Raise Your Game by Alan Stein & Jon Sternfeld

Author:Alan Stein & Jon Sternfeld [Alan Stein]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2019-01-07T17:00:00+00:00

—Dale Carnegie

The Power of Owning

Coaches, especially coaches of young men and women, instinctively understand how to get buy-in. With no money or advancement involved, the motivation has to be all intrinsic: the best coaches understand how to tap into this.

At Montrose Christian High School, where I served as the basketball team’s performance coach, Coach Stu Vetter always used to talk about the difference in mind-set between renting and owning. When you rent something—like an apartment or a car—you view it as temporary. Because it’s not yours, you don’t value it as much and you don’t take as good care of it. We rent things when we are young, careless, and in a state of transition.

When we’re mature, we buy.

When you buy, you have ownership. Because of that connection, you care much more because it’s yours. It’s an extension of you. Those who look at a job as just a step on the ladder or a paycheck are a drag on that place’s culture. They’re renting their job and it shows. It is vital that you, as a leader, create and sustain a culture where everyone sees the company as an extension of themselves. That’s how you get their all. They will walk through fire for the company because it’s a part of who they are. That’s the power of culture.

Key Point: Culture is the environment (both physical and psychological) that a leader creates to make his people motivated, committed, and secure. It is spread and maintained by everyone else.

Remember:

It is the leader’s job to prepare the soil that will maximize others’ potential and encourage them to be as productive as possible.

Leadership doesn’t simply happen. You must be intentional about generating and developing it.

A leader who creates a strong culture knows that it’s not about forcing people to follow you—it’s about making them want to.

Cultures will vary, but all leaders must create a culture of respect for everyone to thrive in.

A group’s culture is best reflected through how members act when the boss is not around.

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