Game On! Coach Leonard Hamilton on How to Rebuild A Team for Long-Term Success

Whenever you navigate uncertainty and change, it’s important to be able to process your emotions. That can be easier said than done without the tools to do it. My friend Russ Rausch at Vision Pursue shares some tips for managing your anxiety and maintaining some sense of normalcy during this time that I found helpful and wanted to share with you.

Expect the expected.
Apply the SEE framework to your emotions.
Control the controllable.

We are all challenged right now, but we have a choice in how we respond. Learning to process our emotions in a healthy way is critical to our wellbeing. Find ways to support each other, and remember—we’re all in this together!

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"Life more than ever is a team sport." That’s how Patrick Lencioni begins his new TED Talk, Are You An Ideal Team Player? Lencioni is an expert on teams-- he literally wrote the book on it-- and his TED Talk highlights the three characteristics that are critical to success in a team-oriented world: humble, hungry, and smart. The key is- you have to have all three traits. Otherwise, you risk falling into the trap of becoming an "accidental mess maker," "lovable slacker," or "skillful politician." The good news is you can develop all of these traits. Here’s a quick exercise: 1) Start with yourself. 2) Rank yourself on the three characteristics. 3) Which did you rank third? Work on how you can develop that trait through specific behavior change.

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March Madness may be canceled (along with everything else!) but this conversation with Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton will help fill the void. Hamilton is one of the most successful coaches in college basketball and a trailblazer in the sport. This season he won ACC Coach of the Year and led Florida State to the #4 ranking in the country. But his story is about so much more than basketball. On the latest episode of Game Changers with Molly Fletcher, Coach Hamilton talks about his personal journey, including the moment he almost walked away from coaching for good. We talk about the hurdles he had to overcome and how he built a reputation as a coach who can turn around any team.

Note: This episode is updated with Coach Hamilton’s thoughts after the cancelation of the NCAA tournament. It's great insight for any leader navigating unexpected change with their team!

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A recent conversation with a colleague got me thinking about the importance of high-trust organizations. With the sudden shift to remote work for so many companies, many leaders are ill equipped to prepare their teams for remote work. Most leaders are naturally concerned about what the shift means for productivity and collaboration and so they begin implementing (often unintentionally!) measures of control. But it’s important to ask yourself— am I building high levels of control or high levels of trust? Make sure your behaviors are sending a message of trust and resist the urge to virtually micromanage. That shift will lead to more productivity, more energy and better collaboration which all fuel performance. Re-frame the transition as an opportunity to strengthen communication and build connection in a different way!