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Building a Culture of We in your Organization
We talk about this Culture of We a lot, and it’s because at The Coach & The Geek, we believe it’s critical to our success as a company. But we didn’t invent it, and we’re certainly not the first to believe in it. In fact, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address from...
Focus and Fenwick: Culture and a Junior Varsity Baseball Team
By: Mark AdamsI have been observing the Fenwick JVA baseball team as the head coach (Coach Tyree Foster) and his two assistant coaches (Coach Matt Davenport and Coach Robert Hanes) are now tracking hustle stats. The coaches are positively focused, and both assistant...
TIAAA 2021 + The Coach & The Geek
Over 100 high school athletic directors and leaders attended the TIAAA conference April 18-20, 2021, in Murfreesboro, TN. Our very own Mark Adams and Jeff Van Fleet (aka The Coach & The Geek), keynoted Monday night followed by a breakout session Tuesday morning,...
Hustle Recap: NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Championships
Focus, an app designed to measure hustle, was built by Mark Adams and Jeff Van Fleet, co-authors of The Coach & The Geek: Building a Kick-butt Culture. It was designed with intention to measure concentration and effort instead of traditional analytics based on...
Can you be a great coach and have a losing record?
As a leader of a business team or technology team, does the end result justify the means? I often meet with business leaders who are focused on outcomes and many tolerate their flawed process because they are “good enough”. By what standard? How good is good enough?...
What Role does Honesty Play in Culture?
Recently, we’ve had the opportunity to do a few video podcasts with a Missouri State University business class based on our book The Coach and The Geek: Building a Kick-Butt Culture. I was asked to describe the role that honesty plays in creating a strong culture. I...
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