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We explore leadership through the lens of high performance sport, by interviewing great coaches from around the world, to try and find ideas to help all of us be better leaders.
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The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey

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We explore leadership through the lens of high performance sport, by interviewing great coaches from around the world, to try and find ideas to help all of us be better leaders.
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    Thriving Teams with Ben Darwin

    Thriving Teams with Ben Darwin

    This week my co-host, Professor Eric Knight and I continue our exploration of Thriving Teams with Ben Darwin.
    Ben is a former Australian Rugby Union player who represented his country 28 times. He retired at the age of 27 after a neck injury and moved in to coaching before co-founding Gain Line Analytics, a company that has uses empirical analysis to understand the way professional sports teams work and succeed with each other.
    It is one of the more fascinating interviews we have had on the podcast because of the challenging views he has on the traditional drivers of success.
    Some of the key highlights are:
    The idea that small groups can be highly effective and the example he gives from military and history to show that it is the cohesion of your team, not the size of the talent pool you pull from that is key to success.His description of cohesion as understanding between the component parts of a team. And that this understanding is much more predictive of outcomes than the individual skill.And How effective cultures have normative behaviors that are established over time, are harder to change and can be learnt more easily across the components of the team.If you would like to know about more Thriving Teams or use the diagnostic we have created to understand how close to Thriving your teams is you can check out our tools here: https://thegreatcoachespodcast.com/thriving-teams/
    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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    • 47 Min.
    Thriving Teams with Jill McIntosh

    Thriving Teams with Jill McIntosh

    This week my co-host, Professor Eric Knight and I continue our exploration of Thriving Teams with the Great Coach Jill McIntosh
     
    Jill McIntosh is a former Australian National netball player and team coach. As a player she won the 1983 World Championship and then coached the national team to the championship in 1995 and 1999, as well as gold medals at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
    She has also coached the National teams of Singapore, Northern Ireland and Jamaica. And is presently the coach of the Cardiff Dragons in the UK Super League.
    In 2020 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
     
    The key highlights from the interview are:
     
    How many coaches are good at knowing what they want, but they fall down when it comes to creating the “How” of how they will achieve it.The way she uses her rule of excellence to guide all the teams activities.The importance of getting in sync as a team, and they she goes about moulding teams to achieve this.
    You can find out more about Thriving Teams here: https://thegreatcoachespodcast.com/thriving-teams/
    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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    • 47 Min.
    Thriving Teams

    Thriving Teams

    In 2022 we were talking with 2 of the great coaches we have interviewed over a coffee, Eddie Jones and Neil Craig, as we got up to leave they challenged with an idea; so many sports coaches have models to illustrate what they think high performing teams do, why not compare them against what the coaches you are interviewing are saying?
     
    It was an interesting idea that stayed with me afterwards and in early 2023 I found some time to do this.
     
    I looked at models from Coaches, Academics and Consultants. I printed them off and laid them out on a table and started to compare them against the insight database that we have built up. That database has 1500 one to two minute videos from the coaches and is coded into buckets like culture, communication and mental skills. You can find it here: https://thegreatcoachespodcast.com/individual-insights/
     
    The model that I thought best reflected the messages I was hearing from the Great Coaches , was the Thriving Teams model developed by the consultancy Thompson Harrison in conjunction with Oxford professor Robin Dunbar. Their model builds from the idea that organisation only thrive when people do. And they identify six dimensions that enable this; Belonging, Purpose, Connection, Culture, Values and Learning.
     
    In this podcast I will talk about their model and use audio from the Great Coaches to bring it to life.
    If you would like to know more about Thriving Teams you can find the information here: https://thegreatcoachespodcast.com/thriving-teams/


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    • 40 Min.
    Liam Sheedy

    Liam Sheedy

    Liam is a former Irish Hurling player and now Coach.
    Liam played 13 senior games with Tipperary over 10 years. He retired in 1999 and in 2002 began coaching Tipperary youth teams. In 2007 he was appointed senior coach, and in 2010 he led to team to their 26th All Ireland Victory. Liam then took a year break from coaching at the highest level to spend more time with his family, as well as to coach local teams. In 2018 he returned to coach Tipperary and in his 2nd year won the All Ireland final again.

    His challenge on whether you focus on the setback or the bounce back and how this idea flows through his story and the championship teams he has led.His belief that a perfect day is when you give to somebody who might never be able to repay it. And his focus as a leader on creating an environment where the person gets to flourish.How the great coaches are innovators and focused on creativity so that they can get to the future before anybody else.
    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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    • 56 Min.
    Graham Henry

    Graham Henry

    Graham is a Rugby Union Coach.
    He started coaching in 1975 while teaching at Auckland Grammar school. His coaching and teaching continued and in 1993 he was to win the first of 4 consecutive Provincial Championships with Auckland. In 1996 he resigned as a headmaster to take up full time coaching with the Auckland Blues, leading them to back to back Super 12 titles in 1996 and 1997. He then took on the role as Head Coach of Wales and In 2000 led them to the 6 Nations Championship and the Grand Slam.
    While coaching Wales he also led the British and Irish Lions on a tour of Australia. In 2003 he was appointed coach of the All Blacks and went on to lead them to the 2011 World Cup. In 2012 he was awarded a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) in services to rugby.[17]
     
    In this terrific interview some of the key highlights are:
     
    The way the teams culture was built from its purpose which was to be the best sporting team in the world. And the role that humility played in bringing this to life.  How by the time he was appointed All Blacks Coach he had learnt the importance of empowerment and moving from a coach driven environment to a team driven environment. And how this was the catalyst for the leadership groups he put in place. The way the difficult decision he has made in his life have gone on to benefit him in the longer run. And how in his words “’learning about yourself under pressure” has been a key part of his development as a leader. 
    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com


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    • 58 Min.
    Tim Sheens

    Tim Sheens

    Our Great Coach on this episode is Tim Sheens.
     
    Tim Sheens is an Australian Rugby League coach. He played 166 games for the Penrith Panthers and then moved in to coaching in 1984. He coached the Canberra Raiders to Premierships, in 1989, 90 and 94 and then in 2005 led the Wests Tigers to the premiership.
    He has also coached the NSW team to the 1991 state or origin series win and the Australian team to the 2013 World Championship.
    Some of the key highlights are:
    The philosophy he borrowed from an American coach of “being consistent in treating everybody differently.” And how as a result he doesn’t see people management in black and white terms.How Tim identifies 3 things that effective teams need to be doing every week: working on their public perception, thining about the opposition and making sure that small groups within the organisation don’t start talking negatively about other small groups. How the best coaches are good recruiters, and they select people who are going to suit their style. 
     If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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Thesamenicknameasothers ,

A must-listen for any leader

This is not about sports, this is about leadership! Fantastic insights, thoughtful questions and deep emotional interviews

iPemmi ,

Treasure of inspiration

One of the most inspiring podcasts. Not only for sports fans. I learn from it a lot about dignity, passion, performance and humanity. Big thank you to authors

Klynn Alibocus ,

Excellent series and not just for Sports

I have been following and listening to these podcasts for some while now and I’m very impressed with the format and content but the speaker quality. The lessons that you can learn from this podcast are not just for Sports coaches but some of the lessons are applicable to a Business environment too!

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