This is part 1 of a 3-part series with Coach Rebekah Gold. Today we cover leadership basics including:

Humility and learning outside your field

Rebekah is going into her 3rd year as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of North Texas, where she is directly responsible for the Softball and Women’s Soccer teams, as well as the internship coordinator.  Prior to UNT, Rebekah was the Director of Olympic Sport Performance at Southern Methodist University, and served in Associate Director roles at both the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and Arkansas State University.She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Strength and Conditioning from UW-Oshkosh in December of 2012.  She went on to intern with the Sports Performance staff at Marquette University. In the fall of 2013, Rebekah began her Graduate Assistantship with the Strength and Conditioning staff at The Citadel – The Military College of South Carolina.  She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Leadership in the summer of 2015.

• Resources – Leadership library

• Patrick Lencioni

• The 5 dysfunctions of a team

• The Hard Hat

• Good to Great

• Dare to Lead

• TED talks

• https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

• Conscious Coaching

• The life of Jesus – Matthew 20:26 “Not so with you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant.”