Alan Fine

Biography

Alan Fine is a renowned trainer, speaker, and performance expert. For 30 years, he has served as a performance coach to a diverse array of clients, including corporate executives, top athletes, and musicians.

In his speaking presentations, Alan incorporates an engaging mix of humor and commentary drawn from the performance-driven world of professional sports. His presentations have won rave reviews.

Alan is also president of InsideOut Development LLC, a professional services firm offering training programs, executive coaching, and organizational consulting. His powerful approach to performance improvement-the InsideOut Development process-has become the gold standard for many of the world`s top executive coaches. InsideOut has been adopted by some of the world`s most respected organizations in an array of industries-including IBM, NASA, Cadbury Schweppes, Procter & Gamble, BP, and the U.S. Navy.

Alan`s work has been featured in CLO Magazine, in Edward de Bono`s book Tactics, and on the television program Business Matters. He is also a contributor to the Drucker Foundation book, Coaching for Leadership.

Publications

You Already Know How To Be Great:
A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential

Tap into the Greatness already in You!

Whether on the playing field, in the office, or at home, most people try to get to a new level of performance by seeking out more knowledge. They read a book, attend a class, or hire an expert to give them an edge. But Alan Fine - accomplished tennis, golf, and executive coach and renowned expert on peak performance - believes that this "outside-in" method is often what holds people back from doing their best work.

According to Alan, the biggest obstacle to improved performance isn`t NOT knowing what to do; it`s the failure to act on what we already know. Many tips and tools designed to help you get ahead can actually interfere with your ability to focus and execute.

In You Already Know How to Be Great, Alan reveals his simple and proven approach to achieving breakthrough performance. It starts with reducing the interference that blocks your potential through an amazing process called GROW. No matter who you are or what you do, this book will help you eliminate what`s standing in the way of achieving your goals.

Titles

Increasing Performance from the Inside Out
Alan describes the innovative approach for driving high performance that he has taught executive coaches as well as high-performing professionals and corporate athletes. He shows how the best performers in any endeavor consistently achieve breakthrough results-and how audience members can use these same methods to catalyze unprecedented results in their own teams.

He leads listeners through a clear process that transforms how they view their own natural capacities and how they approach their work. Audience members come away from the presentation with profound new ideas and accessible practices they can apply promptly at work.

Beyond Boundaries: Understanding and Influencing Performance
Alan maintains that breakthrough performance is less about teaching-and more about learning. It`s less about knowledge-and more about doing what you know. He believes that:
Everyone has the capacity to perform better. . .
. . . but interference blocks this capacity.
Focus reduces interference . . .
. . . so sharpening focus leads to breakthrough performance.

InterFEARence
Alan distinguishes between external interference, which lies outside our ability to control and internal interference, which lies within our control.

The G.R.O.W. Model
Alan walks audiences through a four-step process-"Goal", "Reality" "Options", and "Way Forward" - for managing coaching conversations. G.R.O.W. sharpens focus in coach and performer-accelerating decision making and enhancing judgment.