Book Notes from 'You Win in the Locker Room First' By Jon Gordon and Mike Smith
Connect
- Communicating and
Collaborating Leads to Connection
- A great benefit of
communicating and collaborating is that they develop connections between
you and your team members.
- Communication begins the
process of building trust, collaboration fosters this process and
enhances relationships - this leads to stronger connections between team
members.
- A connected team becomes a
committed team.
- The more I have worked with
teams over the years, the more I realize that connection is the key to
becoming a great team.
- Connection is the difference
between a team that thrives and one that crumbles.
- One of the biggest
complaints I receive from coaches is that their teams arent connected.
- They have a bunch of young
men or women who usually focus on themselves, their personal goals,
their social media followings, and their egos
- I have found that when
coaches and players focus on becoming a connected team, the me dissolves
into we.
- Team Beats Talent When Talent
Isn't a Team
- If we are more connected, we
will have a better chance of winning the tight, big games.
- Blown away by all he did to
connect with his players and foster relationships between them - Billy
Donovan.
- They are a great example of
how a team beats talent when talent isn't a team.
- I truly believe when a coach
and team connect with each other, commitment, teamwork, chemistry, and
performance improve dramatically.
- We Got This
- Ravens 2000 Super Bowl team
- was the most connected team I have ever been associated with.
- 2000 Ravens Head Coach:
Brian Billick - navigating the team through five week drought without an
offensive touchdown.
- He handled this with
transparency, and even sometimes with humor so that our team would not
get uptight.
- The defense focused only on
what they could control and they
were very supportive of the offense as they worked through their slump
- When you are connected you
are able to turn misfortune into fortune
- We had to stay connected as
a team to achieve the outcomes we have worked so hard for.
- When you are connecting as
teammates, you reach a level of confidence that will take you a long way
in overcoming the issues that can cause dysfunction within the team.
- When your team is connected,
you have this synergy within the organization that will not allow your
team to disintegrate.
- Unplug From Technology and
Plug Into People
- We live in a more connected
world today than any time in history
- The technology that is meant
to help us can harm us if we let it - the same goes for our connected
devices.
- We are connecting less
meaningfully.
- More guys are connecting
with their devices than with each other.
- The best teams I have been
around were teams that enjoyed being around each other.
- When you are a team that
does not connect - you will be a team that fails to win.
- As a team you must recognize
that importance of connecting with each other and identify ways you can
make these connections happen.
- I don’t think our mobile
devices should be our main form of connecting with each other.
- It should be in addition to
one-on-one conversations where you
can look people in the eye and have a meaningful heart-to-heart and truly
connect.
- Create a Connected Locker
Room
- I believe that to create a
connected team and locker room you have to make time to connect and plan
activities that facilitate this.
- connect with people - it’s the most
important thing you can do to build a great team.
- As a leader you have to be
intentional about connecting with your team and creating ways for team members to
connect with each other.
- Each team member chooses a
different word for the year and commits to living that word.
- Hero, Hardship and Highlight
- Where team members share
who their hero is, a hardship they had to face and a highlight
- Defining moment - where you
go around the room and people share a defining moment in their life.
- When individuals grow and
connect, teams become stronger.
- When team members connect
and build strong relationships, they don’t just work with each other -
they work for each other.
- Connect Outside the Locker
Room to Be Strong Inside the Locker Room
- To truly connect as a team -
its important to connect outside the locker room.
- Find opportunities for
everyone on the team and in the organization to connect more frequently.
- As the leader of the team or
organization you should always be looking for ways to enhance these types
of connections.
- We also wanted to create
opportunities for the players to get together outside of the pressures of
the work place.
- When you team is connected,
you will see and feel it in the way they treat each other.
- When you are truly connected
team you will see players participating together in functions outside of
the locker room.
- This level of connectivity
is what will take you team to the next level.
- Stay Connected
- Once you develop a
connection with your team members it's important to make sure you stay
connected.
- Connection is something you
must keep working on
- When you have worked with
each other for so long and know each other so well, you being to take
things for granted.
- You cannot lose sight of the
fact that every year it is a new and different staff and team.
- You as a leader have to
always evaluate how well we are connecting.
- Teams that are not connected
at the top crumble at the bottom
- Stay connected as a
leadership team - stay connected with your players - helps your players
stay connected with each other.
- The connection you create
today will be the bond that strengthens your team tomorrow.
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