Rasmus Ankersen
Transform organisational performance with Rasmus Ankersen, speaker, high-performance strategist and football executive. Rasmus works with global brands to combat complacency and build winning cultures, delivering data-driven insights from his bestselling books and leadership roles at Southampton FC and Sport Republic.
London, United Kingdom
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His first book, "The Gold Mine Effect," explores why certain countries and cities produce a high number of top talents. In his second book, "Hunger in Paradise," he discusses how successful organisations can combat complacency and sustain their achievements.
Rasmus's insights have made him a sought-after speaker and consultant for prominent global brands, including Facebook, Google, LEGO, Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft, Roche, Astra Zeneca, and Coca-Cola. These companies have engaged him to share his research on building high-performance organisations.
Rasmus has a notable background in football management. He served as Chairman of FC Midtjylland for nearly eight years and was the Director of Football at Brentford FC from 2015 to 2020. Both clubs are recognised for their innovative use of big data in decision-making.
His experience in football and business allows him to provide valuable strategies for enhancing performance under pressure and fostering a successful mindset among leaders and teams.
Through his work, Rasmus aims to unlock the secrets to success and drive meaningful change in organisations.
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Wouldn't we all like to know the habits of highly effective people? They Are the great performers who just get things done. Get the inside track on how you can develop high-performing habits.
Why did the world’s best middle-distance runners grow up in the same village in Ethiopia? Why are 137 of the world’s 500 best female golfers from South Korea? How did an athletic club in Kingston, Jamaica, manage to produce most of the world’s best sprinters? What is the secret behind Brazil’s mass production of soccer superstars? For six intense months, Rasmus Ankersen, a writer and performance specialist, travelled worldwide to crack the secrets of those performance hotbeds. He ran with the Ethiopian Olympic champions in Bekoji, he discussed motivation with the coach of Usain Bolt, played football in the Brazilian favelas and much, much more. In The Gold Mine Effect, Rasmus presents his surprising conclusions on how any business, organization or team can adopt the high-performance secrets of the gold mines. No crap. No empty theories. Only real-life examples and result-driven insights on how to grow world-class performance.
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