I grew up watching Prime Time from the Atlanta Falcons. When he started coaching Jackson State College and led them to back to back 8-0 conference records, people just brushed it off. Well….. When people doubt you, you just prove them wrong!!
This is LEADERSHIP 101. I’m just using Deion Sanders as an example bc he’s in the news right now.
It’s never WHO, it’s always HOW.
Your leader may be the reason you have a culture problem.
It’s only one game in the college football season, but the University of Colorado Boulder football team had a losing record of 1-11 last season and today they just upset the #17 ranked TCU team that was 12-0 last year in the regular season and they were the national championship contenders to kick off the year with a bang💥
How do you turn a losing culture into a winning one? START WITH THE LEADER!
Deion Sanders AKA “Coach Prime” was hired this winter and is only a few months into the job as head coach but his influence and presence has immediately turned the program around.
What did he do? — 5 observations
1 – Set the vision for the team. Where there is no vision people will fail.
2 – Built a core leadership team by surrounding himself with successful coaches and identifying players who model the right values & behaviors.
3- Instilled confidence in the team collectively and individually by creating visual monikers, slogans, and giving personal time attention to players.
4 – Identified opportunities to strengthen each player and position on the roster to improve the overall team. Practice makes permanent.
5 – Inspired, motivated, and hyped his team through his words in presentations and speeches. He made it all about them:
He believed in them, he corrected them and he praised them. #leadershipmatters
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