Sportsmanship: Why Good Coaches Quit

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Sportsmanship Why Good Coaches Quit

• Summit for Youth Sport Leaders
• November 11, 2006

Rick Aberman, Ph.D. John Anderson

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Who would you take?
Peyton Manning
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Ryan Leaf
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Tiger Woods
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John Daly
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Bill Belichick New England Patriots
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Gary Barnett
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Oprah Winfrey
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Paris Hilton
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High Performance . . . for Individuals and
Organizations . . . is all about Aligning
Reality with Ideality
Real
Ideal

• Wants/
• Goals

Thoughts Emotions Actions
Principles Values Beliefs
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High Performance Requires Awareness

• Who are you ideally? What are the principles,
  values and beliefs that serve as your internal
  compass?
  
• Who are you really? What is your experience of
  thought, emotion and action?
  

Ideal
Real
Wants/ Goals
Thoughts Emotions Actions
Principles Values Beliefs
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Good BusinessMoral and emotional intelligence
(or lack there of) impacts the bottom line!

• Cognitive and Technical abilities are threshold
  competencies. They are the price of admission
  to successful teams. They are necessary but not
  sufficient for championship performance. (Hard
  Skills)
• Emotional and Moral Intelligence are
  differentiating competencies. They are difficult
  for your competition to copy. (Soft Skills)
  

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Moral Intelligence

• Acting consistently within your
• Principles
• Values
• Beliefs

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Moral Courage

• Respect
• Responsibility
• Honesty
• Fairness
• Compassion
• -Institute for Global Ethics

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Emotional Intelligence

• The ability to stay focused on a goal in the
  face of competing emotions.
  

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Elements of EI

• Self Awareness
• Management of Emotions
• Motivation
• Empathy
• Social Skills

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Everyone acts as a role-model

• Self Awareness Always teaching

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Leading Others

• The effective management of others is the
• result of effective management of oneself
• -Lennick Aberman Group

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Thank You

• Rick Aberman, Ph.D.
• Lennick Aberman Group
• aberm001_at_umn.edu
• www.lennickaberman.com
• John Anderson, Head Baseball Coach
• University of Minnesota
• ander014_at_umn.edu