For many of us, our role as manager does not end in the workplace – we are also managers of our household. Our greatest responsibility in life is to support the healthy growth and development of our children. Just as managers devote time towards guiding and mentoring their talent, as parents we can play a similar role in our children’s lives to help ensure healthy high performance. Garry Watanabe provides advice on how to best support your children as they pursue expertise in a certain domain. The advice given is based on Third Factor’s extensive work with high performers, whether they be Olympic athletes or top business executives. Overall, developing expertise is a journey –one in which you and your children should not be alone on. Click here to download the whitepaper. Sport can be a positive source of growth in our children’s lives, but can also do great damage. As a parent, you can make the difference. We all want our children to excel in the sports that they’re engaged in, however, we have a much greater role: to ensure that our children succeed in life. This means that it is more worthwhile to focus on building skills like teamwork and confidence than it is to focus on the win itself. Sandra Stark, having been exposed to the worlds of both motherhood and coaching, reflects on her experience so that you can be a ‘positive participant’ in your child’s athletics. Click here to download the whitepaper.