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New Episode - Mike Dunlap
unlocking the insights of leadership from the lessons of high-performance sport coaches
We explore leadership through the lens of high-performance sport by interviewing Great Coaches from around the world to try and find ideas to help all of us lead our families, our colleagues, and our teams better.
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Mike is a highly respected basketball coach who has led teams in US College, the NBA, and the NBL in Australia. He began as a College Assistant in 1980 and became the Head Coach of Cal Lutheran in 1989. In 1994, Mike moved to Australia and led the Adelaide 36ers. He then returned to the USA in 1997, coaching Metro State to National Championships in 2000 and 2002. |  |
In 2006, he joined the NBA as an Assistant with the Denver Nuggets before becoming the Head Coach of the University of Arizona. In 2011, he was chosen by Michael Jordan to lead the Charlotte Bobcats.
In 2020, Mike returned to the NBA as an Assistant Coach with the Milwaukee Bucks helping them to their first NBA Championship in 2021.
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In our last newsletter we asked for your response to the question “what area of feedback do you find most difficult?” Our poll showed an clear bias toward “Providing feedback with adequate examples” closely followed by “Asking staff for feedback”.
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In this fantastic article, Head Coach of the Florida Panthers Ice Hockey team, Paul Maurice; talks about how he changed his use of video as a teaching tool and found "we were getting results and seeing more success when we were showing more positive clips." read the full article here; https://es.pn/3XDNf0z |  Paul Maurice |
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