Summary: Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. This podcast will occur weekly throughout the season, focusing on issues that teams face during the season. Kight, the CEO of Focus3, discusses accountability in today’s podcast. Show notes 1:51 How much a team’s attitude can change from week to week 3:35 Leading men in battle and how it applies to football 5:45 How leadership skills are developed 7:30 How to create your own energy 10:20 Accountability never works in isolation 16:00 Why the right thing to do isn’t always clear 18:05 What accountability is 22:30 Why coaches should redefine accountability for their teams 25:00 Reward alignment and create discomfort for misalignment 29:15 How to utilize accountability properly 35:30 Reward based on what players like, not what you like 40:05 Social discomfort is the most effective form of discomfort 43:30 Kight’s National Conference speech and USA Football partnership
