Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. This podcast will occur weekly throughout the season, focusing on issues that teams face during the season. Kight, the CEO of Focus 3, discusses trust in today’s podcast.

Show notes

• 2:24 Football and coaching are commodities
• 4:16 Why does trust matter?
• 6:37 Coaches need to build trust to push players
• 8:26 Operating out of compliance
• 11:21 Titles don’t earn trust
• 15:05 Trust creates honest conversations
• 16:33 Trust comes from character, competence, and connection
• 21:04 Every behavior delivers an experience that increases or decreases trust
• 26:20 Years of experience does not matter
• 31:15 Identify your character
• 32:17 Attitudes, actions and words
• 36:03 When stakes are high, trust is more important

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