ASCA Podcast #64 - Brett Bartholomew

Brett Bartholomew is a keynote speaker, performance coach & consultant, best-selling author, and Founder of Art of Coaching™. His experience includes working with athletes both in the team environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces and members of Fortune 500 companies. Brett is also a self-published, best-selling, author of Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-in. Taken together, Brett has coached a diverse range of athletes from across 23 sports worldwide, at levels ranging from youth athletes to Olympians. He’s supported numerous Super Bowl and World Series Champions, along with several professional fighters in both professional boxing as well as the UFC. QUOTES “Whenever you try to prove how smart you are, it degrades the message” “People think communication is some nebulous activity but when they see the research, they are like oh my god!” “Communication is a complex goal orientation process” “There is no better term for communication than social agility” “Influence is the essence of leadership” “If you want people to achieve better outcomes, you have to work out how to reach them” SHOWNOTES 1) Brett’s backstory and research 2) The process of communication and its eight different components 3) Using the components of communication to assess and reverse engineer how to communicate effectively 4) Different types of influence tactics: hard, soft, exchange, personal appeal, collaboration, coalition, and rational tactics 5) Knowing when to use these different tactics and the situational context required for each