Unlocking Human Potential: The Gordon Tietjens Approach
All Blacks Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens on relentless preparation, selecting for character, and building trust with players.
Sir Gordon Tietjens
Gordon Tietjens is the former coach of the New Zealand men’s national team in rugby sevens; the All Blacks Sevens. He started coaching the team in 1994 and had immediate success winning the Hong Kong 7’s. He then went on to win the 7’s world series on a record 12 times. Along the way the […]
Behind the Coaching Curtain: A Conversation with Rodney Eade
AFL coach Rodney Eade on consistent messaging, bottom-up culture, and the courage to make hard decisions.
Rodney Eade
Rodney Eade is a four time premiership player in the Australian Football League. After retiring he started his coaching apprenticeship, and within 5 years was elevated into his first head coach role at the Sydney Swans, taking over from the legendary Ron Barassi in 1996. In his first year he took the time to the […]
The Art of Perseverance: Insights from Pokey Chatman
WNBA/college coach Pokey Chatman on relationships, second chances, and leading with emotional intelligence.
Pokey Chatman
Pokey Chatman started her coaching career as a student assistant in 1991 while finishing her degree at Louisiana state university. She then became an assistant coach, before becoming the teams head coach in 2004. As a head coach she had an immediate impact leading the team to 3 consecutive NCAA final fours. In 2007 she […]
Stuart Lancaster
Stuart Lancaster played Rugby for Leeds and was the first player to reach 100 games for the club. He transitioned into coaching in 2000 initially leading youth teams until he was appointed Head Coach of Leeds in 2007. From there he moved into coaching ngland teams before being appointed England Head coach in 2011. He […]
Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan is a former All-American college wrestler, and now coach of the Ohio State Wrestling team. During his collegiate wrestling career, he was a member of the University of Iowa 1991 and 1992 NCAA and Big Ten championship teams. He became a Head Wrestling coach at Hofstra University in New York in 1995 leading […]