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That's now making a Great Coach

Now That's The Making of a Great Coach
Matt Fankhauser

Training and leadership are strong Teaching business world the same thing? It is this writers opinion that we can equate the value of the coaching team to just about any corporate team. The paper performed by a great leader is a great coach, change agent, motivator. Many parallel lessons in both business world and amateur and professional sports world. For example, tracking and measuring the resulting influence of a coach is when the time is running out, there is always a score to indicate whether the coaching and learning to transfer results.

Many successful coaches are known throughout the sports world. John wood, a legend in the world of NCAA Basketball, won 10 National Championships during his UCLA reign. Phil Jackson helped the Chicago Bulls to five NBA Championships and then led the Los Angeles Lakers to three. Bill Belichick led the New England Patriots to three NFL Super Bowl victories in four years, a remarkable feat in today world of professional sports. The common thread in these coaches is the ability to not only win a championship, but a few championships, and all within a close time frame. If the coaches are not winning championships, they are still near the top of their profession. Great coaches can not just get good performance and results to their team, but also sustain results and high performance over time.

So the question now is how the coaches achieve better performance than others? What traits and characteristics we can benchmark and get away from the world of sports and apply leadership coaching business? Let's take a closer look at one of the fore mentioned coaches, Bill Belichick of New England Patriots. What made him the coach he is today? There are 3 specific areas that set him apart from the ordinary;

1. He emulated and developed a style of leadership coaching from other great mentors and coaches.
2. He selected players of the team to fit his strategy and concept of a team.
3. He surrounded himself with the effective support coaches.

1. Bill Belichick's first model was his father, Steve Belichick a very respected football coach. He was a "lifer" spending most of his career in the Navy, where he coached football for 33 years. Steve is viewed by her peers as coach of a coach and was considered an original teacher of the game. It is said that he was not equal in preparing his players for a game. Steve is totally dedicated to his craft and he passed a relentless work ethic his son. Steve taught his son Bill football "… is not just a game, it is a profession …. Something to be proud of. "
Bill Belichick also had the advantage to be mentored by another successful coach, Steve Sarota, his high school coach. Sarota coached for over 41 years in Andover, Maryland. When the attitudes of young players in the 1960's demanded a change in the game of football, Sarota barely changed at all. That was a time when young men and women questioned authority and not automatically obeyed the rules of the coach or the dean. It is meant that a style influence skills will need to be different, but for Sarota it's easy. The a formidable authority figure, he was coached by conviction, not orders and yelling. He would always explain to his players, in a calm voice, what they need to do in a given game, and which part of their mission he expect them to execute on. Sarota directed with great skill, which is a noteworthy effect on young men in his program. Sarato can reach the deepest part of a player and help to build character. He has taught efficiency is important, mistakes are made, even expected, and the game is always fun. His expectations of players is simple, in good shape and listen to the coaches. He has never belittled his players and never had to discipline. The rules are set, they are clear, and one is not fooled around with Sarota time. None of them escaped Bill Belichick.

2. Belichick Bills clearly understood the concept of teamwork. Many people are impressed Bill stays focused on this concept, even when outside forces always work against it. Football might have become as many as 40 players who played important roles in any given success, although the media can only celebrate one or two people. It is easy to see how this team building was damaged by pre-game hype and media interviews highlighting the stars, rather than the collective team. Coach Belichick keeps his players focused on the whole. As is evident when New England took its first field in the Super Bowl. Each player is usually introduced by one. Instead Belichick said his league officials team was introduced as a team, all at once, with confidence. But in a sport where individual egos are constantly fed, in search of "team" players can be a real challenge.

3. Belichick Bill also understood that a person can not do it all. If he is to make the team He must find the great good talent. Bill spends a great deal of time and energy in selecting and choosing the right players. When Bill played football at Andover, He became associated with another player, Ernie Adams. The two were intrigued with the football at an early age. In high school, they call themselves nerds and football connections are immediately and lasting. Adams has become a highly talented and scout master of film analysis. After 30 years of coaching, Belichick Adams and finally found themselves coaching the biggest game of their lives, the Super Bowl and considered the major underdog. But they have done their preparation and coaching, their teams won. At the end of the game, Ron Jaworski, a retired NFL star player was quoted as saying, "Belichick is the best in the game today, maybe the best ever. "

We can learn from Bill Belichick and the world of sports by applying some simple elements in leadership coaching business world.

1. Look for good coaches and learn from them. By making ourselves better coaches Now, we also have a patterning method for future leaders and coaches of our organization.

2. Be sure to be focused on the concept of team, not star reward. We need to coach each team member to be his best, keeping his / her focus on the necessity of teamwork as a whole.

3. Surround yourself with people who can and will assist and support your effort as leader, who will provide the right coaching at all levels in the organization.

Amazing results can be obtained from any organization if coaches remember the three simple thoughts.

About the Author

Matt Fankhauser is a Regional Manager for CMOE. Matt has assisted organizations in the areas of Strategic Thinking, Coaching, and Senior Team Development. He clients include Delphi, Wells Fargo Financial, US Steel, and many others. Learn more about Coaching by visiting www.cmoe.com or contact us at 888-262-2499.

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