Gilbert Enoka
Gilbert Enoka has worked on performance enhancement for nearly 20 years with many of New Zealand's top corporate and sporting elite. He encourages individuals to take ownership of their own direction and to improve their ability to control the many variables that inhibit optimal performance.
After being closely associated with Th All Blacks, since 2000 and for 200 tests, in April 2016 he joined the NZRU in a permanent role as "All Blacks Manager Leadership". In this role he will work in the mental skills arena and assist with structures that support performing under pressure," . "He will also work across the rugby landscape in the area of leadership.
He has done outstanding work for the All Blacks for well over 200 tests and has been a big part of the success of the team for a very long time.
Gilbert, made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit this year for services to rugby and sport psychology, said he was looking forward to his new fulltime role.
"I am humbled by the opportunity. Every moment inside this most amazing environment is a privilege as the team towers above the individual and I look forward to making an ongoing contribution to the All Blacks and to the wider rugby community."
Reaching your full potential so you can lift the performance of your team and business can be achieved with the guidance of a skilled professional. His skills have been highly sought after by the All Blacks, The Canterbury Crusaders, Super 12 rugby team and the New Zealand Cricket Team. You will find Gilbert’s workshops ‘matter of fact’ and interactional providing you with the winning tools and skills used by many of our corporate and sporting heroes.
What happens following failure, according to Gilbert, says much about the strength of a person. "There's a cycle and it is similar to the traditional grief cycle. What a lot of people don't recognise about professional sportspeople is they have a huge sense of personal ambition and focus . . . and the other end of that is the intense disappointment they can feel," he says. The cycle stages are shock, denial, anger, pressure then hopefully, says Enoka, acceptance, deciding on options and action towards a new future. Enoka, himself, has come a long way from Masterton where he grew up, the youngest of six brothers shuffled between boys' homes. Their mother, a pakeha, was crippled and incapable of looking after them when their dad skipped back to Rarotonga. Yet Enoka reckons he has nothing to complain about. It's all about the moment, he says. This one, then the next one. Gilbert is a highly motivational coach and speaker who can inspire your people to be the best that they can be.