Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
One of the nation’s premier leadership companies has announced the addition of a certified leadership coach, trainer and speaker to their team.Jamy Bechler will be joining The Guidestone Group as the Senior Director of Leader Engagement. He will head up their leadership development programs, motivational speaking division, as well as helping develop team experiences for their executive retreat center.
Click here to read Jamy’s complete biography before joining the Guidestone Group.
“Be a star in your role, and for me, that’s high-energy, use my motor, just play hard. Play hard, be relentless on the glass. And that’s what I bring to this team. That’s my job. Just be a star in your role, and I try to do that every night.” (Tristan Thompson)Tristan Thompson’s huge double-double in Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals and unselfish play in all of the games helped lead the Cleveland Cavs to the World Championship. Good thing for Cavs fans and players that he didn’t pout about his boring and un-glamorous role. He might not be Lebron James, but he can now call himself a CHAMPION!
Many of us are in positions or roles that we don’t like. Some of us are in leadership positions where we have disgruntled team members. I want tell you a little story. A story that I don’t think I will ever forget.
Let’s face it, most people hate meetings. However, what if I told you that you could conduct one-on-one meetings that were meaningful and purposeful?
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” (Madonna)
Unless you landed on earth in an UFO and hail from an alien planet, you have some issues that need solving. Let’s face it . . . we all have problems. We all are faced with hundreds of choices per day.
Whether you are part of a team, business or family, you can improve your locker room, board room or living room. 
(Originally written on July 1, 2016)July is here. That means one month left until the start of official practices for many athletes. How will you spend this month? Will you be prepared when October and November asks you to pay up for what you did in June and July?
Bobby Knight used to say “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”.
The 2016 NBA Finals was one of the most memorable series in recent history. It truly was historic. In fact, last night ESPN re-aired their 30 for 30 entitled “Believeland”, but this time had a new ending. Cleveland has been the poster child for bad luck and hard times when it comes to sports having not won a championship in any sport since 1964.
“Believeland” pointed this out, agonizingly so, for Cleveland fans. But all of that changed on Father’s Day when the Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers completed the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history and won the NBA Championship. The Cavs were down 3-1 to the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. The Warriors were the overwhelming favorite with Steph Curry, the league’s first-ever unanimous MVP winner (that’s right…Magic, Bird, MJ, Shaq…they never were unanimous).
“The education of a man is never complete until he dies.” (Robert E. Lee)
I’m an avid reader of motivational, success and leadership books. I have written about some of the best leadership books and coaching books that I have read.
Each summer, I try to knock out a few new ones. This upcoming summer, I plan on reading the following 16 books to further develop my thinking.