Your players learn how to be a team by watching how your coaching staff works together. That staff is the most important team you will ever lead.
Patrick Lencioni, founder of The Table Group and author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, joins JP for part one of their conversation. Pat shares how he leads his family with intention, why he drafted youth players for character, and why building a team of coaches is a head coach's most important job.
If you keep asking how to get your players to hold each other accountable, start with this one, because the answer begins in your staff room.
Chapters(00:00) Leading at work and at home3 Quotes | 2 Questions | 1 Resource
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"The most important job of teamwork for any coach, pretty much in any sport, is building a team of coaches."
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"If my clients ran their companies the way we run our family, they'd all go out of business."
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"Sins of omission is when you see other people do things wrong and you don't do anything about it."
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Q1: If we could only be great at two or three things this season, what would they be, and what would we say no to because of them?
Q2: Where have we seen something go wrong on this team and said nothing, and what would it look like to address it this week?
1 Resource to Go DeeperThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Pat's model of trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and results is the framework Erik Spoelstra has used with the Miami Heat staff for years. Run it on your coaching staff before you ask your players to live it.
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