Thursday, March 5, 2020

Basketball: Bus Analogies Apply to Collaborative Coaching


It's not about the bus. It's about passengers, different and special. 


Jim Collins wrote, “People are not your most important asset.  The right people are.”  He added that leaders "get the wrong people off the bus."

 The late Jack Welch emphasized five qualities for team leaders, our bus drivers: 

 - Positive energy
- Energizing others 
- Decision-making courage
- Execution 
- Passion

 Jon Gordon's The Energy Bus extends the bus analogy, saying "no energy vampires allowed." 
Jon Gordon - No Energy Vampires Allowed from Michael G. Barrett on Vimeo.

 The bus driver doesn't control the schedule or which passengers choose to get on the bus. But she controls how she drives the bus, how she treats the passengers. "You can’t control who gets on your bus. Sometimes it will be people you like a lot – people who are quite pleasant, or just quiet. Sometimes it will be people who grumble or criticize or try to tell you how to do your job."

There's a lot to be said for being a good driver. Serve and remember, "Drivers don't have the right to throw people under the bus."

Summary: 

 - It's not about the bus.
- "People are not your most important asset.  The right people are."
- "Get the wrong people off the bus."
- Control how you drive the bus.
- Have positive energy and energize others.
- Don't throw people under the bus. 

Lagniappe 1: Have a sense of where you are. 
Lagniappe 2: High basketball IQ is like having a high performance car.
Lagniappe 3: 
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