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Humility Is Not Optional. It’s a Necessity.

Posted on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 by corydobbs

Part 1 “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” –C.S. Lewis As we descend deeper into a society characterized by polarization and division, cooperation is increasingly a curious characteristic. First, let me suggest that cooperation is a product of humility, a dispositional drive of a selfless ego. I introduce cooperation […]

Model the Way

Posted on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by corydobbs

How are you doing as a leader? The answer is how are the people you lead doing. Team leadership is not an easy role for many young student-athletes. Peer leadership is often psychologically uncomfortable and a social challenge. The desire to be liked has been the downfall of many adult leaders. So don’t gloss over […]

DAZED AND CONFUSED

Posted on March 15, 2018March 19, 2018 by corydobbs

TEAMWORK INTELLIGENCE: ROLE AMBIGUITY AND ROLE CONFLICT For over fifty years social psychologists have been studying role theory, especially the constructs of role ambiguity and role conflict. We have a great amount of knowledge on how people think, feel, and act in a wide-range of organizations and situations. Yet when it comes to leadership development […]

Coaching for Leadership Podcast

Posted on February 11, 2018March 14, 2018 by corydobbs

Jamy Bechler interviewed Dr. Dobbs for a Success is a Choice podcast. The topic was, of course, leadership and coaching for leadership. click here to listen: http://www.jamybechler.com/CoryDobbs Episode 053: Cory Dobbs, The Academy of Sports Leadership

The Freedom to Learn How to Lead

Posted on January 10, 2018February 11, 2018 by corydobbs

How to “Look at the Fish” (to Download, print, and distribute click here) In his classic book, The Freedom to Learn, Carl Rogers states that the only learning that significantly influences behavior is “self-discovered, self-appropriated” learning. Only when the learner perceives value—learning that the learner finds compelling and relevant to his or her own purposes—will a significant […]

Daily Team Building Goals

Posted on November 20, 2017November 22, 2017 by corydobbs

LEADERSHIP BITES: A COACHING FOR LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE Dr. Cory Dobbs, The Academy for Sport Leadership DAILY TEAM BUILDING GOALS What is your primary team building goal? I know you have an offensive and defensive system, and you work hard each and every day to improve them, but what are your relational team building objectives? Think […]