Bring In GREAT People
Great coaches do everything they can to bring in and retain the BEST PEOPLE. It's hard to replace your best players and its especially hard replacing your best leaders, but author and school leader Todd Whitaker wrote that one of single most precious commodities on a team is an open spot, and this is especially precious for a new coach to a new team who is trying to change a culture. That open spot could be an opening for a player, a coach, a manager, or a trainer, and the quickest way to raise team expectations, morale and your culture is to bring in GREAT people every chance you get. When we bring in new people, its important to keep them enthusiastic by spreading their energy and their excitement to the other members of the team. When a new player first comes on, they are eager to please and eager to show what they can do. They come in early, they work hard, and they stay late. They have to do what they have to do to earn their spot. Use that energy ...