Showing posts with label Leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leadership. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

Marsha Sharp: What do you want your legacy to be?


First and foremost...We are the CARETAKERS of this game!

What do you want your legacy to be?
-Begin with the end in mind.
-Your legacy is a whole lot of day to day choices that add up over time. IT STARTS TODAY!
-Your legacy impacts your ability to operate in this sport.
-Todays kids do not understand how todays choice impacts their future. Help them! Social media houses them in a glass house-

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Jody Conradt Keynote Address

4/27/2012

Below are some notes I took from Coach Conradt's keynote address at A Step Up coaching symposium in Dallas this weekend. Watch for much more A Step Up information over the next few weeks!


This is a PROFESSION; teach one, reach one- each one.

Coaching is not just recruiting; what's most important is being a student of the game; setting your self apart and rising above. Coaching is

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Vic Shaefer's talk at the Final Four

Below are some notes I took when Texas A&M Assistant Coach Vic Schaefer spoke at the WBCA Convention at the Final Four last year (the day his Aggies won the National Championship!).

-Assistants and Head Coaches can agree to disagree...but, when you disagree, it should be about what we think is best for the program or team.

-The Head Coach should talk to parents about intangibles, but let the

Friday, December 16, 2011

Coach K's Most Important Ingredient for Success

-Post written by Stephanie Zonars (www.LifeBeyondSport.com)

Coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 903rd game a week ago, surpassing Bobby Knight as the winningest coach in men’s collegiate basketball. (Basketball super-fans know that Pat Summitt holds the overall coaching record with 1,071 and counting).

Amazing accomplishment for Coach K! He’s built the strong, winning tradition of Duke

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Culture beats strategy...All day long!

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization's Success? -Article from Harvard Business School by Jim HeskettStrategy, execution, and culture: Do we have our priorities right? 
"An outstanding strategy weakly executed will always be trumped by a weak strategy with outstanding execution.
What if you had a plan to be president of the USA? You could have a perfect plan. A

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

10 Secrets of Successful Leaders (Part 2/2)

Part 2/2

6. Create a 'team charter.'
Too many new teams race down the road before they even figure out who they are, where they’re going, and what will guide their journey, says Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One-Minute Manager (William Morrow & Co., 1982) and founder of The Ken Blanchard Cos., a workplace- and leadership-training firm. Just calling together a team and giving them a clear

Thursday, October 20, 2011