I love sports. Sports also provide awesome insight into leadership.
This "coach" has not proven anything, besides the fact that he must have a lot of patience. He may be an awesome leader.He may have countless hours of armchair quarterbacking. He may even have won a trophy in college during the summer flag football tournament, but that is not what and Athletic Director is looking for. He doesn't want to see an application where someone has read every sports-based autobiography.
That is how it is all throughout the real world. When you look for a leader, you not only look for someone how has the know-how to be a good leader, you also look for someone who has proven themselves in good times and bad.
As a developing leader, it is important to learn new skills. We must read some challenging books, listen to podcasts, peruse through countless leadership blogs all with the intent of bettering ourselves and honing our skills. But at the same time we must seek out opportunities to stretch our muscles and get into the game to put into practice the new things we have learned.
In just a short time in ELP, I feel that I have learned a ridiculous amount of amazing things. Now, I am working on convincing myself that it is time to start to put those all into practice. It is difficult because I know that I am going to have to change some of the way I do things. I know that I am going to have to experience some failures and defeats as I learn and grow through this process.
Its about the act of doing.
