5 Characteristics of an Effective Coach
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This week, I'm breaking down the five traits all coaches need to strengthen to be effective: enthusiasm, curiosity, empathy, confidence, and subject matter expertise.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk about the five traits of a successful coach. |
| 0:04.2 | What most would do is pull out five things inside the industry domain. |
| 0:08.8 | And they would go, well, you got to know offense, you got to know defense, you got to know |
| 0:11.9 | special teams, you got to know how to recruit players, and you got to know how to manage |
| 0:18.9 | the salary cap. |
| 0:19.9 | That's what people would start with. |
| 0:22.0 | My contention is all of those things live underneath just that 20% of relative domain |
| 0:28.0 | expertise. |
| 0:29.2 | The other 80% are transferable across all fields. |
| 0:34.6 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:39.0 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think, and connect with each |
| 0:43.6 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:47.4 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:51.5 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 0:54.3 | Always chasing. |
| 0:55.3 | Never stop. |
| 0:56.8 | Go! |
| 0:57.8 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
| 1:02.2 | How are you been? |
| 1:03.3 | Good. |
| 1:04.3 | Thanks, Patrick. |
| 1:05.3 | How are you doing? |
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