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The Art Of Coaching

E119 | Stewart Venable: What Leavenworth Prison and Leadership Have in Common

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve followed this show long enough, you know that we don’t pull punches. Well, this one is going to test even our own limits… On today’s episode, Stewart Venable shares unfiltered stories about his time working as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Penitentiary (Leavenworth, KS). We hear how he relied on principles of impression management, non-verbal communication and dark sided leadership to tackle even the most tenuous of situations. In addition to his time as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Stewart is a U.S. Army Veteran, former collegiate S&C Coach, private facility owner and currently the Head S&C Coach and a P.E. Teacher for North Star High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Want to learn more about the communication tactics Stewart utilized in both law enforcement and coaching? Check out our newest resource: 1 on 1 communication training. Whatever your goals, let us help you get to the next level with customized communication coaching plans and assessments. Start by heading to  artofcoaching.com/communication for more information! Connect with Stewart: Via Twitter: @CoachVenable1 Via Instagram: @coach_venable Via email: [email protected] You can also check out our other offerings below: Join Our Coalition Mentoring Program here Follow me on social media: Via Instagram: @coach_BrettB Via Twitter: @coach_BrettB Subscribe to my YouTube channel here Learn More About My Courses, Clinics, and Live Events At: www.ArtofCoaching.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

We live in a volatile and chaotic world.

0:05.0

The prison is a microcosm of that is just on steroids.

0:08.0

And I really don't believe in common condition.

0:11.0

It is the way to talk to them.

0:12.0

I have all those positive coaching book and the positive leadership books.

0:16.0

The holding hands to the ride, ride, ride, we shall all say,

0:19.0

cum by y'all, we shall overcome.

0:21.0

That doesn't always work.

0:23.0

Sometimes you need those dark side leadership leadership traits. Those work the research

0:27.5

substantiates that

0:29.5

neither most reality

0:33.4

Everyone fair warning today's episode does contain some sensitive material and I'm telling you this so that if you have kids in the car

0:40.4

Or if you're somebody that's a bit squeamish about some language or descriptions of physical violence or otherwise, you may want to wait till later.

0:48.8

Now some context here, this isn't a shock value episode.

0:51.9

We try to do and talk about things at Art of Coaching that really uncover some of the

0:56.7

ugly realities of leadership in extreme context.

0:59.8

And we have that today.

1:00.8

Our guest Stuart Venable, aside from being a US Army veteran, retired

1:05.3

federal law enforcement officer, former college strength coach, private facility owner,

1:10.6

and current high school PE teacher and head strength coach used to work at Levinworth

1:15.8

in a tenterate.

1:16.8

Now, this is a medium security prison in the United States, but one of the most famous,

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