ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the ways to maximize the impact of effective practice and how to prepare most effectively for the real performance pressures. It also considers how to maximize performance in team-focused performance domains by considering the impact that the team environment can have upon team functioning, and ultimately upon team performance. Preparation (practice) is exactly that, preparing/practicing to perform. Habits are generally seen as a goal-directed type of automaticity, and habitual behaviours are instigated by triggering stimulus cues. The ability to develop effective strategies depends, at least in part, on developing a good understanding of the challenges that exist in the real performance environment. The aims of conflict management processes are to limit the potentially destructive aspects of conflict while maximizing the positive effects. The reality of many performance environments is that the individuals involved (both supporters and managers/facilitators) have a relatively short involvement.
