• While the results haven’t been what Kerr or his team would like, the unflappable coach keeps preaching his four core philosophies to his team: joy, competition, mindfulness, compassion.
  • His values of mindfulness and compassion are all about awareness—of situations and of people. To take that a step further, it’s about your awareness of how your team is responding to the situations you encounter, and your ability to respond accordingly.
  • The Sport Journal noted that was exactly the kind of thing successful coaches do.
  • “[F]indings indicate emotions represent a critical aspect of coaching effectiveness. Specifically, the coaches’ ability to identify and understand his/her own emotions and recognize if or when expectations become unreasonable.”
  • As I’ve studied Great Teams, I’ve learned that one of the keys to team success is the ability to manage dysfunction, friction, and strong personalities.
  • In short, the connection between teammates is important, and that connection begins with the leader.
  • Being aware of and in control of your emotions makes you exponentially more valuable to your team and makes you a better teammate, too.
  • When you set the example of emotional control for others, you also increase your influence with them, while simultaneously raising the bar for their behavior.