Learn the art and science of giving effective feedback with Nate’s 10 tips for success.  In this episode of Leadership Chalk Talk, Nate walks through the decorated 20+ year career of Lebron James … giving him effective feedback at every stop along the way.  From his rookie year, to “The Decision,” to the loss to Dallas, to the 3-1 comeback, the Bubble Championship, and many stops in between, Nate shows how a consistent feedback framework will enable your team to truly hear your, to trust you, and to improve their future performance. 
 
 We relive Lebron’s career across his four main chapters — Cleveland, Miami, Cleveland II, and Los Angeles — and “exchange” feedback on the highest highs, and lowest lows.  If you’ve been avoiding giving your team feedback, or have been doing it, but not effectively, this is a must listen to elevate your Leadership Game.  You'll walk away with both practical tips, and the confidence you need to give your team feedback like a highly effective leader.
 
 Many leaders never master this skill: get ahead now by learning the secrets to giving effective feedback.

Side bar:  here is the Rust Belt Rivals Podcast I mentioned in the show for NFL and Fantasy Football fans. High recommend!

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Servant Leadership is one of the highest forms of leadership, and in some cases, an unattainable aspiration.  In this week's episode, Nate provides a simple definition of Servant Leadership, then pulls in relevant examples from businesses and sports to bring it to life in a practical way.  Featured "guests" include Bo Ryan of the Wisconsin Badgers, Bruce Arians of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Mike Tomlin and Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Servant Leadership is a journey that requires a "reconditioning" of the brain that is naturally wired to be self-serving.  Tune in to take your first step towards a better career, and a better life.

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Without leadership consistency, it's hard to build trust within your team.  In the first "Emergency Podcast" edition of Leadership Chalk Talk, Nate examines the recent events surrounding Deshaun Watson's suspension and compares that to other suspensions levied during Roger Goodell's tenure as commissioner of the NFL.   The inconsistencies in previous cases led to strange precedents which were the basis for the 6 game suspension and subsequent appeal.  As Rich Eisen explains in a radio interview, "it's a mess."

Nate points out several missed leadership opportunities throughout this situation:  First, the challenges of Authoritarian Leadership.  Next, creating a reactive vision for an organization (i.e. "Protect the Shield"), and lastly the interplay between leadership consistency and transparency.  You might be able to skip one of the two, but definitely not both!  This was a challenging episode to maintain Ground Rule #2:  Learn don't Burn.

Finally, Nate wraps up with a simple episode challenge that will improve your consistency and the trust within your team.   Subscribe and listen to become a better leader

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If you want to learn how to be a great leader, there's no one better to listen to than Tiffany Haley.  Nate interviews and converses with his mentor, former leader, and friend about a wide range of  leadership topics, and draws out the nuggets you can put into practice right away.

Nate reveals how one of their conversations from almost a decade ago planted the seed for what would eventually become Leadership Chalk Talk.   The LCT Origin Story began in Tiffany's Office. 

In this free-flowing conversation about how to be a great leader, Nate and Tiffany touch on ...

• Knowing you are ready for the moment
• A higher order empathy skill, and how Tiffany developed it in a most unusual way 
• Lessons from Serena Williams, including both emotional control and graciously allowing others to have *their* moment
• Simon Biles's leadership moment, and a reminder to "be curious, and not judgemental"
• Being authentic, even when you're Shaqin' a Fool
• Quick Pick, featuring Tom Brady vs Aaron Rodges, feedback vs coaching, MJ vs Lebron, and more
• Athlete and leadership advocacy on social issues
• Women in leadership and an incredibly practical and powerful tip for all Ally's
• And finally, Tiffany gives the Episode Challenge 

Tune in to be inspired and learn how to be a better leader.

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Situational Leadership is an easy concept to understand.  It's about adapting your style to meet the needs of the situation, and more importantly the people. 

But if it's so easy, then why do so many College Football coaches struggle to adapt to the NFL?  And why do so many first time leaders struggle to adapt from peer to manager?  Because there's a big difference between knowing, and doing. 

Nate begins by defining situational leadership for you in a personalize way -- by asking you to look internally at your own preferred style, and then challenging you to think about how difficult it would be to flex out of it.  From there, he illustrates how Urban Meyer struggled to do just this, and how a comment in his introductory press conference might have tipped us off.

Later in the episode, Nate examines Steve Nash's transition from player right into Head Coach, and compares that to the transition from a peer to leader.  He then drops his 3 best tips for successfully transitioning into a leadership role, before leaving you with the episode challenge.

Tune in to hear more and learn how to become a situational leader.

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Coaching in sports and coaching in business are two completely different things.  If you grew up around sports like Nate did, it might have taken you a much longer time to truly understand professional coaching than it should have.  In fact, you still might not even know.

But don't worry, we have your back.  We'll teach you what professional coaching is, and how to get started doing it today.

We start off the episode by examining a clip between John Harbaugh and Lamar Jackson where the coach actually asks the player if he wants to go for it on 4th down.  This serves as an analogy to professional coaching: instead of telling someone what to do, you ask them questions and guide them to their own solution.  This doesn't happen often in sports, but when it does, it's usually a big deal.  Like in Superbowl LII when Nick Foles famously called "Philly Special" to catch a touchdown at the end of the first half.  

In the next segment, we listen to Steve Kerr talk about not calling a timeout at the end of a game down one.  Steve explains that they knew they wanted to run action with Steph Curry and Draymond Green, and didn't need to call timeout to go over it.  This was an interesting analogy to coaching someone to be autonomous without needing their help -- one of the ultimate goals of professional coaching.

Finally, Nate walks through the G-R-O-W model for effective coaching, and provides an example to bring it to life for you.

Tune in to finally understand professional coaching once and for all, and set yourself on a path to being a coach.

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Self-development can feel like a lot of extra work.  That's why Leadership Chalk Talk uses interesting stories and sound bites from the world of sports to make leadership development fun.  Whether you're an avid sports fan, or just someone that occasionally gets drawn into a sports movie, tune in to Chalk Talk to grow your career and become a better leader. 

The world needs more leaders.  And it's never been easier for you to become one of them

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Feedback is the gift that guides us on the path to our full potential.  So why do so many of us reject it, get defensive about it, and leave valuable information like that just sitting on the table?

The episode kicks off by giving some background around feedback and why we tend to dismiss it.  Nate explains "Truth Triggers" and "Relationship Triggers" thanks to the great work of Sheila Heen and Doug Stone in their book Thanks for the Feedback.  He also talks about the psychology of "wanting to be accepted" and how feedback can often fly in the face of that.  To help you baseline your starting point, you assess yourself on a 5-point scale of how well you receive feedback:

• Level 1:  Scrub
• Level 2:  Back-up
• Level 3:  Starter
• Level 4:  All Star
• Level 5:  All Pro / MVP

In the next segment, we analyze Kevin Durant's twitter feed to illustrate the impact of truth triggers.  In short, if you want to learn how to receive feedback like an all pro, you have to avoid the temptation to explain your truth ... even when it really is the truth.  

In segment three, we examine Michael Jordan's reaction to Charles Barkley's feedback from 2012 ... and make the case that The GOAT is actually ... a Scrub (when it comes to receiving feedback).

Finally, Nate uses ground rule #3 (Attitude of Gratitude) to commend Draymond Green and his "new-media" podcast, which enables us to examine his reaction to the "feedback" he received in the 4th quarter of game 4 of the NBA Finals.

Tune in to learn more about these NBA Legends as they teach us how to receive feedback like an all pro. 

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Allen Iverson famously said "Practice" over twenty times during his press conference in May of 2002.  It's been listened to, quoted, analyzed, written about, and debated millions of times.  There have even been stories and books written to explain why the press conference wasn't really about what we all thought it was.  

But never before have those 30 minutes been carefully dissected to identify the leadership lessons we all would benefit from learning.  Until now.

To set the stage, Nate gives the full context of what led up to the press conference.  The year after the Sixers made the NBA Finals, they only managed to grab a 6 seed, which led to a first round loss to the Boston Celtics.  After the loss, speculation about Iverson leaving the team and increasing frustration between he and Coach Larry Brown began to percolate.  The press conference was meant to squash all those rumors and begin the anticipation for a bounce-back year in 2003.  But things didn't go exactly according to plan.

Nate carefully analyzes Iverson's quotes, and the questions and reactions of the reporters in the room at the time to draw out the learnings.  He counts down his list of eight leadership lessons that were hidden in plain sight.  You'll learn about the importance of vulnerability, feedback equity, creating a compelling vision for your team, and so much more.  Allen Iverson may have said "Practice" 22 times, but if you listen closely enough, he was really talking about psychological safety and load management.  And he was doing it a whole decade before the rest of the world was.

Tune in to learn how Iverson was a visionary ahead of his time, and the 8 leadership lessons you probably missed when he was talking about practice.  As Nate explains in the episode's conclusion, the world needs more leaders right now.  It's never been easier or more fun to join the movement than listening to this episode.

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What do you do when you disagree with someone?  Whether that is about a project at work or a political point of view with a family member?  Do you avoid the conversation completely, or argue your point until you win?

Many people avoid conversations all the time because they don't want to create conflict.  Or, they boldly and recklessly speak their mind using the protection of "just being honest."    Leaders don't do either.  They run towards the conflict they see, and disarm it using a combination of empathy and skillful technique.  They have productive conversations.

In this episode, Nate examines one of the most challenging conversation in sports right now -- the inclusion of transgender athletes -- to prove the point that true leaders can hold productive conversations, with anyone, about anything.  Specifically, he dives into the situation around Lia Thomas, the first transgender athlete to win a Division I NCAA National Championship.  This landmark moment has some people celebrating advancements in inclusion, while others are crying foul in the spirit of fairness.  

Tune in to learn the Ask-Share-Ask framework, which will enable you to have a productive conversation even when the topic is as challenging as this one.  Step up to the plate for this week's challenge, "Three Swings," and you'll be prepared to have any conversation ... with anyone ... about anything.

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