Publishes · Routledge · 2027

Culture is the performance variableeveryone measures last.

What the science actually knows about pressure, silence, and leadership inside elite sport — turned into an operating system leaders can run.

The Psychology of High-Performance Sports Organizations Culture, Safety, and Leadership Marie Claire Bourque & Madeline Antony · Routledge, 2027

Marie Claire Bourque · Madeline Antony

The Psychology of High-Performance Sports Organizations

Culture, Safety, and Leadership

Routledge

Forthcoming from Routledge · 2027
11Chapters
7System layers
15Field practices
126Mapped tools

The book

Demanding isn’t the problem. Undesigned is.

What it is

Elite sport runs on pressure. This book maps how that pressure becomes silence, inconsistent decisions, and preventable harm — then gives leaders a seven-layer operating system for cultures that hold: voice routes, decision pathways, transitions, staff systems, succession.

Not slogans. Architecture. Co-authored with Madeline Antony.

Who it’s for

  • Performance directors & general managers
  • Head coaches & staff leads
  • Team physicians & mental-performance staff
  • League, federation & academy leaders
  • Owners & boards
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15 guided practices

Each one ends in a printable working brief — with an owner and a review date.

The full system map

Seven layers, eleven chapters, 126 mapped tools. Searchable.

Private by design

No account. No tracking. Everything stays on your device.

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One-to-one work for the people carrying the pressure.

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