Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN
In the modern landscape of college athletics, your first interview doesn’t usually happen on campus, it often happens on Zoom. Whether you are interviewing with a search firm or a 6-person committee, the virtual interview is no longer a mere screening tool. It is a high-stakes evaluation of your leadership and personality.
SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN
In the high-stakes world of athletics hiring, we often treat the on-campus interview like a deposition. We put candidates in front of search committees, donors, and school presidents to see if they can handle the heat. But we often forget a fundamental truth: The candidate is interviewing you just as much as you are interviewing them. [Read more…]
SPECIAL GUEST POST FROM DAN CHRISTENSEN
For tuition-driven institutions, athletics is often a primary lever for enrollment. When a search committee doesn’t prioritize recruiting and cultural systems, they often inadvertently sign off on a multi-year financial deficit.
As an Athletic Director, you aren’t just hiring a strategist; you are hiring a revenue driver and a culture architect. Here are the three major consequences of failing to get that hire right.
(Akron, OH) – Bechler Enterprises, LLC, a national leader in athletic department consulting and leadership development, has announced that Dan Christensen will become its new Director of Collegiate Consulting.
The company was founded in 2017 by Jamy Bechler. He is former college basketball coach and athletic administrator. Bechler has authored nine books, hosts the “Success is a Choice” podcast, and developed The Leadership Playbook online program.
The aim of Bechler Enterprises, LLC is to help develop positive leaders, stronger cultures, and build better teams. They primarily work within the education and athletics industry.
Christensen brings more than a decade of experience working directly with college coaches, administrators, and athletic departments across the country.
As a youngster, my dad would serve as a firefighter for the races run at Michigan International Speedway.
M.I.S. was less than 10 miles from my house. My brother and I plus one lucky friend would look forward to the four or five races each summer we’d attend.
This was before the era of luxury boxes and suites, so we’d sit behind pit row with the racer and pit crew families. I got to meet a lot of cool people and collect my share of autographs.
The Dos Equis guy might be called “the most interesting man in the world” but to me, Frank Bechler held that title.
This weekend is special for me.
December 10, 1943 was my dad’s birthday.
Even though he is no longer here physically, not a day goes by that I don’t think of him. His impact on me has been what you’d hope a dad’s impact would be.
This story originally appeared on www.GoRedHawks.com on November 19, 2012Usually, five days is more than enough to prepare until a big game is played, a paper is due, or a special anniversary or holiday.
But how about having only five days’ notice that you will be a first-time dad?
That was exactly the scenario Martin Methodist women’s basketball coach Jamy Bechler encountered three years ago as he and his wife, Tabitha, received the call from Bethany Christian Services, an adoption agency based in Nashville, Tenn., that they would have the opportunity to become parents. [Read more…]
During the summer of my first year as an AD, we hired a brand new secretary. On her first day, she put all the mail that had been piling up for the last month into a big black trash bag and threw it in the dumpster.
In all fairness, it looked like a big pile of trash with all of the catalogs from equipment, award, and apparel businesses. But there were a few letters and other important stuff mixed in.
Obviously, I was not happy. However, she was just trying to help out and we were in the midst of redecoration and redesign of the athletic department so she thought this was right in line with what we were trying to do.
Regardless, I went dumpster diving and also learned a great lesson.
After two different head coaching stints, I was presented an opportunity to coach at a dream job. It was the same type of school I was currently at but had more resources, more stability, a much nicer campus, and nearly every key player was returning from the prior year’s Top-25 team. The coach had left to take a big-time Division I head coaching job and they wanted me to replace him.
When you listen to coaches speak at clinics and conferences, they are quick to outline what they’ve done to rebuild a bad program. Most stories present an example to follow or a cautionary tale. In that dream job, I took the program from first to worst. That’s right, I ruined that team in just one year.
Not only did we have one of the worst seasons in school history and a 16-win DECREASE but we also lost twice to the team that I had just left.
#Oops.
Fred VanVleet got paid. I mean HE GOT PAID!
FVV’s contract of 4-years $85 million might not be the largest contract in NBA history but it is the largest contract ever for an undrafted free agent.
Bet on yourself. That has been Fred’s mantra – his philosophy – for a long time.
In fact, he even has his own Bet on Yourself apparel line.