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How to Help Your Student Athletes Win On and Off the Field
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I’d like you to reflect on a statement that four student athletes made to me in 2018. Perhaps it will spark a relevant conversation on your team: “I feel my coach only sees me as an athlete, not as a human being.” Whether we know it or not, we…
Continue ReadingHow to Make Your Communication Effective
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Google is growing up. Current CEO Sundar Pichai reported at a 2017 conference that his company is rethinking all of their products, as well as how they communicate to people. What have they concluded is a better way to communicate to both stakeholders and customers? This may not surprise…
Continue ReadingFive Hints for Starting Your Career Well
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Some time ago, our team received a note describing an all too frequent scenario: I am a 23-year-old male, single (recently dumped), employed as a restaurant server, a former high school soccer athlete, and an intermediate violinist. I identify as an agnostic and I plan on returning to school…
Continue ReadingFive Steps to Ensure a Positive Mood
15shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn The one thing I hated most about my leadership in my early career was the unpredictability of my moods. I don’t think I was unusually moody, but I was aware that my disposition—sometimes volatile—affected the team I led. No doubt, they often wondered: Is this a good day to…
Continue ReadingHow to Build Lasting Integrity in Kids
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Icebergs and Ice Cubes An iceberg has been used over and over again by instructors to illustrate hidden realities. We often talk about the “tip of the iceberg” meaning there’s a larger amount of unseen substance than what’s visible. It’s an analogy. The iceberg is one of our most…
Continue ReadingFive Gifts Athletes Need From Coaches
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Recently, I had the opportunity to share with the NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) community the following thoughts. I wanted to share them with you as well… I made an observation some time ago that’s been confirmed over and over, among student athletes. Most want to be…
Continue ReadingSix Tips to Building Raw Discipline This Year
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn January is a month when millions of people decide to become more disciplined. We commit to losing weight, focusing better, eating right, exercising more, etc. etc. Of course, those resolutions fade by March for most of us. Ugh. Our problem is that most of us misunderstand the art of…
Continue ReadingRe-Defining the High School Experience
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I just interviewed Leslie Smith, Head of School for Orange Lutheran High School in Orange County, California. Leslie and her incredible staff have become dear friends over the past three years—and we just honored her with our 2016 Growing Leaders Award for her work in cultivating a leadership culture…
Continue ReadingAre You a Coach or a Teacher?
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Follow @TimElmore Years ago, legendary basketball coach John Wooden told people that he didn’t see himself as a coach as much as a teacher. He referred to himself as an educator, and the game of basketball was merely a platform to instruct his athletes about winning in life. He…
Continue ReadingThe Rise of Visual Intelligence
3shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Developmental psychologists have reminded us for years that people learn in different ways. Students, for instance, may be auditory learners, visual learners or kinesthetic learners—but all have to sit in the same classroom with a teacher who cannot possibly invest the time to specialize in each learning style. In…
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