Leadership
One of the Most Important Rules for Leaders
6shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn A college dean recently told me she had a mess on her hands. She had invited three graduate students to serve with her in student affairs, but found they weren’t cooperating with the policies. They were coming in late; they were not following a basic dress code, they were…
Continue ReadingOne Secret to Survive the Coaching Climate Today
18shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn If you are not an athletic coach, have you paused to consider what it’s like to be one? If you are a coach, do you realize how much your profession has changed in the last two decades? It’s enough to rattle anyone. Allow me to share one case study,…
Continue ReadingThe Right Time to Give a Second Chance
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Ashton just got suspended from his high school for an entire week for cheating. His mother, Jan, was beside herself, because six other students (Ashton’s classmates) got excused for their misconduct, only having to serve one detention period. Jan, obviously, felt it wasn’t fair. Why should her son get…
Continue ReadingA Powerful Leadership Lesson from a Super Bowl Athlete
38shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn You don’t have to love football to know—the 2019 Super Bowl will take place this Sunday. The NFC champion Los Angeles Rams will take on the AFC champion New England Patriots in my hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. Two great teams will square off to determine who will be the champion…
Continue ReadingHow One Parent Developed a Mentally Tough Kid
13shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn You probably remember the story that broke on the news last month and the video posted about it on Facebook that captured over 22 million views. Matt Cox heard that his daughter, Kirsten, got suspended for three days from riding the school bus because she bullied classmates on it…
Continue ReadingHow 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 ReadingIf You Want Your Students to Like You…
26shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn There is a subtle and sinister reality facing parents, coaches and educators today. Its source is invisible, but tangible. It can be spotted when we get caught up in the past, and begin to resent our present. Let me explain what I mean. I recently spoke to a group…
Continue ReadingOne Way You Can Help with My Next Book
0shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Just prior to the Fall of 2019, Growing Leaders plans to release a new book on Generation Z. It will be different than other books published on this new population of 21st century kids. It will primarily focus on solutions. I want to add to the conversation with answers,…
Continue ReadingIs Every Kid Supposed To Be a Leader?
15shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn There I stood in front of a crowd of one thousand students and faculty members, at a university in the Midwest. One instructor stood up with a question I get almost everywhere I go, because I teach leadership to students. The person asking usually has an answer already—they just…
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