The Team Leadership Report

Builders devote years to structures that can be destroyed in minutes. Your people are much the same. When you honor someone’s contributions in front of their peers in a dignified way, you build people. When you criticize them in front of their peers, you destroy them. Trust and confidence are built over time and with great care. Recognition moments can help you build solid relationships. Take care to reserve sharp criticism for one-on-one meetings. Recognition is public; criticism is private. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paperback 6 x 9; 124 pages $24.95 Instant Download $19.95

Winners brighten a locker room just by entering. They’re full of energy, passion, and enthusiasm. They make a point to talk about the good things that have happened and what others are doing well. They encourage their teammates and refuse to speak poorly of others. Whiners brighten a room by leaving. Whiners are draining as they suck the energy from those around them. They often gossip about others and complain about how bad things are. Their negative tone and overall self-pity destroys motivation. —Adapted from Championshipcoachesnetwork.com ____________________________________________________________________________   The Athlete's Responsibility Manual

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule but to schedule your priorities. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Live out of your imagination, not your history. Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good." I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow. Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy. ____________