Stream Thinking: Coaching

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February 14, 2022

I posted a note of gratefulness on Facebook last evening. Thanking every team member and department for their incredible structure of bringing their game on Super Bowl Sunday.  Team leading in a post Covid 19 world isn’t about a pyramid process of business success. The daily challenges often feel like they’re increasing more than improving.  For many the working mindset is locked in on just being present.  I grip the reins of compassion tightly.  I want my players to be present but with an open mind.  Not as they see it but as the company was built on it.  I don’t want to be that guy!  The evil stepfather figure that runs the house with a ton of rules that say don’t do this and why did you do that?  Because my team leaders bust serious tail, I’m inspired to bring the same game to that field. Standing around laughing has always been looked upon as being a top dog deal breaker.  How though, in this post Covid 19 world where human connection was a Zoom call away do we allow the human comradery to remain while still getting the job done? Coaching. You’ll learn more about yourself as a leader if you take the time to listen to the stories each of your team members are carrying. Life isn’t about your job.  Some people took up the guitar while in lockdown.  Other’s mastered their kitchen chef skills, became writers, got outside to enjoy the sun or withdrew from the world and don’t know how to get back.  A coach knows the whole player.  I never have the same conversation with two people.  The mission is to know the person not the employee.