On today's show we discuss how to uncover untapped potential in your team.   

Dr. Clint Ladine is a leadership and success coach, author, and former professional basketball player. His clients include renowned restaurateurs, super bowl champions, and C-suite executives. He's delivered coaching leadership development programs in both the profit and not-for-profit realms and he is the author of Power Coaching: Stand Out, Get Unstuck, And Energize Your Leadership.

Clint's credentials include a Master's degree in leadership and a Doctorate degree of Strategic Leadership and Executive Coaching from Bethany University. He holds more than 13 years of organization development experience and 15 years of executive coaching experience.

Clint lives in San Francisco with his wife of 27 years and five kids and has served as the president of the North of Market Community Benefit District and is currently serving on the Stonestown YMCA Board of Directors as the chair of the fundraising committee.

How does coaching in basketball relate to coaching in corporations? 

• Coaching is about maximize potential to ensure the teams are working cohesively.  
• One of the jobs of a basketball coach is to manage egos and get people to work together in the best way, similar to a corporate coach. 

When you have a team. How do you help them work together?  

• Help each person understand their why in relation to how it helps the community or corporation as whole.  

What type of things get in the way of coaching or people reaching their potential? 

• The ego, or "I can do it alone" mentality. There's a greater impact when people work together.
• To work through this, coach people toward an abundance mentality.

Do you think leaders still need to be the smartest in the room and know it all? 

• This mentality still exists today, however successful leaders actually exercise humility not superiority.
• For leaders, humility is the highest skill set. 

What role does leader vulnerably play in building teams? 

• Vulnerability plays a big part of leading. If you want to know others, you need to be known. 
• Start with being vulnerable in small chunks to build trust. i.e. share a mistake 
• Being vulnerable might not always go as planned.

What do you do with a toxic team member? 

• Have a crucial one-on-one conversation with team member - asking questions to understand the team member's perspective:
  • What do you love about our team interactions?
  • What can I do as a leader to better motivate you? 

What are limiting beliefs? 

• Beliefs that prevent you from executing your full potential
• We've built up beliefs in our lifetime and we don’t even know they exist until we talk to a coach to unearth them.  
• One way to identify a limiting belief is to look for the word because.  The because is usually not true.  

Do you recommend affirmations? 

• Yes. People need to hear positive reinforcement - they usually don’t get enough, if any at all.
• Affirmations build positive pathways that lead to more individual success.

Top 3 takeaways
1) Hold on to your vision for yourself personally & professionally. Strive for that vision. 
2) Build others up. Help others fulfill their dreams. 
3) Be kind to yourself. Reframe & continue to build on the positive. 

Connect with Dr. Clint Ladine:
Website: https://www.successfullycoaching.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com