Playing to Your Strengths When It Matters Most With Paddy Upton
From GALLUP® Called to Coach by GALLUP® Webcasts
February 4, 2026 · 1h 7m
About this episode
Paddy Upton discusses the importance of self-awareness and strengths in performance coaching across sports and business.
0:07 Introduction to Called to Coach 3:05 Discovering Gallup and Strengths 5:02 Performance Coaching Insights 6:37 The Role of Self-Awareness 15:29 Managing Weaknesses in Sports 19:02 The Evolution of Coaching 25:58 Coaching Individual vs. Team Performance 29:39 Universal Principles of Success 39:23 Navigating Pressure and Fear 45:02 Embracing Pressure and Nerves 47:38 Pressure of the World Cup 56:29 Knowing vs. Believing 59:52 Cultural Nuances in Coaching 1:03:38 Creating a Fertile Environment for Growth In this powerful episode of Gallup’s Called to Coach, host Jim Collison and co-host Deepanjan Deb (DD) sit down with world-renowned performance coach Paddy Upton for a wide-ranging conversation on self-awareness, strengths, pressure, and elite performance across sports and business. Paddy shares his journey with Gallup and the CliftonStrengths assessment, first introduced to him during his second master’s degree in business coaching. What began as one of many tools quickly became a cornerstone of his coaching philosophy. Drawing from positive psychology, Paddy explains how deep self-awareness—especially understanding one’s strengths—creates the foundation for sustained…
People in this episode
Host: Jim Collison
Guest: Paddy Upton
Topics covered
- performance coaching
- self-awareness
- strengths
- elite performance
- team dynamics
Keywords
- Gallup
- CliftonStrengths
- positive psychology
- managing weaknesses
- pressure
- cultural nuances
- fertile environment for growth
Mentioned in this episode
Products: CliftonStrengths
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