Coaching Culture 437: The Essentialist Leader: Doing Less to Achieve More
Are you feeling the weight of a million "important" tasks? In this episode, JP Nerbun, Nate Sanderson, and Betsy Butterick dive into the concept of Essentialism in Leadership. We explore how to distinguish between mere stress and total overwhelm , why "function over fundamental" can transform your coaching , and how to decide what actually moves the needle for your team’s culture.
Timestamped Chapters:
0:00 - The "Million Things" Trap: Coaching in an Age of Information
3:30 - Stress vs. Overwhelm: Recognizing Systems Failure
5:50 - Navigating the Eisenhower Box: Urgency and Importance
8:30 - Why Coaches Get Fixated: The Illusion of Control
10:45 - Trade-offs and Lessons from a Ceramic Unicorn
16:40 - Function Over Fundamental: Letting Players Self-Organize
21:20 - Simplifying Culture: Why Your Team Needs Fewer Rules
25:35 - The Perspective Filter: "Will This Matter in a Year?"
30:10 - Listener Q&A: Navigating the Non-Compliant Senior
34:25 - The 5 C’s of Leadership: From Curiosity to Consequences
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