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Catarina Morais and Carlos Fernandes: "Leadership and psychological safety: what can we learn from great coaches?"

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - 15:29
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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."

 

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