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    Courtesy of "Building The Best" June 22, 2022 The following post is courtesy of John Eades "Building the Best Newsletter on June 22, 2022 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-coaching-key-your-leadership-success-john-eades/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-2-image_link&midToken=AQGgWYn8AI_qww&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2dToENP92AbWk1. Success as a leader is never achieved through your efforts alone.   Too often, managers promoted because of their previous achievements as individual contributors forget this critical lesson.  One of the ways a leader separates themselves from being a manager is by coaching their people. A coach, by definition, is one who trains and instructs. I define...

    Originally published June 14, 2022 by John Eades in the "Building the Best" Newsletter. Getting leaders to care about culture because it's is a battle worth fighting.  Organizational Culture, by definition, is the shared values and beliefs that guide thinking and behavior. If your mind just shifted by that definition, you are not alone. Most professionals think about the office building, ping pong tables, or cool perks that come with the job.   Peter Drucker famously said, "Culture eats strategy for...

    Audra Sherman Photo Credit: Ontario Tech Athletics Story by Enrique Domingo - Post Coach June 22, 2022 To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. - Henri Bergson Photo Credit: Audra Sherman and Hofstra Athletics Most soccer players who transition from a career on the pitch to a career on the sidelines often decide to take such a path because of their memories as a player, the legacy that they...

    Excerpts of the following article are courtesy this month's edition of Women's Soccer Coaching https://www.womenssoccercoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Issue-019-Jun-2022.pdf highlighting the Minnesota Aurora a team that is led all by females, with an "all female coaching staff" and community owned playing out of the USL W-League. With all of the events of the past week and the demand for a Women's Pro League here, maybe there are some ideas that can be cultivated here in Canada building on the success...

    Courtesy of the University of Lethbridge Athletics https://gohorns.ca/staff-directory/davin-haigh/148 The following story is courtesy of the University of Lethbridge Athletics https://gohorns.ca/news/2022/5/17/mens-soccer-haigh-takes-reigns-of-pronghorn-mens-soccer.aspx from May 17, 2022. A new era of Pronghorn men's soccer will begin this fall with the hiring of a new head coach and Pronghorn Athletics is thrilled to name Davin Haigh the new head coach of the men's soccer program. Haigh becomes the fourth head coach in the programs history."Davin's recent U SPORTS and semi-pro coaching experience will...

    Courtesy of Brock Athletics https://gobadgers.ca/news/2022/4/5/mens-soccer-brock-tabs-aleks-balta-as-next-mens-soccer-head-coach.aspx The following story is courtesy of Brock Athletics from April 5, 2022 https://gobadgers.ca/news/2022/4/5/mens-soccer-brock-tabs-aleks-balta-as-next-mens-soccer-head-coach.aspx. The Brock men's soccer team has a new skipper at the helm.Brock Sports announced Aleks Balta as its new head coach of the Badgers men's soccer program on Tuesday, April 5."Aleks is a proven leader on and off the pitch who will elevate our men's soccer team to new heights while ensuring our student-athletes continue to pursue academic excellence," said Melissa Krist, Director, Brock...

    Courtesy of MAC Athletics https://marauders.ca/news/2022/5/5/mens-soccer-markou-named-head-coach-mens-soccer.aspx The following story is courtesy of McMaster Athletics from May 5, 2022 https://marauders.ca/news/2022/5/5/mens-soccer-markou-named-head-coach-mens-soccer.aspx. The McMaster Marauders Department of Athletics & Recreation is pleased to announce the hiring of Chris Markou as the next Head Coach of the men's soccer program. Markou fills the interim role after spending the past season with the team in an Assistant Coach capacity.  "Chris is a McMaster Soccer legend who exemplifies Marauder values and has the leadership, empathy and technical knowhow to...

    Courtesy of Centennial College Athletics In what appears to have been a no brainer when the Centennial College athletics decided to look for a new head coach almost a year ago to date, a year later has been done. Long time assistant coach David Lattavo is now the one to lead the Colts men's program into the future. Lattavo, putting the finishing touches on his Canadian A License and lead assistant at Pickering FC in League 1...

    Courtesy of IStock The following article by Tim Denning from LinkedIn talks about leadership and the subtle art. Success is an iceberg. Most of what it takes to achieve your goals is hidden from plain sight. That’s because fake-successful people dominate the airwaves. Real success means enough money to live humbly, leftover cash to invest in charitable acts, a healthy mind and body, a family you spend time with, work you love, and a good circle of people around you. The most successful people I’ve...

    Courtesy of Dr. Ivan Joseph The following article from April 25, 2022 is the third installment in a series of three from Dr. Ivan Joseph the Vice President of Student Affairs at Wilfred Laurier University, Championship winning coach, former Men's Head Coach and Athletic Director of Ryerson University and current head Coach of the Guyanese Women's Senior National team. The award winning coach and author shares his lessons from his current journey, today leading after Failure. For...