There are a lot of different styles of coaching/teaching. How aware are you of your communication style when you coach? Take a look at the chart below and personally assess your communication style. Where would you place yourself on this spectrum? Coaching Communication Styles In having the opportunity to coach coaches over the years, I’ve …
How do you develop loyalty when it doesn’t exist? How do you transform an organization’s or team’s culture? What things are loyalty killers? These questions are ongoing challenges for all of us who seek to move ourselves, our teams – and others – from good to great. The Godfather, Michael Corleone, built his empire on …
A newly minted friend in the US, William Sheldon, spoke about culture recently. He said, and I’m paraphrasing here, ‘culture is held (or staged) in conversations.‘ Culture is defined, and lived, in the way we talk about ourselves and each other; it’s found in our interactions. Think about that for a moment. Read it again… …
There’s a big difference, to me, between coaching-speak and athlete-speak. Similarly, between scientific babble and real-talk. All the stuff I wrote on neural pathways is classic science-talk. My apologies. I don’t enjoy writing or speaking like that. Allow me to rephrase. … In Made To Stick, they ask readers to give some thought to the …
I’ve been really struggling with my last post on decision training. Since writing it, I’ve wrestled with my articulation of the ideas and concepts. Thankfully, I received a lot of good feedback – liking, disliking and otherwise – the post. And, I was able to chat with others as I traveled to get their perspective. …
Sundance Channel has a great series called Iconoclasts. This is an original series that features “intimate, unpredictable portraits of creative visionaries whose passion for what they do has transformed our culture. Get an inside look at their lives from fellow creative pioneers and discover how their work has raised the bar on excellence.” That description …
It all starts with some TLC. Not tender loving care, that is, but knowing the difference between a teaching activity, learning activity and competing activity. Let me explain… TEACHING vs. LEARNING vs. COMPETING In order for a coaching staff to run more effective practices, coaches need to apply a little TLC. T = Teaching Activity …