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Key Take-Aways from My Chat with Brian Kight

Key Take-Aways from My Chat with Brian Kight

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Sunday Morning Coach
July 16, 2023

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Conversation with Brian Kight

Who is Brian Kight (BK)

Brian Kight is a thought leader on the topics of Culture and Discipline, the founder of Daily Discipline, and an experienced speaker/trainer with a central missions to help people build the discipline they need to accomplish what they want, as fast and reliably as possible.

What Does BK Teach Us

If you were reading about team discipline and culture building then you may have heard Coach Urban Meyer preach the idea of E+R=O. This is where BK got his start. From here, he has grown nationwide helping people with their team or company culture.

Here are 4 topics that BK writes about:

E+R=O

E+R=O or Event + Response = Outcome is the way life works. Everyday we face events and outcomes. We all get to choose how we respond. In this best selling virtual keynote Brian breaks down this equation and teaches it to your audience.

Performance Pathway

The performance pathway is a system organizations can leverage to get the results they want. The performance pathway is this: leaders create culture, culture drives behavior, and behavior produces results.

Cultural Pathway

Culture is a buzzword that has been used a lot in business and sports teams. What is culture? How can I build culture? Why won't my team buy into the culture I'm trying to create? Brian Kight breaks these questions down and teaches your audience how to create a culture playbook for their organization.

Discipline is the Shortcut

Both "Discipline" and "Shortcut" are slightly polarizing words. Discipline might make you think of punishment. Shortcut could call to mind the idea of cheating. But together these works unlock life's fastest way to get the things you want. The shortest distance to what you want is the path of discipline.

Questions I asked BK

Can a campus culture be the same as an athletic culture?

Simple answer, No.

A campus culture and an athletic culture cannot be same. These two cultures must respect eachother, at times build off eachother, but at no time should the cultures cancel eachother out.

The reason the campus culture and athletic culture cannot be the same because they have different roles, duties, and responsibilities.

The campus is for academic and social growth while athletics is about sports training and execution of skills as a team. Both have a different mindset; thus, a different culture.

Here are some examples:

Would you want your sports team to take the same culture as the English Department Chair?

Would you want your player’s home culture to come in and take over your team?

Your personal home has a culture. Your neighbor has a culture. But you live life cause of the local culture (laws).

In the three above examples, all are different, but they all interact together and thrive.

Cultures can co-exist and thrive, but all other cultures must be respected and not cancelled out.

What is a piece of advice coaches believe to be true?

Coaches do not always have to be the final authority on everything.
Coaches do not always have to be a hard ass.
Coaches do not always have to give up family time on weekends.

All coaches are confident in nature and want to lead. With this being said, there are times we act as if we know everything. If someone disagrees with us, we get louder. We have all seen this happen. It is ok not to know everything. Rely on a staff member, create a dialogue, or go research it and learn. But don’t get loud and carry on just because that’s all you know.

So key take-away #1 is “Coaches do not always have to be the final authority on everything.”

Coaches has different personalities and respond to people in many different ways. Coaches really let it go during on the field and in the lockerroom because it is their private space. Parents will not hear what is going on. Coaches believe that they have to be a hard ass and push the player with actions and words.

True, players need to be pushed, but don’t be such a hard ass that you ruin a relationship. If you chew ass at any time, be sure to see the kid later that day and talk with them. Make sure the kid doesn’t go home pissed.

So key take-away #2 is “Coaches do not always have to be a hard ass.”

Coaches at all levels put in countless hours in preparation, game planning, maintenace, laundry, meetings, and practice. With technology, there really is no need to spend the entire weekend sitting in the office working on a game plan. The old idea of the head coach is here, the staff is here. That is nonsense. Assign duties, set a deadline, set a meeting time for final touches, and let the staff go.

So key take-away #3 is “Coaches do not always have to give up family time on weekends.”