high performers – from Olympic-medallists to billionaire entrepreneurs – Micro-Habits introduces the forty-eight simple tools that anyone can use to achieve excellence. The best thing? They work right away. --- Drawing on conversations with . . . Ali Abdaal • Fernando Alonso • Usain Bolt • Stuart Broad • Dan Carter • Sabrina Cohen-Hatton • Brian Cox • Tom Daley • Jason Fox • Pippa Grange • Alex Honnold • Emily Maitlis • Joe Marler • Matthew McConaughey • Lando Norris • Sara Pascoe • Gordon Ramsay • Stephanie Shirley • Simon Sinek • Chris Voss • Sarina Wiegman and many more . . .

The ultimate guide for sales managers and leaders ready to elevate their game.Sales leadership is one of the most demanding roles in business. Balancing ambitious targets, team dynamics, and a rapidly changing environment leaves little room for reflection or growth. Many leaders default to reactive management—solving problems as they arise, relying on quick fixes, and chasing short-term wins—without ever addressing the real barriers to lasting success.Stop Managing, Start Leading is a leadership transformation manual designed to help you break free from these habits. Packed with practical tools, proven frameworks, and decades of hard-earned insights, this book provides the roadmap to shift from managing tasks to inspiring people. It’s a guide to creating a high-growth team culture, driving meaningful results, and building a leadership legacy you can be proud of.Inside, you’ll discover:The one key shift that transforms managers into true leaders. Strategies to prioritize your time and focus on what truly matters. Proven techniques to inspire, engage, and motivate your team for sustainable success. Tools to overcome hidden obstacles and unlock your team’s potential.Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned leader, this book will equip you with the mindset and strategies to lead with confidence, elevate your team, and achieve enduring success.Inspire. Lead. Grow. The transformation begins here.

The ultimate guide for sales managers and leaders ready to elevate their game.Sales leadership is one of the most demanding roles in business. Balancing ambitious targets, team dynamics, and a rapidly changing environment leaves little room for reflection or growth. Many leaders default to reactive management—solving problems as they arise, relying on quick fixes, and chasing short-term wins—without ever addressing the real barriers to lasting success.Stop Managing, Start Leading is a leadership transformation manual designed to help you break free from these habits. Packed with practical tools, proven frameworks, and decades of hard-earned insights, this book provides the roadmap to shift from managing tasks to inspiring people. It’s a guide to creating a high-growth team culture, driving meaningful results, and building a leadership legacy you can be proud of.Inside, you’ll discover:The one key shift that transforms managers into true leaders. Strategies to prioritize your time and focus on what truly matters. Proven techniques to inspire, engage, and motivate your team for sustainable success. Tools to overcome hidden obstacles and unlock your team’s potential.Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned leader, this book will equip you with the mindset and strategies to lead with confidence, elevate your team, and achieve enduring success.Inspire. Lead. Grow. The transformation begins here.

'Transformative' Eddie Howe, manager of Newcastle United FC'Extraordinary' Kevin Sinfield, author of The Extra Mile'Inspiring' Roxie Nafousi, author of Manifest'Indispensable' Dan Carter, former All Blacks player_How did the world's highest-performing people get that way?We can always change. Here, two bestselling authors draw upon the stories of Olympic medallists and leading CEOs to introduce a simple, five-step process each of us can use to change our mindsets, our careers – and our lives._'If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you' Rangan Chatterjee, creator of Feel Better, Live MoreDrawing on interviews with . . . Ben Francis | Tyson Fury | Pippa Grange | Bear Grylls | Jordan Henderson | Gary Lineker | Matthew McConaughey | Ian McGeechan | Vicky Pattison | Adam Peaty | Mel Robbins | Alex Scott | AJ Tracey | Josh Warrington | Joe Wicks | Toto Wolff and many more . . .

'Transformative' Eddie Howe, manager of Newcastle United FC'Extraordinary' Kevin Sinfield, author of The Extra Mile'Inspiring' Roxie Nafousi, author of Manifest'Indispensable' Dan Carter, former All Blacks player_How did the world's most remarkable people get that way?This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours.Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and billionaire founders, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes introduce the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And they introduce the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple tools are so effective.It is never too late to change. This book shows you how._'If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you' Rangan Chatterjee, creator of Feel Better, Live MoreDrawing on interviews with . . . Ben Francis | Tyson Fury | Pippa Grange | Bear Grylls | Jordan Henderson | Gary Lineker | Matthew McConaughey | Ian McGeechan | Vicky Pattison | Adam Peaty | Mel Robbins | Alex Scott | AJ Tracey | Josh Warrington | Joe Wicks | Toto Wolff and many more . . .

How did the world's most remarkable people get that way? This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours. Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and billionaire founders, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes introduce the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And they introduce the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple tools are so effective. It is never too late to change. This book shows you how. _ 'If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you' Rangan Chatterjee, creator of Feel Better, Live More Drawing on interviews with . . . Ben Francis | Tyson Fury | Pippa Grange | Bear Grylls | Jordan Henderson | Gary Lineker | Matthew McConaughey | Ian McGeechan | Vicky Pattison | Adam Peaty | Mel Robbins | Alex Scott | AJ Tracey | Josh Warrington | Joe Wicks | Toto Wolff and many more .

This book examines the role of photography and visual culture in the emergence of ecological science between 1895 and 1939.

The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller'Massively motivating' Fearne Cotton'A wealth of wisdom' Vex King'Read this book' Ant MiddletonHigh performance isn't born. It's made. This book uncovers the eight essential habits of the world's leading sportspeople, coaches and entrepreneurs.From taking responsibility for your situation to finding your 'Trademark Behaviours', it reveals how the world's highest-achieving people unlocked their potential - and how you can too. Anyone can learn the secrets of high performance.'Full of valuable principles with real-world relevance to people's everyday lives' Toto Wolff'So many different lessons from so many remarkable people' Adam PeatyDrawing on conversations with... Dina Asher-Smith | Steven Bartlett | Tom Daley | Steven Gerrard | Evelyn Glennie | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Kelly Holmes | Chris Hoy | Eddie Jones | Siya Kolisi | Frank Lampard | Jo Malone | Matthew McConaughey | Ant Middleton | Tracey Neville | Robin Van Persie | Mauricio Pochettino | Gareth Southgate | Holly Tucker | Jonny Wilkinson | Clive Woodward | Toto Wolff and many more...

This book examines the role of photography and visual culture in the emergence of ecological science between 1895 and 1939.

In The Winning Mindset, Professor Damian Hughes, the acclaimed author of Liquid Thinking and How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson, draws on both his lifetime experience and academic background within sport, organization and change psychology to reveal the best ways to create a winning mindset in both personal and professional life.Having worked with some of the top teams in the UK, and watched some of the best coaches in the country at work, Hughes distils the five keys principles that separate the best coaches and teams from the rest: Simplicity; Tripwires; Emotions; Practical; Stories: STEPS.The role of a sports-team leader is fascinating, complex and tough. Fantasy football leagues may convince us that success is all about buying players and selecting a team. In reality, it is about creating winning environments – recruiting, developing and nurturing talent, effectively communicating a shared vision with a diverse collection of individuals, delivering on enormous expectations from a range of stakeholders, overcoming significant challenges, handling pressure and staying focused throughout: a set of challenges familiar to leaders in all sectors.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest middleweight boxer of all time, he held the world title for 12 defences, including bouts with Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran which entered fistic folklore. From his wild early fights in the boxing wilderness of Brockton, Massachusetts, Brian and Damian Hughes trace the blazing trail of Hagler's career: the controversial defeats subsequently avenged, a riot-scarred title win in London, and his unification of the middleweight crown. Hagler became a huge favourite, taking on all comers while never taking a step back. And so to The Ring magazine's "greatest round of all time" against Hearns, his ferocious battle with Duran, and the still-controversial loss to his nemesis Leonard. Marvelous tells the story of Hagler's extraordinary life for the first time, separating truth from myth to get right to the heart of a complex and charismatic man.

‘How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson is an insightful and interesting book packed with leadership ideas and real life examples taken from the cutting edge of sport that apply in leading any top team or business. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially those currently in leadership positions and those aspiring to get there, as Damian Hughes draws out the inspirational qualities required from one of the greatest managers in football.’Stuart Lancaster, Former England Head Coach, Rugby Football UnionDelve deep into the mind of one of the world’s most successful leaders and discover 10 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business, with this unique and inspiring handbook for anyone looking to improve performance in turbulent, changing times. Distilling the primary lessons of Ferguson's phenomenal success as manager at Manchester United and showing how you can apply them to you own personal goals, this book explains Ferguson's approach to people-management, changing mind-sets, visualisation, building confidence and embracing change – all techniques at the heart of turning Manchester United into a winning machine. Discover how he remained at the forefront of one of the world's most competitive industries and how to make this count with your own ambition, as well as learning about the techniques he employed to extract the finest qualities from his team, and how to lead other individuals and teams in their pursuit of success within changing times. With exercises for you to work on, drawing from Professor Hughes's practical and academic background within sport, organisation and change psychology, this is the perfect handbook for the business of winning and managing success.

Damian Hughes takes methods used by great achievers and shows how to adopt them into life and business to achieve dreams and ambitions.

Stuck in a rut? Know what you want but don’t know how to get it? Feel like life is passing you by? Sick of getting mediocre results? Then enter the wonderful world of Liquid Thinking… A practical, jargon-free and easily accessible self-help book drawing on a diverse range of experiences and containing digestible lessons and exercises used by sports captains, charity leaders and business leaders. It is the only self-help book which has ever been endorsed by Sir Richard Branson, Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali, and Jonny Wilkinson. It is a brave man who starts his book on self development by quoting Jerry Springer and discussing the literary merits of the Joy of Sex; however, this is Damian Hughes to a tee. Combining his own experiences as a Manchester United football coach, HR Director and youth club leader with exclusive insights from Sir Richard Branson, Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali and Jonny Wilkinson, Hughes will help you to step forward to achieve your own special hopes, dreams and ambition. The books have been credited with helping people build their own houses, fight cancer and run marathons, so come on and be a fellow Liquid Thinker!

A practical, jargon-free and easily accessible book on making a difference as a leader, Damian Hughes’ Liquid Leadership draws on a diverse list of leaders in everyday life (Kim England, National Sales Training Manager at Unilever), to showbiz celebrities (John Lennon, Walt Disney), to renowned historical leaders (Shackleton, Eisenhower, Steve Jobs). There are no stuffy theories here. Instead, the book jumps energetically between film references from the Wizard of Oz, Alfie and Superman to the leadership styles of World-Cup winning coaches Alf Ramsay and Clive Woodward. Speckled throughout are examples of ‘Liquid Leaders’, from people you know – like James Timpson, head of the UK-wide group of key-cutting and shoe repair outlets – to people we don’t know, including Fergus Findlay of Barnardo’s in Ireland. This book offers you a joyous diversion that pushes home important theory effortlessly. It ends with practical exercises designed to galvanise the reader into identifying how they need to change, as well as a very useful annotated bibliography. Both of Damian’s books have been credited with helping people build their own houses, fight cancer and run marathons, so come on and be a fellow Liquid Leader!