Brendan Suhr on Culture, Buy-In, and Being the very best you

Brendan Suhr has been involved in various levels of basketball coaching, most notably in the NBA.

He did a podcast with Jon Gordon and here are some bullet points:

• There’s no limit to hard work. 
• If you want to be a winner, you have to be willing to do the work. You can’t skip steps. 
• Value the sacrifice. It helps you become and develop into the person you need to be. 
• Be open and willing to learn. 
• Never underestimate the power of relationships. Invest in others and have others invest in you. 
• Your work ethic, enthusiasm and positivity can surpass almost anything. 
• Be comfortable enough to have greatness around you. Hire the best people possible. 
• To be a good coach you must learn to connect with people. 
• Internal leadership is important for an organization to grow. The lost art of holding each other accountable. 
• To create Buy-In you have to create Believe-In (value others opinions, don’t tell them everything to do, let them contribute). 
• Take personal responsibility. Don’t try to always blame others. What is your role in it? 
• Shout praise, whisper criticism. 
• Don’t just tell people what they should do. Show them how. 
• When someone makes a mistake, correct the behavior. Don’t berate the person. 
• Command and Control is the old way. It’s now about Seek to Connect. To develop people, you have to be connected to them. 
• Your credibility and competency contribute to buy-in. You people have to believe in you to buy-into what you’re saying. 
• If you’re not learning from those you lead, you’re doing it wrong. 
• The notoriety of a coach comes from the execution of the players. 
• It’s never about you. It’s about your team, your employee, your child, or whomever you are responsible to lead.