Globetrottin ADs - S3E11 - Nathan Whitaker and Coach Development

Nick and Matt are honored to have a multiple #1 New York Times bestselling author joining them. Nathan Whitaker was a two sport college athlete who became a lawyer and worked in football administration for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, even winning a Super Bowl ring. Now as a full time speaker and author Nathan has had 11 books on the bestseller list and has started to work with international schools on coach development. To kick the episode off Nathan shares some stories about how he got to be an author. From playing football under Steve Spurrier to shifting into the corporate world and then transitioning into writing. There are some great wisdom shared about dealing with adversity as well as a funny story about a cookie bouquet His top 3 book recommendations are’ Quiet Strength, Soul of a Team and Snap Decision. The last one being the only one not on Nicks book shelf yet. The meat of the episode focuses on coach development and the program that Nathan ran with Chris Mott and coaches at the International School Bangkok. Regardless of what the program is, Nick talks about the importance of having one program that all coaches at a school work on together so they can have a common language and be able to discuss and work through that program together. The 7 topics of Nathans program for ISB were; Mindset of a Leader, 7 Es of Developing Leaders, Soul of a Team, Exploring Motivation, Championship Resilience, Talking to Ourselves and Affecting Meaningful Change. However, Nathan shares how that can be customized for individual situations and students. For the  full document CLICK HERE With a possible conference in Thailand in the fall Nathan may get a lot more international experience very soon. After an add break from our sponsors Kukri Sports and Coach Evaluator but before we wrap up Nathan talks about his Florida highlights - Gators and Disney. If you would like to find out more about Nathan or talk to him about setting up a program at your schools please reach out to him at one of these links…. https://nathanwhitaker.com/ https://twitter.com/nathanwhitaker https://www.facebook.com/nathancwhitaker To connect with Matt & Nick and find out more… Visit their website: GlobetrottinADs.com Email them: [email protected] Twitter: twitter.com/Nick_GTADs & twitter.com/MattF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlobetrottinADs