I’ve been asked by a few different coaches and organizations to do online clinics and presentations on leadership during this time when most of us are staying home. We are all looking for ways to stay connected and get better when we can’t get together in-person. So I had this idea. I’m happy to do […]
9 Things Great Leaders Do In Tough Times
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/9-things-great-leaders-do-in-difficult-times.html
Afraid Of Winning
Ron Shelton wrote and directed Tin Cup as well as Bull Durham and a bunch of other movies. I just read this quote in an interview he did about making Tin Cup. “I’ve often felt more people are afraid of winning than they are of losing. To win, you then have to own it. You […]
Body Language
I’m not sure we have the right approach to body language. I just don’t know that we should be making a big deal out of it. I get it, it doesn’t look good, it’s not a positive thing and you don’t want to show any sign of frustration or weakness. I just don’t know if […]
Coaching A Confident Team
Below is the link to the online coaching clinic that I did on March 30th on Coaching A Confident Team. The presentation is about 50 minutes long all in. https://summit.coachesclinic.com/talks/coaching-a-confident-team/
Leading In Tough Times
Two keys in tough times – people management and task management. And a third – self management. “The facts are always friendly.” “One way to keep people focused on positive action is not to slip into the trap of automatic sympathy. While it makes a person in victim mode feel good to hear such things […]
Coach The Behavior, Not The Personality
A big part of being a successful coach is developing strong relationships with our players, and getting to know their personalities. Every kid we coach is different, and a big part of leadership success is to know who we are coaching and what buttons to push. We want to understand the personality of everyone we […]
Dynamic Leadership Podcast – Chris Holtmann
Some very insightful thoughts on how he established his approach at Ohio State, and dealing with the ups and downs of this past season. Interestingly he set his team up with a very tough schedule early because he wanted them to face some adversity, but they went out and started 11-1 and were ranked #2 […]
Genius and Leadership
Reading “Leaders” by Stanly McChrystal, Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone, which compares some of the great men and women in history and their leadership style. “Each of us has varying abilities that can into competencies, but a quantum leap above lies the qualitatively different category of genius. Beyond a useful gift, or natural cleverness, are […]
When Your Player Gets A Technical
I was watching the replay of the Duke/Kentucky Elite 8 game from 1992 – the Christian Laettner game, arguably the greatest game ever played – this weekend. With just over 8 minutes to go Laettner got fouled going to the basket, and then responded by stepping on Aminu Timberlake’s chest. Laettner clearly did it on […]