Are You Actually Leading?
What Eisenhower knew that most coaches never learn
Coaching Compass
Content meant to inspire reflection on what it means to lead humans as coaches and performance specialists in high-performance sport and esports environments.
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It is All About Who You Know
Connecting versus Networking
You Don’t Need the Whole Staircase, Just the Next Step
What Jim Collins’ “Simplex Stepping” Teaches About Building a Coaching Career
The Loneliness Nobody Warns Coaches About
Why isolation at the top is a professional liability, not just a feeling
The Leadership Cost of Running on Empty
What Six Months of Grinding Without Looking Up Actually Costs
How Do You Lead Someone When the Relationship Is Damaged?
Two coaches, two star players, two very different answers
The Real Cost of Learning New Things
What Two Weeks of Potty Training Taught Me About How We Teach
Meaning Is a Performance Variable
On faith, shared ritual, and what the All Blacks understood that most teams still don’t
Three Coaching Stories from the 2026 FIFA World Cup
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup well underway, there have been countless interesting coaching decisions and situations.
The Coach They Would Cancel Today
On Toni Nadal, Carlos Moya, and what old-school coaching still gets right
The Conversation Nobody Wants to Start
On the leadership skill that comfort slowly trains out of you
Ten Things Pep Guardiola Taught the Coaching World
Lessons from the greatest manager of his generation
How to Coach Fight
What Wooden understood that most coaches won’t admit
The Credential Trap
Why craft alone will never be enough
How to Coach a Red Head
What to give a player when they can’t control what just happened
What Counts as Professional Development?
Why the best coaching education is often the least obvious
The Other Half of Feedback
What you affirm shapes performance as much as what you correct
The Space After the Coach Speaks
Why silence might be the most underused move in a coach’s playbook
#3 Jack Birtwhistle — From Rugby to Esports — The Career Move That Scared Me
In this episode, Jack Birtwistle shares his journey from performance psychology in traditional sports to high-performance coaching in esports.
#2 Cody Royle — Content Is The Business
Cody Royle shares his unconventional journey from head coach to mentor for other coaches, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, niche focus, and content creation in building a coaching practice.
The Part of Coaching Nobody Practises
Why your message isn’t landing the way you intend