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Not Sorry I Am Old

As I move through my 83rd year, I often have days where my thoughts are about all the things I haven’t done or done well or didn’t even think about doing. On rare occasions, I have a sense of pride about what I was able to do. The truth is, despite my failures I have [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:31+00:00July 3rd, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

Dead Right: How Being Right Affects Action

It is such a killer of teams, individuals and projects of all kinds. The heart of our survival “machinery” is the reaction that stops the action, deters people from playing 100% and mostly leaves a trail of broken relationships, dissatisfied participants and waste of a great possibility. That reaction is being “right,” and it requires [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:32+00:00April 21st, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

The Final Four 2017 – My Take

My first Final Four was in Portland, Oregon, 1965, between UCLA, University of Michigan, Princeton and Wichita State University. It was held in the Portland Coliseum that seated 13,000 and change. I am not sure it was even sold out. A return engagement for John Wooden’s Bruins (1964 Champs). Michigan was a power in the [...]

By |2017-03-30T01:16:05+00:00March 30th, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

Execution, And I Don’t Mean “The Chair”

Everything happens as a function of action. That’s not a startling statement. However, I’m not talking about just moving around. I am not talking about “kinda” running the coach’s system either, or even telling the hitter to watch the ball. So, what DO I mean? In the baseball analogy, it is watching the seam of [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:32+00:00March 14th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

March Madness: A Coach’s Perspective

March Madness? Actually, the madness really begins in February. I think keeping their teams in present time is a BIG challenge for coaches. This is not true in all cases, but worth paying attention to. Let’s take a minute to look at the various situations that can become distractions.   THE SUREFIRE “INs” These are [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:32+00:00March 8th, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

A Look At Leadership

Back in the day, the expectation of leaders was that it was the athlete/employee’s job to adapt to the leader. You know, “my way or the highway.” The primary motivational tool was fear. I am sorry to say, this tool is still popular among some organizational leaders today. The leader is afraid that his “crew” [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:33+00:00February 20th, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

Performance Factors Revealed

We are always working on our performance even when we we aren’t consciously working on it. During this work, one of the questions we ask ourselves is, “How do I consistently maintain a high level of performance?” Perhaps there are more effective questions to ask. Businesses and other types of organizations have dozens of projects [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:33+00:00February 7th, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments

Execution Is The Key To Performace

For years I have been emphasizing that the only thing that makes any difference to great performance is action. In conversations with my executive clients, it has become clear that I need to fine-tune my conversation. I'm not talking about just any old action. What leaders are interested in is execution. The execution is driven by [...]

By |2017-12-23T21:45:33+00:00January 23rd, 2017|Coach's Blog|0 Comments
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