This week is Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #8 You must trust, not just believe.  Belief is trust that is firm.  Are you willing to put your success in someone else’s hands? Trust is hard to come by. But it’s the foundation of strong teams. Without trust, a team cannot be effective.  How to earn trust?…

This week is Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #7 Having skill is not having talent.  Brilliant!  Coach Saban says, “Skill alone does not equate to talent.  Talent is putting skills into productive use.”

This week is Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #6 Do not allow mistakes to go uncorrected.  You must evaluate the previous game and ensure mistakes are corrected for the upcoming game. This is the value of having a feedback culture. No, it’s not easy giving candid feedback to your team especially in pointing out opportunities to…

This week is Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #5 You can have no flickering lights.  The torch must be fully lit when passed from the upperclassmen to the underclassmen. This mindset and standard shows the importance of your whole team being bought into and having a deep understanding of your mission, vision, and values. While team…

This week is Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #3 Get out of yourself and into the team.  Coach Saban wants his players to rise above their own selfishness and ambitions and dissolve themselves into the team. In the study of human nature, humans default to acting in their own self-interest. This is a bi-product of evolution. …