Summary: Leadership Journey: This week in the Leadership Journey, Keith Grabowski and Brian Kight discuss creating strong culture for coaches in a noisy world. There are so many factors and influences that effect coaches and their players, but Brian gives great tools and insight that challenges coaches to hold their culture. Keith and Brian go back and forth about the challenges and decipher what can be done to overcome them. 01:30 The successful coaches have things aligned 03:10 Every coach has expressed frustration 04:00 The battle with time of influence 04:30 Not impossible just get better 05:30 Can’t afford to fight the other influence 06:00 Parents 08:00 It is a competition 08:40 Dealing with the “Yeah but” 09:28 20 square feet 10:30 Breaking down the team culture 12:10 Messy details in culture 12:14 Unit culture requires independent alignment 13:00 Team culture comes from units aligning 14:30 Culture is an individual decision 16:00 External negative influence 16:40 What cultures effect the team outside of football? 17:50 Social environment 18:10 Family 18:50 Are you willing to except the outside influences into your program? 19:45 Your culture cannot absorb everything outside of it 20:20 School & institution 22:30 Community 23:35 Social media 24:10 The country 25:00 Winning the competition is way harder than you think it is 25:25 Who’s better at what matters, you or the influence 26:40 Compete but don’t judge 28:35 There’s a line in your culture that nothing else crosses 29:15 You as a coach are also influenced 29:55 You must fight the same fight as your players 30:12 You must build and protect your culture at all cost 30:45 Keith’s reflection 33:10 The trend Brian sees 35:25 It’s a responsibility, not a right to be head coach 35:50 Convert authority to responsibility 36:15 Know the line between your program and the other cultures 37:20 Have a dispassionate perspective toward the other cultures 38:12 Create something worth buying into 38:30 Dealing with parents practically 41:55 Listen and understand 42:50 Doesn’t matter, get better 43:30 What to kill off in your mindset 43:55 National Conference 44:05 National Conference promo code 44:15 Brian’s National Conference topics 45:00 Lead Now & R factor 46:22 Daily discipline
