The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk 206: Sam Walker - The Hidden Force That Creates The World's Greatest Teams
Episode 206: Sam Walker - The Hidden Force That Creates The World's Greatest Teams: Captains
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- The 7 Traits of Elite Captains:
- Extreme doggedness and focus in competition, often to the point of madness
- A tendency to play aggressively up to, and often beyond, the limits of the rules
- A willingness to do thankless jobs in the shadow of more acclaimed teammates
- A bias against making big speeches in favor of continuous practical communication
- A talent for displaying their commitment and motivating teammates through aggressive nonverbal means
- An unwavering commitment to defend their principles and speak truth to power
- The presence of a "kill switch" for shutting off emotion when it's not useful
- Studying the moment when teams went from good to great
- Why LeBron James is a unicorn
- "His model of leadership is completely new."
- Relation to the business world -- Some of the greatest leaders don't think they deserve the title (job title or to be captain) -- Tim Duncan & Yogi Berra
- The rituals of Tim Duncan
- Short conversations with each teammate
- Great facial expressions
- Effective messaging
- Never giving big speeches
- How to be a charismatic connector like Tim Duncan
- Great captains (and leaders) are not "yes men." They defend their principles and speak truth to power
- Jack Lambert purposely left blood on his jersey as a message to his team -- Great captains have a talent for displaying their commitment and motivating teammates through aggressive nonverbal means
- The ability to develop "emotional maturity." A measured approach
- As Liz Wiseman said "Great leaders have a buffer between the stimulus and their response"
- They are able to build resilience
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