Let's talk about shooting yourself in the foot ... In the world of golfing, this past weekend’s Ryder Cup competition is one of the best of the season. For those who don’t know or don’t care, the Ryder Cup features the USA’s best against Europe’s best. An all-star team against all-star team, if you will. [...]
This weekend, a big-time Division I football coach was fired; in September! I have been involved with the world of sports longer than most anyone who might be reading this. I can count the times a mid-season firing has made any difference on one hand. The victim of this farce is Les Miles at Louisiana [...]
Is there such a thing as a generation gap? This past week, my company, Todd Team Coaching was introducing our Building a Championship Team (BCT) program to an internet company called Neighborhoods (www.neighborhoods.com). Three years ago we worked with them when there we just 11 people. Their initial offering was called 55 places, the successful [...]
In the worlds of sports, business and even in our personal relationships we can feel”pressured.” What has us feel that way. i.e., the source of this feeling? Is it real or imagined? Do we have anything to say about our experience of being under pressure? The first thing I would have you consider is that [...]
Television can make anything look good and the Olympics are the biggest worldwide athletic event. I am clear that both conspire to cover-up many adverse circumstances. Despite this, there are many inspirational events that are viewed around the world. Last night Usain Bolt became the first man to ever win three consecutive gold medals in [...]
The Olympics have begun. I know this because I saw Michael Phelps carrying the American flag and leading a large group of folks dressed in red, white and blue. The bright lights and fireworks of Rio, highlighted by the routines of hundreds of dancers tells me that also. Of course, I am watching on TV [...]
On August 20-21, 2016 I will be leading a Coaching Excellence Camp (CEC) in Cupertino, CA (San Jose area). It is the foundation piece for everything we do at Todd Team Coaching and my favorite. We don’t do this often so take advantage! The basic design for this workshop is to reveal the unexamined behaviors [...]
The world is inundated with examples of “what doesn’t work.” From terrorism to our own neighborhoods we have overwhelming examples. It seems to me that there will be no relief, no causing a breakthrough, until actions are taken by the people most directly affected. It is simple really. If I am expecting someone else to [...]
The basic values and principles for being human are as viable today as they ever were. Or, are they? Have any new ones been invented? Have we given up on any by convincing ourselves they no longer apply? Have our breakthroughs in technology made any of them no longer applicable to daily living? Maybe, I [...]
Every time I pick up the sports page and read that someone has declined to participate in the Olympic games I cringe (Yes, I still read the newspaper). Admittedly, some have done so because of having to recover from an injury and some because they have have been there, done that. Some because they don’t [...]