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Strategic Planning Belongs in Your DNA, Not in a Binder

Plenty of athletic departments have a strategic plan. Fewer have a strategic habit. The difference shows up about eight months after the plan is written.

August 4, 20262 min read

Executive Coaching

Leadership Is Lonely. That Is the Whole Case for Coaching.

Athletic directors spend their days developing everyone else. Very few have anyone developing them. That is not a character flaw in the individual; it is a structural gap in the job.

July 7, 20262 min read

Leadership Training

Defining Success When the Scoreboard Cannot

A department where every team is measured by wins is a department where most of the staff is failing by definition. There is a better way to answer "did we have a good year?"

June 9, 20262 min read

Leadership Training

Behaviors Matter: Getting From Values on a Wall to Values in the Gym

Almost every athletic department has a values statement. Far fewer have values you could identify by watching a Tuesday practice. Behaviors are the bridge.

May 12, 20262 min read

Athletic Audit

Start With the Audit

Most athletic departments know something needs to change. Far fewer can say precisely what, and that gap is why we almost always recommend starting with an audit.

April 14, 20262 min read