A Coach's Diary

What if you would have started a new routine, program, or habit just one month ago? What if you start one this month? 🏀  Make _____ shots every day. ⚽  Get _____ touches every day. ⚾  Take _____ swings every day. 🥎  Hit _____ serves every day. 🏐  Hit _____ were against the wall every day. 🏈  Run _____ routes every day. 🥊  Shadowbox for _____ rounds every day. Tonight, set a goal, write it down, post in on your fridge, and every day that you complete it for the next month, check it off. See where you are in one month!

In the book Soup by Jon Gordon, Nancy was hired on as the new CEO of the Soup Inc.  She had to turn around a failing company that was filled with negativity and declining performances. It really is a great read about how the power of relationships and building the right culture can change even the most toxic and negative teams and working environments. Gordon wrote that the leader of the team creates and drives the culture, but every great team has many 'pot stirrers' who do the work of stirring the pot with a shared vision and purpose.  The leaders must set and share the vision, but it is the positive energy of your people that will make this vision a reality.  When you create the 'pot stirrers,' make sure that you are communicating with them, encouraging them, inspiring them, and developing them.  You can't just give them the vision; you have to make sure to help them ( Soup, page 110) Two of the things that Nancy and her team implemented were  ...