The Secrets to Winning with Dr. Bhrett McCabe

Authenticity is the essential foundation of good leadership. What makes us human - empathy, connection, our drive to accomplish something meaningful, our courage to innovate and capacity to learn from our mistakes - is also what makes us successful at work and in life. Julie McDonald - a great friend and trusted colleague - knows that understanding yourself and making decisions that are aligned with your core beliefs and values makes you more effective as an employee, a leader…and a human.

John Brannen is a rising star in the college basketball coaching ranks. Having just finished his first year at the University of Cincinnati and winning the regular-season American Athletic Conference championship (tournament and NCAA tournament canceled due to COVID-19), John is poised to do great things at a program who has experienced a ton of national success and is considered a storied program. I have been fortunate to work very closely with John since his time as an assistant coach to Anthony Grant at Alabama. After hearing this conversation, I bet you will become a big John Brannen fan as well!

Jason Glass is one of the world's best strength and conditioning specialists and is very highly sought after among professional athletes, most notably PGA Tour players. But it's not just the knowledge he has of getting bigger, faster, stronger, more explosive, more flexible, and the like. It's about how Jason connects with his players - the soft skills of a coach - they trust him, they respect him, and he knows what makes them tick. The information he shares in this episode can help you do the same.

This week's guest is Brittany Wagner, star of the hit Netflix show Last Chance U. I wanted to bring Brittany on to talk about the difficulties that COVID-19 presents to our education systems. Parents are having to juggle work responsibilities with serving as a "teacher" to their children during this time. Brittany offers some practical strategies for adults who are serving as teachers for their youngsters right now such as letting children develop their own schedule and adhere to it, give them the freedom to be who they are within a larger framework, and much more.

This week's guest is Martin Du Toit, former professional golfer and current golf instructor. To better embrace the world of technology, Martin developed an app for coaches and students to better communicate. He now serves as the CEO of the Golf Coach App The Golf Coach App, along with adjoining product, the Golf Stats Coach, is a great way for a golf coach to bring tremendous value and convenience to the student all from their mobile device.

The COVID-19 crisis has reached seemingly every walk of life. For sports, especially those played in spring and summer at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, the abrupt end to a season (and career for some) has led to coaches searching for answers. What do I tell my players? There is no blueprint for this, how am I supposed to handle it? I discussed these topics with a good friend of mine and a rising star in the DI collegiate baseball ranks - Justin Hill of McNeese State. Justin has led his team to the NCAA Tournament multiple times, but he, like all other coaches, are dealing with something unprecedented.

The impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the world. I wanted to bring on an old friend to talk about economic trends, the trickle-down effect, and the impact the sports world, both professional and collegiate, has felt and will continue to feel during this time.

This week's episode of The Secrets to Winning is the recording of a webinar I conducted recently discussing my steps to developing a winning coaching philosophy in the 21st century. In this episode, I take you through step-by-step and point out the 10 most important lessons I have learned from: 1. Playing for & working with the best coaches 2. Coaching world-class athletes 3. Building a high-performance organization