Mitch Johnson shares the biggest lesson he learned from Gregg Popovich.
"How important people and relationships are."
"He understands people and relationships and the significance of every moment and every touch point with every person."
The best leaders and coaches invest in people.
Then he explained what investing in people really looks like:
"That can be having to yell and hold someone accountable. And that can be to put your arm around someone's shoulder and love 'em."
The best leaders combine high standards with high support.
"He did it better than anybody, I think, that's ever walked the sidelines."
"I will attempt to do it my way in whatever that looks like moving forward."
Great leadership isn't one style. It's knowing your people well enough to give them what they need.
Invest in the relationships. Care about people, hold them to their potential, and lead in your style.
(π₯ KENS5 - San Antonio)
Welcome to the Family, Coach Maye and Coach Brooks! Both are former head coaches at previous schools! Maye (Harcum College) & Brooks (Shorter University).
Unpopular Opinion Friday:
I think anybody wanting to coach college ball should be a Juco coach for at least 1 year. Right now we have 4 yr programs that struggle because of the things juco coaches deal with everyday. SOME of us have to learn to succeed with very little to