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There's only one way to do it, and that's to develop relationships. It's not just for three or four or five years, it's preparing them for life and building lifelong relationships. A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life. Nick Saban on relationships:

Great leaders don’t waste their time complaining. They focus on solutions. They use justified complaints as a catalyst to seek innovation, growth and progress.

"No one cares if you were a high performer in your previous role. Leadership will likely require a whole set of fresh skills, many of which require dedicated practice" (Coaching and Leadership Journal, April 2012, p. 8). #PHEC330 #SCED101 @harnessleads

Stop bragging about being one dimensional - the real success is in being well-rounded!!! #TheLastDance

Not putting in full effort will not only hurt yourself, but your team. Give it 100%.

Three things you control every day are your ATTITUDE, your EFFORT and your ACTIONS. We can’t always control the events in our life but we can control our response. Every day you can focus on being positive, working hard and making others around you better.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be. Your character is what you really are. – John Wooden

"Leadership means building a team that is exhaustively prepared, but able to adjust in an instant. It means caring about everything going on in the lives of your players & coaches. It means never resting on your laurels." (Bill Belichick) #PHEC330 #SCED101

The bigger your dream is, the harder the grind.

You may be adding value but are you adding significant value?

It’s easy to be positive when everything is going great. Real optimism, faith and leadership are revealed in how you respond to adversity.

Leadership is presented to us in challenging ways, it’s how we respond to those challenges that makes a leader! #Sced101

Every crisis/challenge always presents opportunities. The key is to look for them. Here are a few. 1. Connect more w/your family. 2. Take this time to reflect about what’s truly important. 3. Grow yourself. Listen to more podcasts. Read more books. 4. Enhance your health

RISE and GRIND

As a leader it's essential to communicate with your team. You need to know where they are so you can lead them where you know they can be.

Nobody is a zero

“Great team cultures understand that approaching human-related issues is a critical component of the education that gets results” (Brett Ledbetter, 2019)

What leads to a team not reaching its maximum success? Human vs. Sport @rrsiers

SCED 101: Learning Leadership students capturing common themes of their personal best leadership experiences @TLCTalk @harnessleads @lahenry96 @Seidelschool @scedpe @SalisburyU

You can’t cheat the grind, it knows how much you’ve invested, it won’t give you nothing you haven’t worked for.