Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams July 28, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: Successful Leaders Are Great Coaches Coach K's Defining Moment as a Coach The Value of Observation with Sir Alex Ferguson Let's go! EB Successful Leaders Are Great Coaches With the younger generation rejecting the established and commanding leadership models of the past, a new model of leadership is emerging in today's business environments that mirrors the style of a...
about 3 years ago • 3 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams July 7, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: The Value of Relationships in Building a Dynasty Jeff Van Gundy on Coaching Unfavorable Power Dynamics Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Power of Having A Clear Vision Let's go! EB The Value of Relationships in Building a Dynasty Bob Myers led the Golden State Warriors to four NBA title in his 11 years as the team's GM Bob Myers stepping aside as General Manager of the...
over 3 years ago • 6 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams June 16, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: Lessons From a Championship Culture Revisiting 'Moneyball' with Michael Lewis The High-Stakes Environment of an NFL Draft Room Richard Lewis on The Power of Gratitude Let's go! EB Lessons From a Championship Culture As the Denver Nuggets were crowned NBA champions this week, three things really stood out to me about their culture and team building philosophies that...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams June 9, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: Even Equipment Managers Have Roles to Play on Championship Teams How Rick Rubin Leads the World's Most Talented Artists to Peak Performance D-Day Reflection: An Act of Man That Changed the Direction of the World Let's go! EB Even Equipment Managers Have Roles to Play on Championship Teams Las Vegas Golden Knights Equipment Manager J.W. Aiken During Game 2 of the...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams June 2, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: How happiness turned around the Texas Rangers Spoelstra's winning habits elevating the Heat Performance coaching in the professional esports Let's go! EB How Happiness Turned Around the Rangers First-year Manager Bruce Bochy has the Rangers happy and playing well The Texas Rangers are enjoying their best season in a decade after being one of the worst teams in baseball...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams May 26, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: The Patience of the Denver Nuggets Penguins' Front Office Drama My Keynote on "How to Build a Successful Coaching Career" Let's go! EB Denver's Patience Pays Off with NBA Finals Berth There is so much gold (pun intended!) in this 90 second sound bite from Denver head coach Michael Malone on the patience, consistency, and ongoing improvement it takes to be successful in...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams May 19, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: The 3 C's of Erik Spoelstra's Coaching Warren Buffett on Writing Your Own Obituary How Mercedes' Toto Wolff Became #1 in F1 Let's go! EB Spoelstra's 3 C's of Coaching The recent Athletic article about Erik Spoelstra is a must-read article for any leader or coach. I can not recommend it enough. Here were my 3 main takeaways on How Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra coaches...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams May 12, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: The Beauty of the Struggle for the Miami Heat Harden’s Moment of Excellence Creating your 'Philosophy Binder' LeBron's Advice for Ignoring the Noise Let's go! EB The Beauty of the Struggle How is this Miami Heat team, that struggled through much of the regular season, winning so big in this year's playoffs? Simple. It’s the beauty of the struggle Evan Burk...
over 3 years ago • 6 min read
Actionable insights on coaching, leadership, culture, and teams May 5, 2023 Howdy Y’all, This week’s Highest Level includes: Steve Kerr on How to Win a Game 7 Tomlin, Belichick value familiarity in the draft No more “best player available” NFL draft strategies Dawn Staley on success coming from allowing players to fail Let's go! EB Steve Kerr on How to Win a Game 7 The Golden State Warriors’ performance in Game 7 on Sunday against the Sacramento Kings showed the character of a championship...
over 3 years ago • 6 min read