In this episode we apply lessons learned about leadership and teamwork to the role of the head coach (or leader of an organization).

We talk about teaching, setting the standard, and outlining roles for everyone in the organization.

These questions apply far beyond the football field and allow us to think about how we can best communicate and work with people on our teams.

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In this episode we apply lessons learned about leadership to teamwork.

We discuss how leaders can leverage their efforts, why every team's goal is to overcome adversity, and the work that leaders shouldn't be doing.

These questions apply far beyond the football field and allow us to think about how we can put our teams in the best place to succeed.

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In this episode we start where Bill Walsh starts in Finding the Winning Edge, leadership.

Why must every leader have a system of beliefs?

What qualities do successful leaders embody?

What happens if those qualities are lacking?

These questions apply far beyond the football field and allow us to think about leadership we encounter in our daily lives.

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In the season 4 of the 25th Hour Ideas podcast, we explore Bill Walsh's influential book Finding The Winning Edge. Episodes will focus on sections of his book including leadership, competition, and people. We'll take Walsh's principles of 1) having a singular focus on perfection and 2) viewing coaching as teaching and apply them to building a great team.

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Nicholas Conte has been up to a lot since our last episode two years ago. He’s the first return guest, and the wisdom shared here about being a better coach, teammate, and friend is invaluable.

Timestamps:
(1:40) What’s changed for us the past two years
(6:50) Perspective on coaching
(10:16) What keeps players and teams from reaching their potential?
(20:30) Being nice
(27:30) Building up others
(31:40) What we'd go back and change
(48:20) Being a good teammate
(54:10) Having a winning mindset
(1:05:40) 23rd Hour

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Tarun Sharma is a lawyer, early member of the Conduct Detrimental team, co-host of two podcasts, co-founder of the NIL clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, and so much more.

I loved hearing from Tarun about joining the Conduct Detrimental team, his passion for sports and sports law, relationship building, and a phenomenal success story about finding and developing a community of people passionate about the same thing.

Timestamps
(1:00) Background
(4:00) Takeaways from working in pro sports
(5:50) Relationship building
(9:22) What creates a fanbase
(10:35) Benefits of social media and online communities
(17:00) Conduct Detrimental
(23:40) Figuring out new social media platforms
(27:16) Benefits of consistency
(36:10) Importance of storytelling
(38:26) NIL and experiential learning
(46:40) 25th Hour

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Arjun Menon is another rising star in the football analytics community. He’s a research and development intern at Pro Football Focus, co-host of the Take the Points podcast, a prominent contributor to football analytics Twitter, an honorable mention at the 2023 Big Data Bowl... and he’s still in college.

I learned a lot from Arjun during this conversation about the difference between football and other pro sports when it comes to analytics, what the future will look like for publicly available data, the salary cap, and how to build an analytics staff from scratch.

Timestamps

(1:57) Getting into football analytics

(6:05) Exponentially growing reach

(9:07) Football analytics vs other pro sports

(11:35) Blending data with scouting

(13:55) Future of publicly available data

(18:09) Building a personal brand

(24:15) Future goals

(26:05) Building an analytics staff

(36:27) Salary cap

(42:40) 25th Hour

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Take The Points podcast
LinkedIn
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Tej Seth is a rising star in the football analytics community. He’s the newest data scientist at SumerSports, a prominent contributor to football analytics Twitter, and his group was recognized as an honorable mention at the 2023 Big Data Bowl.

I learned a lot from Tej during this conversation about how to think about data, what he looks for when watching a game, and the importance of associating your work with a personal brand.

Timestamps

(1:47) Combining analysis & public speaking

(3:30) Importance of personal brand

(5:15) Demonstrating your thought process

(10:20) Grit

(12:00) Entry to coding

(20:30) Consistency and podcasting

(24:50) What to watch for in a game

(27:00) Stability and misconceptions

(33:20) Self-scouting

(37:30) Educational content

(38:50) Measuring culture

(40:00) 25th Hour

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Take The Points podcast
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