BACKGROUND
Welcome to Inside EDGE Performance, founded by Simon Crampton PhD, a well-established, experienced Sport and Performance Psychologist based in the South-West, UK.
Inside EDGE Performance is Sport, Performance and Business Consultancy, passionate about performance and supporting people, teams and organisations to unlock their potential and achieve their greatest ambitions.
Simon has over 15 years experience working in high-performance sport across Olympic, Paralympic, International and professional sports, with over 12 years as a Senior Psychologist and Technical Lead for the UK Sports Institute (formally known as the English Institute of Sport).
Simon has supported a wide range of top performers, teams and programmes throughout the UK High Performance System and abroad, working with hundreds of athletes, coaches and support staff to help them develop robust psychological approaches that enable them to deliver at the highest level on the world stage.
More recently, Simon has established himself in the world of business, supporting Senior Leaders and emerging leaders in evolving their approach to leading themself, their teams and their organisations.
OUR Mission
To assist ambitious individuals and teams in pursuit of their endeavours and achieving the extraordinary by unlocking their performance potential through challenging people to think, feel and act differently
OUR Approach
By drawing on years of experience and insight from high-performance sport, underpinned by leading research in behavioural science, we aim to share engaging and unique insight into human performance and create platforms for individuals, teams and organisations to Explore, Develop, Grow and Excel
OUR EXPERTISe
Our areas of expertise include performance mindset coaching, personal resilience training, team dynamics assessment and development, leadership coaching and mentoring, strategic performance planning as well as performance environment and culture development.
OUR VALUES
CURIOSITY
CONNECTION
CURIOSITY
We possess...
- A passion to explore and learn though inquiry
- An interest in the novel and less ordinary
- A desire to extend our horizons and see beyond
COURAGE
CONNECTION
CURIOSITY
We strive...
- To be bold and do things that stretch us
- To be brave in the face of hardship
- To harness the drive to keep moving forwards in times of uncertainty and adversity
CONNECTION
CONNECTION
CONNECTION
We look...
- To explore people’s purpose, the stories we tell and the aspirations we hold
- To leverage the strength from relationships
- To harness the energy when people feel seen, heard and valued
OUR STANDARDS
HCPC REGISTERED PRACTITIONER
Simon is a fully qualified practitioner psychologist (PYL039907) registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), meaning he is an Accredited Psychologist and bound by the HCPC’s code of conduct. This demonstrates a standard of proficiency to our work, emphasises the need to uphold confidentiality, practice ethically and safely and promotes the engagement of continual professional development.
Simon has a BSc in Sport Science, an MSc in Sport Psychology and a PhD investigating the characteristics of elite performers and their development. Simon has also supervised a PhD in decision making and continues to explore and develop best practice principles in the field of sport and performance. Simon is a professional member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) and the British Psychological Society (BPS).