The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 1 Sideline Story. 3 Actionable Takeaways. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The Mindset Shift: If your team’s commitment is only based on the size of the prize, you don't have a team culture. We need to shift away from only playing hard to win, to playing hard because we are the type of people who finish what we start. Sideline Story: The NIT Opt Out This week, several high-profile college basketball programs, including my beloved Hokies,...
20 days ago • 1 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 1 Sideline Story. 3 Actionable Takeaways. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The Mindset Shift: We all hear that leadership is a marathon, not a sprint so we are hard wired to emphasize endurance, consistency, and incremental progress. But that belief can allow us to mistakenly shift into complacency. We assume that years of moving in the right direction give us margin for error. The truth is the opposite, leadership is fragile. The very...
27 days ago • 1 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 1 Sideline Story. 3 Actionable Takeaways. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The Mindset Shift: We're obsessed with momentum. So, when a massive, noisy distraction forces us to pause, our instinct is to freeze or, worse, panic. When chaos hits, our instinct is to fight through. We need to stop viewing a pause, as failure. Sometimes resilience isn’t just about pushing through the noise. It’s about the discipline to stay focused while you...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 1 Sideline Story. 3 Actionable Takeaways. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The Mindset Shift: Actions aren't always an indication of ability, it is also an indication of current capacity. When someone acts out of character, it may not be about the reality, it may be that they have simply run out of capacity. Sideline Story: The Meltdown During a busy week last week, I walked by about the time to catch Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath line...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 1 Sideline Story. 3 Actionable Takeaways. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The False Narrative: If I'm following the rules and my intentions are good, my reputation is safe. The Mindset Shift: Your intentions are not what determines your reputation. Unfortunately, perception and impact do. You can be correct, well intentioned and still lose the trust of your team and others. The Sideline Story: The Double-Touch Drama If you’ve caught any...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 3 Actionable Tactics. 1 Sideline Story. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. The Power of Invisible Readiness The False Narrative: Performance only counts when it’s profitable and public. If it isn’t visible, it isn’t valuable. If you’re truly elite, the results should be obvious. The Mindset Shift: In reality, elite performance is often a long, quiet plateau of consistency. It’s showing up with the same standard of work and delivery every...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Sideline Seat 1 Mindset Shift. 3 Actionable Tactics. 1 Sideline Story. Sent every Tuesday to help you build a better team. A year in the making... If you are getting this newsletter, you agreed to it a while ago. Thank you for your patience and grace. Let’s do it. A little backstory on how I got here: I am a former athletic trainer who, through a series of NASCAR-style left turns, now works as a speaker, facilitator, coach, and business owner. Last year, I decided to spend the week after...
2 months ago • 2 min read