In this episode of Scoreboard, Chris Titley talks with Wayne Pearce about what high performance really looks like when you move from the playing field into the boardroom.

Wayne draws straight lines from elite sport to business: trust and psychological safety are the founding blocks of every great team, practice beats presence, and clear intentions unlock the brain’s ability to notice opportunity.

Wayne explains how elite teams build trust quickly (the first two days of a State of Origin camp are about people not plays), why most businesses treat game day like every day and miss the upside of practicing teamwork, and how crisis leadership — not just crisis management — guided Project Apollo to restart the NRL during COVID.

He breaks down the science behind intention (the reticular activating system), the value of corrective feedback, and the practical tradeoffs of sacrifice, downtime and sleep.

This is a practical, human conversation about leading through uncertainty, designing teams that learn fast, and helping people find the overlap of strengths, passion and what the world will pay for. Wayne’s message is clear: set big goals, practice the fundamentals, build trust first, and then let the scoreboard follow.

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