DeadThree - Coaching and Leadership Development

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 ...

Your team will make mistakes the minute you tell them to move. What you do next decides your culture.

We are not judged by our mistakes. We're judged by how quickly we fix them and whether we repeat them. In episode 136, I break down WE 5 from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: we own our mistakes.

Last week was about getting your team to take action. This week is wha...

Your team isn't stuck because of bad ideas. It's stuck because everyone is waiting for permission.

Taking action and making mistakes is OK. Being idle is not. In episode 135, I break down WE 4 from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We, and I'll be honest: this is the one I struggle with most.

You can set great standards. You can lead by example and keep every commitment....

Your team is keeping score. Not on your title. On whether you did what you said you'd do.

Your credibility is your brand, and it gets built or destroyed one commitment at a time. In episode 134, I break down WE 3 from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: we say what we're going to do, and then we do it.

This is the principle that decides whether the first two are real. ...

George is back with the second principle from Kyle McDowell's Begin With We: We Lead By Example. Using Einstein's line that example isn't the main way to influence people, it's the only way, he breaks down Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, a software engineer named Z who reset her team's standard on a Friday afternoon, and the question every leader has to answer: are you ...