Welcome to How Leaders Lead where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world.

I break down the key learns so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader.

That's what this podcast is all about.

My guest today is Dan Hurley, the head men's basketball coach at the University of Connecticut.

If you watched last year's March Madness Tournament, then you know he's the guy that led the

Huskies to win the NCAA title.

And boy, it was a heck of a lot of fun to watch him and his team absolutely dominate that tournament.

Now think about it.

Here's this incredible coach who reached what's got to be the pinnacle of success for collegiate coaching.

But you know what?

When you listen to him,

you would never know it. And you're about to hear there's a relentless drive and work ethic to the way that Dan leads. And it's a powerful reminder that no matter what level of success

you're at now, you've always got to find a way to

keep pushing yourself to the next level. And Dan's going to show you how it's done. So here's my

conversation with my good friend and soon to be yours, Dan Hurley.

You're coming off of a 34-point win last night, which is nice.

You know, what do you say to your team after that?

And, you know, how do you keep them on edge a little bit?

Last night was probably one of the harshest critiques or one of the most disappointing locker room,

you know, post-mortems that I could recall.

We played so far below our championship standards in terms of doing the hard things well on the court.

It was a window dressing score, but we were, we didn't function very well as a team,

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