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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

#74: Tom House, Coach to Elite Athletes & Mustard Cofounder—Learn From the Best

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Dr. Tom House, a world-renowned expert in the biomechanics of throwing who's coached elite athletes like Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Nolan Ryan, and Greg Maddux. He's been called a quarterback whisperer and a pitching guru, but if you ask him, he prefers to simply be called “coach.”  Tom is the preeminent pioneer who brought science into the coaching equation. For decades, Tom has used elite athletes to create models that others can replicate. For example, if you're a little league pitcher or high school quarterback, Tom has developed technology that will compare your mechanics and timing to Nolan Ryan or Tom Brady. Now just think about the coaching that provides young up-and-coming athletes! The leadership lesson for us here is that we should do the same in business. We should look to those who’ve come before us that have been wildly successful and mirror our approach to what they do to build healthy, high-performing businesses. The great leaders learn from the best and then apply those learnings to be even more successful themselves. You're going to learn: How to learn from the best and democratize that information How to make a habit of continuous improvement How to embrace failure as a more valuable learning experience than success What Tom learned when he slowed down Sandy Kofax’s pitch, and how that information transformed coaching How to turn broken players into top-performers Why preparation is more valuable than talent How Tom Brady became one of the fastest quarterbacks in NFL history How Drew Brees went from a busted, career-ending shoulder injury back to top-performance The story behind Disney’s movie Million Dollar Arm How to bring out the best in your team members PLUS, Tom’s advice the parents of student athlete (hint: the struggle is worth it). 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 Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world.

0:10.2

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

0:18.2

That's what this podcast is all about.

0:23.3

Today's guest is Dr. Tom House,

0:29.5

a world-renowned expert in the biomechanics of throwing, whose coached elite athletes like Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddox, Tom Brady, and Drew Breeze. He's been called a pitching guru and a

0:36.6

quarterback whisperer, but if you ask him, he prefers to be

0:40.6

simply called coach. Tom is a pioneer who brought the science into the coaching equation.

0:47.7

For decades, Tom has used elite athletes to create models that others can replicate.

0:53.4

The leadership lesson for us here is that we should

0:55.9

do the same in business. We should look to those who come before us that have been wildly successful

1:01.4

and then mirror our approach to what they do to build healthy, high-performing businesses.

1:08.2

Because here's the thing. The great leaders I know learn from the best,

1:11.9

and they apply those learnings to be even more successful themselves. And I'll tell you what,

1:17.1

there's a lot we can learn from today's episode. Here's my conversation with my good friend,

1:22.6

and soon to be yours, Dr. Tom House.

1:34.3

Tom, it's so great to have you on the show.

1:35.7

David, thank you so much.

1:40.7

You really did your homework, but I want you to know that using all those words and my name in the same sentence probably shouldn't be.

1:43.7

I'm a coach. You said it perfectly. I'm just a coach.

1:47.0

Yeah, I'd say you're a pretty darn good coach, too. And I can't wait to talk to you about your

1:51.0

coaching ability. But first, you've really gotten in the big business side of things now, and you've

1:56.7

got this startup called mustard. Tell us Mustard. What's the mission?

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