Have you ever been in a position where you needed to start from the ground up? You needed to do a total transformation from the inside out? 

When put in situations like this, it takes deep courage and a lot of searching within. If you are ever planning to build something from the ground up, starting something new, or rebuilding a culture, your first step should be understanding yourself. Before you begin to think about the mission, the purpose, or the people within, you need to have a deep understanding of where your heart is. What are your motives? What are your biases? 

What do I need to do to become hyper confident in my abilities to start this project? Before you can begin to fix other people or other cultures, you need to have a deep understanding of who you are. 

Coach Ryan Davis, Director Football Strength and Conditioning at the University of Maryland, rebuilt a culture from the ground up. He took a program that was shredded with grief, despair, fear, and created an environment that was built on trust. An environment built on humility and perseverance. Ryan is at the top of his field, he has coached all over the country, and has even won a championship with the University of Alabama football program.  

Topics discussed:

-       Coaching all over the country

-       Learning opportunities:  Taking nuggets from every experience

-       Steps in the rebuilding phase: Where do you begin?

-       How to gain trust with a broken team: Where do you start?

-       Where the S&C field failed it’s colleagues and how to rebuild it

-       Coaches bashing coaches: Why do we do this?

-       Progressing the field and giving back

-       Progress doesn’t pour from an empty cup: How to stay sharp

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