Success Leaves Clues: Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #6
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 […]
Success Leaves Clues: Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #5
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 […]
Success Leaves Clues: Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #3
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. […]
Success Leaves Clues: Nick Saban’s Leadership Lesson #2
Success leaves clues. Like within our franchise system, most times there’s not a need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, look for success at the highest of levels and model it. That’s the formula I have used for any success I have achieved to date. And one that I encourage you to do the same. Recently, […]
Success Leaves Clues: Nick Saban’s Leadership Lessons
Success leaves clues. Like within our franchise system, most times there’s not a need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, look for success at the highest levels and model it. That’s the formula I have used for any success I have achieved to date. And one that I encourage you to do the same. Recently, Steven […]
Leadership is influence. Nothing more or less.
Last week I had one of my followers on the Gram tell me I was an idiot on a post I made about citing Adolf Hitler’s strong leadership skills. He went on to tell me how Hitler was a horrible person so couldn’t be a good leader. Stating that he didn’t get any electoral votes […]
The 5 C’s of the leadership framework is Consistency.
The 5 C’s of the leadership framework is Consistency. As its essence, Consistency is trust. And without trust, a leader is ineffective and the team & mission break down. The cold hard truth. So if you want to separate yourself, begin cleaning up your consistency. Email on a schedule. Meet on a schedule Work out on […]
Communication is the 4th C in effective leadership
Communication is the 4th C in effective leadership. From Kennedy to Hitler (yes he was a horrible person but great leader), to Martin Luther King Jr., great leadership requires strong communication. In fact, you cannot show me a strong leader without this ability. This is especially true in today’s technological age. As there are many […]
Connection is the next C in the 5 step framework of leadership.
Connection is the next C in the 5 step framework of leadership. Why? Leadership is about being able to build deep connections with others. Otherwise known as relationships. In fact, in order to acquire leadership capital with your following, you have to build strong relationships. There’s no other way. As without deep connection, it’s an […]
Connection is the next C in the 5 step framework of leadership.
Connection is the next C in the 5 step framework of leadership. Why? Leadership is about being able to build deep connections with others. Otherwise known as relationships. In fact, in order to acquire leadership capital with your following, you have to build strong relationships. There’s no other way. As without deep connection, it’s an […]