#179: Matt Doherty, author and former head basketball coach at North Carolina — Look for the opportunities in adversity

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

If you lead long enough, you’re bound to find yourself in a situation that’s hard, unfair, or even downright painful. In those moments of adversity, how do you respond? And what can you learn from them? This week’s episode gives you an honest, vulnerable look into those questions and can help you uncover the opportunities waiting in whatever adversity you’re dealing with. You’ll also learn: The big risk you take in not holding people accountable Three fun (but practical) tips to be a better salesperson An open and honest look at how to deal with getting fired What it was like to win a national title alongside Michael Jordan Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: The How Leaders Lead App: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go Daily Insight Emails: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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0:00.0	Welcome to How Leaders Leader, where every week you get to listen in while I interview
0:08.3	some of the very best leaders in the world.
0:11.0	I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something
0:14.9	simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader.
0:18.5	That's what this podcast is all about.
0:23.9	Well, March Madness is kicking off this weekend. And I'm honored to have Matt Doherty joining me as my guest today. Matt's played in
0:30.7	Final Force himself and is the former head basketball coach at both Notre Dame and the University of
0:36.9	North Carolina and is now a
0:39.3	nationally recognized executive coach, motivational speaker, and author. Matt wrote what I think is
0:46.3	one of the most revealing leadership books out there. It's called rebound. And let me tell you,
0:51.8	it's jam-packed with insights on what to do when things don't go
0:55.6	your way because let's be real if you lead long enough there's a possibility you just might find
1:02.7	yourself in a situation that's really tough or really unfair or just downright painful but listen to
1:10.7	Matt today because I want you to see what it looks
1:13.5	like when you persevere and learn from adversity because those tough moments can actually reveal
1:19.5	incredible insights and incredible opportunities. So let's get into it. Here's my conversation
1:26.4	with my good friend and soon to be yours, Matt Doherty.
1:37.0	When this airs, I can't help but bringing this up because you're an expert in this area.
1:42.4	We'll be stepping into another year of
1:44.5	March Madness. What teams do you think will be battling it out in the end? I just think that
1:50.5	there's so much parity. I've said that every year, but more and more, there's more and more
1:55.6	parity. I think with the transfer portal and the NIL out there, that players now are going where the best opportunities are.
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