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 Focus3, discusses accountability in a football program in today’s podcast.

Show notes

• 1:51   How much a team’s attitude can change from week to week
• 3:35   Leading men in battle and how it applies to football
• 5:45   How leadership skills are developed
• 7:30   How to create your own energy
• 10:20   Accountability never works in isolation
• 16:00   Why the right thing to do isn’t always clear
• 18:05   What accountability is
• 22:30   Why coaches should redefine accountability for their teams
• 25:00   Reward alignment and create discomfort for misalignment
• 29:15   How to utilize accountability properly
• 35:30   Reward based on what players like, not what you like
• 40:05   Social discomfort is the most effective form of discomfort
• 43:30   Kight’s National Conference speech and USA Football partnership

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