by Nathan Whitaker | Jun 5, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships
As mentor leaders, we have an especially important role to play in encouraging and lifting up our teams, even when things are going well. In fact, regularly voicing appreciation for effort, progress and excellence is one of the most valuable things we can do in that role.
by Nathan Whitaker | Apr 21, 2024 | Leadership, Relationships, Team Culture
One of my favorite events every year is Larry Shyatt’s basketball coaches’ clinic. He started it at the University of Florida when he was on Billy Donovan’s staff and has continued it every year since…even though he moved on to other jobs, and...
by Nathan Whitaker | Apr 3, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships, Team Culture
Last month I headed to Lexington, KY, for the most recent version of my ongoing fantasy baseball league’s draft. Our 32nd. We’ve also held it in the Lexington in Massachusetts, along with San Diego, Tampa, Palm Beach, Boston, DC, Vermont, Tennessee, Utah,...
by Nathan Whitaker | Feb 9, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships, Team Culture
I learned a new lesson in accountability while in Orlando to keynote an international conference for the Turfgrass Producers International, thanks to two days with the Colorado Mesa Mavericks baseball team, ranked in the top 10 of Division II college baseball. Before...
by Nathan Whitaker | Jan 15, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships, Team Culture
When I was in school at Harvard, I took a class from the late, brilliant Stephen Jay Gould, a paleontologist and big baseball fan (the latter is what helped me understand any of his examples). He spoke and wrote often of our preoccupation with otherwise meaningless...
by Nathan Whitaker | Jan 4, 2024 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships, Team Culture
In 2023 I was invited to Joint Base Langley-Eustis to speak on mentor leadership to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and U.S. Army Forces Command.
But for as different as the setting was, the principles were the same. The Army is focused on building community, making people better, and helping them grow as leaders.
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