by Nathan Whitaker | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog, Character, leadership, relationships, teambuilding, teamwork
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 | May 2, 2024 | Blog, Character, football, leadership, teambuilding, teamwork
…character is a quality that can be measured just like height, weight, and speed.
by Nathan Whitaker | Apr 21, 2024 | Blog, leadership, relationships, teambuilding, teamwork
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 | Feb 9, 2024 | Blog, leadership, relationships, Resilience, teambuilding, teamwork
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 22, 2024 | Blog, leadership, teambuilding, teamwork
What does it mean to strive for excellence, and does it follow that we’ll always be dissatisfied? And can we still be grateful? In 1999, when I was still with the Jacksonville Jaguars, we went 14-2 but lost in the AFC Championship game to the Tennessee...
by Nathan Whitaker | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, leadership, relationships, Resilience, teambuilding, teamwork
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...
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