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Do great athletic coaches and great trainers use the same strategies to get people to grow, exceed their own expectations, and succeed? We think they do. And a recent article that was published by Competitive Advantage supports that opinion. The article, “What Makes a Good Coach?”, outlines some winning traits of top athletic coaches. We…
When I was starting out in my career, I was comfortable with the idea that I would get promoted after “learning the ropes,” making mistakes, and moving upward gradually. Most often, I would get feedback about my performance only when I went into a job review session with my boss. In those sessions, I would…
By Evan Hackel If you say the word “attitude” to people in the training community, most of us will think about presenters who burst into a room and try to knock trainees over with high bursts of energy. That’s not a bad image. Energy is absolutely part of attitude. Yet attitude is a lot more…
I recommend telling people five positive things for every comment that could possibly be interpreted as negative – so in effect, you are operating on a ratio of 5 to 1 in positive versus ambiguous or less-than-positive communications. This practice will transform your leadership on the job, and it will produce surprising transformations in the…
Evan Hackel just explained his philosophy of Ingaged Leadership in an interview with Connie Pheiff. Their conversation is now live on Connie’s Up or Out podcast platform – and we invite you to listen. As you know, Evan is our founder. He is also author of Ingaged Leadership: 31 Steps to Elevate Your Business, a…
Mike Krzyzewski – Duke University’s legendary basketball coach known as “Coach K” – is one of the most respected and successful sports coaches in history. He has not only builds winning teams, he has also changed the lives of countless players, changed the University where he has spent the last 30 years of his…
In 2014, a 19-year-old driver named Sage Karam finished in ninth place in his first Indianapolis 500. He didn’t do that well in 2015 – he had to leave the race in the first lap, after another car hit him. But he returns to Indianapolis this weekend for his third Indy 500. At age 21,…
Way back in 2002, Fast Company published a case study, “Inside Intel’s Mentoring Movement,” that is still worth reading today. The author, Fara Warner, reported that Intel’s best mentoring practices included setting up “partnering relationships” between senior managers and younger trainees, having those pairs write down their expectations in “partnership contracts,” and allowing the mentor…
