YELLING AT PLAYERS DURING A GAME IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE

I wish more coaches would realize that once a game starts, errors from a lack of proper preparation cannot be corrected until the game is over. Yet, you continually see coaches reprimanding players during the games. Some coaches are notorious for this kind of behavior. I have watched football coach [...]

By |2026-02-27T03:15:26+00:00April 14, 2011|Leadership|

Rising Stars In College Coaching Share Similar Traits

Brad Stevens of Butler, Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth and Chip Kelly of Oregon are arguably the three hottest coaches in major collegiate sports right now. Stevens lead Butler to the 2010 Championship final in basketball and Kelly led Oregon to the BCS Title game this year, where both teams [...]

By |2026-03-03T15:39:23+00:00March 31, 2011|Leadership|

Culture and Belief – The Winner over Talent

Have you ever wondered why some teams and businesses are consistently successful and others come and go? How has IBM been able to stay at or near the top of the business world for over half a century? Why are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics always at or near the top while the Los Angeles Clippers are perennially at or near the bottom? How could four of the five top teams in the current BCS rankings, have achieved those rankings without having a single top 20 ranked recruiting class in any of the past five years between them?

By |2026-03-03T16:05:14+00:00October 28, 2010|Leadership|
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