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1 day ago3 min read
Greg Carvel: The Journey From Worst to First
If you do things well enough that other people can see it, feel it, and say it back to you, you are doing things the right way. " Coach...
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1 day ago2 min read
The Culture Code
Great teams have three things in common: Great leadership Great people A great culture Culture is the glue that holds everything...
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2 days ago2 min read
How Leaders Design High-Performing Environments
The video below is one of the best leadership videos I’ve seen. It gives a simple model for how to create and manage a high-performing...
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3 days ago2 min read
The Culture Code: Culture is Key
Great teams have three things: Great leadership Great people A great culture Culture is the glue that holds everything together. Culture...
acoachsdiary
Nov 42 min read
Kara Lawson: What The Best Do
Duke basketball coach Kara Lawson is considered one of the greatest coaches and leaders in basketball. She was a great player herself at...
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Oct 144 min read
Tony Robbins: Overcoming Stress, Anxiety, and/or Depression
In a song titled, Deep Reverence, rapper Big Sean says: “I realize all my setbacks were inside of me In high school, I learned chemistry,...
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Oct 74 min read
How to Be a Supercommunicator
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who wrote the book Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection...
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Aug 128 min read
Mentor Mindset
Do you struggle with leading, motivating, and communicating with young people? One of the most common questions on the minds of workplace...
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May 23 min read
Are You An Ideal Teammate?
In a TEDx Talk, author Patrick Lencioni says life is a team sport, and we are in the era of teamwork. If we want to be the best we can be...
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Mar 74 min read
Dealing With Difficult People
For a team to be successful, teammates have to learn how to deal with different types of people. Conflict that comes from trying to bring...
acoachsdiary
Feb 294 min read
Circle-Up for Better Teamwork
"Great workplaces are about much more than pay and benefits, or promotion opportunities, or even fundamental needs like safety. They are...
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Feb 224 min read
Creating Links With Job Embeddedness Theory
Have you ever noticed how a player can be great for one team, and struggle or be a headache for other teams? Culture plays such an...
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Feb 224 min read
RELATIONSHIPS vs EXPECTATIONS How to Give and Be What They Need
Guiding Question: Do you drive performance through relationships or expectations? “Let’s be honest, and let's be real; as a coach, you...
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Feb 154 min read
How Do We Get People to STAY and STAY ENGAGED?
In both education and sports, we are seeing an exodus unlike anything we have ever seen before. Teachers are leaving the profession at...
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Feb 85 min read
FLYING THE PLANE THROUGH TURBULENCE
Anybody who has flown in a plane knows what turbulence is. Defined as violent or unsteady movement of air or water, you could be enjoying...
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Feb 14 min read
Tight vs Loose | How to Build a Culture That Wins | Team Member Thursdays
Guiding Question: Coaches at all levels are trying to create, build, and sustain a culture that can produce wins, but what does that...
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Jan 253 min read
Creating A Foundation of Safety
Guiding Questions: How do you build a foundation of safety; how do you build trust and communicate that people belong, are safe, and have...
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Jan 113 min read
THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES AT WORK
The 5 Love Languages is a theory first introduced by Gary Chapman in his book “The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts”....
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Jan 43 min read
Defining, Managing, and Modeling Team Culture
Guiding Question(s): How do we create an environment where people can do their best work? Brett Ledbetter is an author, consultant,...
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