Month: January 2018

Deposits First. Then Withdrawals.

January 29, 2018 Coaching Education Leadership
“He gets upset and takes it personally because those kids don’t jump right when he says, ‘jump.’ They’re not buying what he’s selling, and it’s because he hasn’t built a relationship with any of them.” That’s a quote from a good friend of mine. He was talking about one of…

A Simple Shift In Thinking

January 25, 2018 Coaching Education Leadership Life
This one will be quick, but I think it is very important. I hope you get something out of it! Since I have moved into administration this year, I have had to deal with a few things at work that I have never dealt with before. I cannot go into…

Key Areas of Focus

January 22, 2018 Coaching Leadership
I read a lot, and as I am reading, I usually share quotes and thoughts from what I am reading on Twitter. Sometimes, that leads to me engaging in short, 280 character conversations with the author of the book. Well, that happened to me last week. I was reading Culture…

Sweep The Sheds

January 18, 2018 Coaching Leadership
While the rest of the country is still watching replays and school-kids lie in bed dreaming of All Blacks’ glory, the All Blacks themselves are tidying up after themselves. Sweeping the sheds Doing it properly. So no one else has to. Because no one looks after the All Blacks. The…

Motivate Your People To Stay

January 15, 2018 Leadership
In my last blog, I talked about knowing whether or not someone was “the best person for the job,” and I asked for readers to engage in some conversation with me to talk about their thoughts on the topic. The conversations I have been able to have over the last…