E137 | Greg Adamson: Downfalls of Servant Based Leadership

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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As a thank you for listening, we are offering 50% OFF ALL DIGITAL COURSES THROUGH NOVEMBER 27TH, 2020. Use code 'GRATEFUL50' at https://artofcoaching.com/courses/ “Servant based leadership is easy to say but hard to define.” Often overused and oversimplified, the term “servant based” has become synonymous with what you see on motivational posters, hear in inspirational soundbites and even the word leadership itself. In reality, it’s just one of many styles. And because leadership is not one-size fits all, we’re talking to Greg Adamson about the importance of understanding the labels we use, seeking to understand the needs of the people we lead and finding strategies that best fit each context. Greg is the Associate Director of Olympic Sports Performance at the University of Tennessee, where he works with swimming and diving, women's soccer and men's golf. During his tenure he has also worked with the football and rowing programs. Prior to UT, Greg spent time at Winthrop University with women's basketball, baseball, men's & women's soccer, track and field, men's tennis, and lacrosse and as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan. He received his Master of Arts in Sport Administration from Central Michigan in 2010. In this episode we dive into: The importance of questioning terms, labels and assumptions before adopting them Why a one-size fits all approach won’t allow you to truly “serve” the people you lead The case for getting our hands dirty and the need for more “imperfect leaders” How to consider the role of the follower in the leadership equation Connect w/ Greg: Via Twitter: @UTCoachGreg Via Instagram: @UTCoachGreg Via email: [email protected]

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0:00.0	And I think that's something that someone out there probably needs to see here today if someone's called you Narcissus
0:04.6	It's not the end of the world
0:06.6	You're making a huge impact
0:08.6	Maybe rethink why they called you that you know, and that's and I think that that's difficult to hear because we like to act as
0:16.1	If we're not in this to win, you know, and that's in college athletics, right?
0:20.0	But that that's true in business. That's true in schools, that's true in public education, that's true in religion, if you're at a church,
0:27.3	we're all competing whether it's for, you know,
0:30.3	for my sense, it's basically in sport,
0:33.3	but we're competing in something.
0:35.0	And to shy away from it,
0:37.6	shy away from the expectations that we place on it,
0:41.1	and now it can get really complicated
0:43.5	and convoluted in the sense of what are we
0:46.1	here for? Because the mission is now not clear, right? And when the mission is
0:50.5	unclear, how do you even talk about your influence? What are you influencing for? Welcome to the Art of Coaching Podcast, a show aimed at getting to the core of what
1:10.8	it takes to change attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes in the weight room, board room,
1:15.7	classroom, and everywhere in between.
1:18.6	I'm your host, Brett Bartholmue.
1:20.0	I'm a performance coach, keynote speaker, and the author of the book, Conscious Coaching.
1:24.5	But most importantly, I'm a lifelong student interested keynote speaker, and the author of the book, Conscious Coaching. But most importantly, I'm a lifelong student
1:26.6	interested in all aspects of human behavior
1:29.2	and communication.
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