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May 31 2022

The Coachable Coach: Ed Schilling

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Ed Schilling, the assistant basketball coach at Grand Canyon University. 

“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with some of the best sports coaches.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adoption, Brian Stanchak, Chris Parker, Coachable Coach, College Basketball, Culture, Eastern Florida State College, Elite Eight, enneagrams, ESPN, Ganon Baker, Head Coaching, Juco, Leadership, Missy Bilderback, NJCAA, Personality Tests

May 05 2022

The Coachable Coach: MJ Baker

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is MJ Baker, the head women’s basketball coach at Eastern Florida State College.

“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with some of the best sports coaches.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adoption, Brian Stanchak, Chris Parker, Coachable Coach, College Basketball, Culture, Eastern Florida State College, Elite Eight, enneagrams, ESPN, Ganon Baker, Head Coaching, Juco, Leadership, Missy Bilderback, NJCAA, Personality Tests

Feb 28 2022

Leaders Growing Leaders: Mark DeMichael

Today’s guest on the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series is Mark DeMichael, the VP of Student Life and Athletics at Indiana Wesleyan University.

During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders on how they are growing and developing other leaders.

The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Administration, Athlete Leadership, Athletic Department, Athletic Director, Athletic Directors, Chad Briscoe, Covid, crossroads league, Culture, Greg Tonagel, Indiana Wesleyan, IWU, larry desimpelare, leaders growing leaders, Leadership, Marion, Mark Fauser, NAIA, Podcast

Feb 15 2022

Leaders Growing Leaders: Jason Fein

Today’s guest on the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series is Jason Fein, the Director of Athletics at Bates College.

During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders on how they are growing and developing other leaders.

The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Administration, Athlete Leadership, Athletic Department, Athletic Director, Athletic Directors, Brian Stanchak, Coach P, Covid, Culture, HCTC, Joanne McCallie, leaders growing leaders, Leadership, Maine Black Bears, Podcast

Nov 01 2021

What Really Matters in Life

In a NY Times interview, Walt Bettinger, the Chief Executive of Charles Schwab talked about the lessons he learned in college:

“A business strategy course in my senior year stands out. I had maintained a 4.0 average all the way through, and I wanted to graduate with a perfect average. It came down to the final exam, and I had spent many hours studying and memorizing formulas to do calculations for the case studies.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Charles Schwab, Indiana Wesleyan University, Lead for God's Sake, Leadership, Priorities, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Todd Gongwer, Walt Bettinger

Sep 07 2021

Leaders Growing Leaders: Don Baker

Today’s guest on the “Leaders Developing Leaders” series is Don Baker, Cobb County School (GA) District Director of Athletics.

During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders on how they are growing and developing other leaders.

The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Administration, Athlete Leadership, Athletic Department, Athletic Director, Athletic Directors, Culture, Don Baker, Hangin with the AD, high school athletics, Josh Mathews, leaders growing leaders, Leadership, Podcast

May 11 2021

Episode 167: Hugh Freeze, Liberty Football Coach

Hugh Freeze is the head football coach at Liberty University. He has won an astounding 18 games in his first two years at Liberty. Prior to his time at Liberty University, he was the head coach at Ole Miss in the SEC. During his time at Ole Miss, they were the only team to beat Alabama in the regular season in both 2014 and 2015. His teams finished with a winning record in four of his five years. He is one of the only college coaches in history to win at least 10 games at four different colleges (Lambuth, Arkansas State, Ole Miss, and Liberty).

Click here for Coach’s complete bio.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • How to build a winning culture regardless of the school
  • Beating Nick Saban in back-to-back years
  • His role in the story of Michael Oher and “The Blindside”
  • Ways that he has improved as a coach

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Alabama, Blind Side, College Football, Culture, Hugh Freeze, Leadership, Liberty Football, Liberty University, Michael Catt, Michael Oher, Nick Saban, Program Building

May 08 2021

3 Ways to be a Verbal Leader

They may take our lives . . . BUT THEY’LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!!!

Most of the time when we think of verbal leadership, we think of Hollywood speeches with the hero inspiring countless individuals to follow him into battle like the movies Braveheart, Gladiator, or 300.

We also might think of Tim Tebow giving the “Promise” speech and then backing it up on the way to a national championship.

We may not be Michael Jordan, Tim Tebow, Kobe Bryant, or William Wallace in Braveheart, but we all can be verbal leaders.

In fact, as long as we have a tongue, we should be verbal leaders.

Let me say that again for the people in the back…

Not only can we all be verbal leaders but we all should be verbal leaders.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: 300, accountability, braveheart, captains, collective responsibility, Communication, Culture, Encouragement, Encouraging, gladiator, information, informing, Leadership, reminding, Responsibility, student leadership, Team Leadership, teammates, The Bus Trip, The Leadership Playbook, Tim Tebow, verbal leader, verbal leadership, vocal

Feb 28 2021

21 Qualities of a Leader

As a leader, much is expected of you. You are repeatedly pulled and stretched in many different directions. It is sometimes difficult to pin down exactly what a leader looks like. There is not a one-size-fits-all-leader-mold.

However, there are certain qualities that most leaders should possess. John Maxwell sums these up as well as anyone. In his book The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, he talks about those shared qualities that leaders should gravitate toward.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: 21 Indespensible Qualities of a Leader, Adding Value, Ed DeCosta, Greg Gorman, JMT DNA, John C. Maxwell, John Maxwell, John maxwell team, Julie Gorman, Kay and Shi, leaders growing leaders, Leadership, Leadership Qualities, misty young, Rick Morris

Jan 05 2021

Bet on Yourself

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.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adrian Griffin, Basketball, Bet on yourself, champion, Contract, Demar Derozan, dwane casey, Entitled, Fred Vanvleet, FVV, Jamy Bechler, Leadership, Lorenzo Brown, March Madness, NBA, NCAA, Rex Kalamian, Salary, Toronto Raptors, Wichita State

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