Tag: Coaching

It Has To Be About Them

February 19, 2018 Coaching Leadership
One of the really fun parts of my job is getting to act as the A.O.D. (administrator on duty) at various student activities. I love watching our students perform and compete. A couple months ago, our athletic director told me that he enjoys watching the coaches almost as much as…

Our True Identity

February 15, 2018 Coaching Education Leadership Life
Who am I? Who are you? How do we define ourselves? The answers to questions like this are extremely important. These are a few of the things I thought about when I read Coach Jackson’s newsletter (“The Culture Factory”) earlier this week. I was reminded of the very first blog…

Learning Inventory – January 2018

February 1, 2018 Coaching Leadership Life
This is the first of what will become a monthly post about what I’ve learned, what I’m pondering, and who I’m learning from. I hope you find some value here. One of the things I’ve learned in January is that there is no shortage of great resources available to us…

Focus On What You CAN Do

January 4, 2018 Coaching
It is too easy for us to focus on what we CAN’T do or what is NOT happening. We tend to look at how much better something can be rather than appreciating how good it is at that moment and building off of that. Let me give you an example. We…