An opinion piece by Catarina Morais, a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and coordinator of the Postgraduate course in Sport and Performance Psychology, and Carlos Filipe Fernandes, a Sport and Performance Psychologist and one of the coordinators of the Postgraduate course in Sport and Performance Psychology.
"Fortunately, more and more coaches and directors are realising that leading high-performance teams isn't just about defining strategies or repeating motivational mantras. It's about creating environments where everyone feels they have a role, space to grow, ambitious goals, and, above all, that they are part of something with a shared identity."