ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses client issues common to diverse performance domains, details consulting issues relevant to practice across arenas, and suggests ways practitioners can enhance their competencies. Practitioners need to understand the science associated with the issues and the way the context shapes their appearance. The research examining how these issues display in specific contexts is sometimes limited, increasing the challenge to operate in an evidence-based manner. Common across performance domains is the need for individuals to perform to elevated levels and produce results. At the elite level, performance domains are results-driven with individuals being encouraged explicitly or implicitly to do whatever it takes. In pursuing optimal performance, stakeholders across performance domains debate the best ways to recruit, raise, reconfigure, and retain talented individuals. Relationships are the heart of applied psychology and effective practitioners strive to build strong interpersonal bonds with clients, along with clear goals, tasks, and responsibilities.
