DeadThree - Coaching and Leadership Development

A young leader gets called into the president's office after a rough meeting. He's white-knuckled the whole way down the hall. The president listens, gives him a long look and says: you're taking this way too personally. Then one word. Don't.

You can build a team full of people who are great at giving a challenge. If nobody on that team can take one, nothing changes.

Think about the last time somebody on your team challenged you. Not criticized you. Challenged you. Did it feel like an attack? Or like somebody who cared about the result?

Most teams never find out. Nobody says anything. The thing slides, everybody watches it slide, and in the retro somebody finally says, "I knew from the start that was never going to work."

You ...

Pull out your calendar. Look at this week. Which of those blocks actually produced something?

Not which ones kept you busy. Which ones moved the scoreboard.

In episode 138, I break down WE 7 from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: we measure ourselves by outcomes, not activity.

Last week was about picking each other up. So now you have a team with a sta...

A teammate hits the floor in a preseason game and starts to get up on his own. LeBron tells him: sit back down. We will come get you. That's a standard. That's not a feeling.

Somebody on your team is on the ground right now. When they went down, who moved?

In episode 137, I break down WE 6 from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: we pick each other up. This is the one ...