Ep 81: Chris Bullen - Coach development, living your values and asking great questions

“Everyone is a hero in life, everyone's got a story to tell, everyone's had to face and overcome adversity. And on that basis, being kind just seems like an obvious thing to do.”  This conversation in with Chris Bullen, a leader in coach development at High Performance Sport New Zealand.Chris has been working in education and sport for 45 years.In that time, he's provided education for coaches across a wide range of team and individual sports, coached Badminton at the highest level, and taught in a number of schools, including time in the East End of London in the 1970's.In this conversation, Chris and I go deep into the art of coaching, including;Being kind and showing empathy;The importance of authenticity in Chris' work;How to provide meaningful coach development experiences;Testing assumptions;Being a purposeful (grand)parent;Changing the sporting culture in schools;The coach-athlete relationship and the importance of establishing a connection;Living your values;Being mindful about your behaviours;Talent development and how we can spend our time, money and effort wisely;The subtly of asking great questions;Why change is so hard; andThe value of attention in a highly distracted world.If you enjoy the show, please subscribe with your favourite podcast app. We’d also encourage you to head over to iTunes and give the show a rating as it helps us to share the show with more people.Thanks so much for listening!Support the show