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The Art Of Coaching

E41 | Todd Hamer: Getting Fired, Re-Creating Yourself & Shaping Your Role

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5642 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Quick reminder that application for my Coalition™ program has reopened. We intentionally try to keep the numbers low so that we can create a deeper community that is action oriented as opposed to one that is jam-packed with passive observers. This program is open to professionals from ALL walks of life and ALL experience levels, and is accountability focused. You can submit your applications HERE. Don't miss this opportunity to join coaches and professionals from all over the world who are already involved.  Applications will only be accepted until the end of January.   This information is kept free by our partnership with Momentous. To learn more about Momentous and what they do to help our community go to livemomentous.com/brett. As part of the Art of Coaching audience, you can receive $20 off your 1st order of Momentous by using code BRETT20 at checkout. (Minimum purchase amount of $50).   On Episode 41 of The Art Of Coaching Podcast, I am excited to be joined by Todd Hamer of Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA.  Todd recently took on the position of General Manager at Union Fitness.  When this interview took place, Todd was still on the staff at George Washington University.  Todd is a 20-year veteran in the collegiate strength and conditioning field.  Prior to his time at Union Fitness, Hamer spent time at George Washington University, Robert Morris University, George Mason, Marist College, VCU, The Citadel, UNC and Pitt.   Topics include:   The differentiation of job security vs career security How Todd defines quality of life The negatives of compartmentalizing life Ditching infallibility to show you're human "Becoming savagely good at the basics of programming" "Keeping everything in control" Todd's humbling experience of being fired from a 12 year University job Not letting your job define you "You look like you killed a man in the woods of Colorado" Focusing on making an impact on people under your care vs making an impact on social media Why Todd thinks you should tie yourself to the administration of your school and align with their goals Knowing how to become a good follower translates to being a better leader What is the worst advice Todd has ever heard or been given? How does Todd learn best?   Reach out to Coach Hamer:   Via E-mail: [email protected]   Via Instagram: @toddhamer1   Sign up for my course: https://courses.artofcoaching.com/signup   Follow me on social media:   Via Instagram: @coach_BrettB   Via Twitter: @coach_BrettB   Subscribe to my youtube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChxkPJr4WMhAeQUlOu6ld-w   Learn More About My Courses, Clinics, and Live Events At: artofcoaching.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's going on everybody?

0:03.0

Hope you're ready for another excellent episode, a couple of updates for you before we get

0:06.7

started.

0:07.7

Our guest today since our recording has moved on to a new position.

0:12.3

Coach Hamer is now the general manager of Union Fitness in Pittsburgh.

0:16.7

The email address has been updated in the show notes, so make sure to go there if you want

0:20.9

to reach out to coach or you can reach out to him at Todd. That's T-O-D-D, Diaz and Dog at unionfitness.com.

0:30.0

That's update number one.

0:31.7

Update number two.

0:32.7

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0:35.4

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0:38.0

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0:40.6

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0:46.9

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0:52.1

We talk about a lot of things from productivity to information overload to what leadership really is to different takes on coaching

0:58.4

Science it's always a personal reflection or some reviews and some of my favorite resources. And then another one that we do is the art of coaching roundup.

1:07.6

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1:11.9

So I take care of that for you.

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I make sure to do a roundup of the latest articles, the latest podcasts,

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the latest YouTube videos, everything so that if you get to the end of the month

1:21.2

and you're like, man, I've missed a lot of stuff.

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We have that in one convenient email also on the newsletter.

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