Shane Jurgensen
Our great coach on this episode is Shane Jurgensen. Shane Jurgensen is a former cricketer who played for Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and Horsham, Sussex in the UK. He started coaching while still an athlete in his early 20s, eventually becoming the bowling coach for New Zealand in 2008. From there, he had successful roles […]
Daring Greatly: Vulnerability, Mentorship, and Defending the Island with Scott Roth
There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. In this episode, we sit down with Scott Roth, the inaugural head coach of the Tasmanian JackJumpers, who famously led a newly formed expansion team to the NBL Grand Final in their first year and to a championship […]
Scott Roth
Our great coach on this episode is Scott Roth. Scott Roth is a former basketball player who played 160 NBA games with the Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves. His playing career also took him to Spain, Turkey and Greece. As a coach, he has led teams in Spain, the he Dominican Republic […]
Truth Over Harmony: Navigating the Complexities of Leadership with Chantal Valle
There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. In this episode, Canadian National Championship-winning basketball coach and author Chantall Vallée discusses her book Dare to Win and shares her unique perspective as a researcher who transitioned directly into a highly successful sports practitioner. She unpacks the […]
Chantal Valle
Chantal Vallée completed her masters thesis on Coaching leadership. She then set about putting her knowledge into action by taking over one of the worst basketball programs at a Canadian University, the University of Windsor lancers. Over 6 gruelling years she took the team from, in her words, worst to first; ultimately winning five consuective […]
Gilbert Enoka: Leading From Who You Are
Gilbert Enoka on Becoming Unstoppable: Coaching, Vulnerability, Belonging, and High-Performance Leadership. There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. In this episode, Paul Barnett and Jonathan Cole sit down with legendary mental skills and performance coach Gilbert Enoka (Bert) to unpack the core philosophies behind his […]
Gilbert Enoka
Our great coach on this episode is Gilbert Enoka. Gilbert Enoka is a mental skills coach who has worked with some of the world’s great teams, including Chelsea FC, The English Cricket Team, The New Zealand cricket team, The Silver Ferns – the New Zealand Netball team, the Canterbury Crusaders Rugby Team and most notably […]
The Intersection of Psychology and Elite Sports Coaching with Professor Adam R Nicholls
There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. Our guest on this episode is Professor Adam R. Nicholls from the Department of Sport, Health, and Exercise Science at the University of Hull, UK. Adam is a leading researcher in stress, appraisal, and coping among athletes, having […]