High Clarity, High Performance | Billy Armstrong | Episode 472
Billy Armstrong hasn't just won four state championships in six years. He's become, in his own words, a completely different human being. In...
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20 of 474 episodesMistakes Transformational Coaches Make | Episode 471
A standard isn't a standard unless it's enforced. That's the line JP Nerbun keeps coming back to in this solo episode, his first since the p...
Coaching Big Personalities and Big Talent | Episode 470
LeBron James just left the Lakers for a shot at one more championship with the 76ers, and JP Nerbun, Betsy Butterick, and Nate Sanderson use...
The Case for Quitting: Building the Muscle to Let Go | Lindsay Crouse | Episode 469
What happens after you finally admit the grind stopped working? That is where part two of this conversation with journalist Lindsay Crouse p...
The Case for Quitting: Redefining What Counts as Courage | Lindsay Crouse | Episode 468
"Quit" might be the most forbidden word in sports. Journalist Lindsay Crouse says that's exactly the problem. Lindsay spent 15 years at The...
How to Get Your Captains Building a Team Everyone Wants to Be On | Culture Captain Level Four | Ep. 467
Are your three closest teammates a friend group, or a clique the rest of the roster feels shut out of? JP Nerbun, Betsy Butterick, and Nate...
Coach Development, Wellbeing, and Getting Out of Your Own Way | Zach Brandon Pt. 2 | Ep. 466
Most coaches have someone they pour into. Almost none of them have someone who pours back. In part two with Zach Brandon, JP and Zach go dee...
Building Trust and Mental Performance | Zach Brandon Pt. 1 | Ep. 465
Zach Brandon spent years inside one of the most pressure-filled environments in professional sports. The biggest thing he took away was not...
Why the Best Leaders Aren't the Loudest Ones | The Culture Captain: Level 3 | Episode 464
Every coach says they want more leaders. But most are picturing the wrong level entirely. JP Nerbun, Betsy Butterick, and Nate Sanderson unp...
Coach the Coach: How to Regulate Before You Lead | Dr. Jody Carrington | Episode 463
Dr. Jody Carrington says the most vulnerable emotion on the planet is not fear or grief. It is joy. In part two of her conversation with JP,...
Coach the Coach: How to Collect Before You Direct | Jody Carrington | Episode 462
If the big people aren't okay, the little people don't stand a chance. That is the idea psychologist Dr. Jody Carrington has built her caree...
The Hardest Part of Leading Yourself | The Culture Captain: Level Two | Episode 461
Is your best leader always your best teammate? JP Nerbun, Betsy Butterick, and Nate Sanderson are not so sure, and the answer says a lot abo...
The Mental Habits of Elite Coaches | Rustin Dodd & Elise Devlin, The Athletic | Episode 460
Making athletes work harder is one thing. Making athletes better is something else entirely — and Rustin Dodd draws that line clearly in thi...
The Mental Habits of Elite Athletes | Rustin Dodd & Elise Devlin, The Athletic | Episode 459
Most coaches spend their careers shaping athletes. Rustin Dodd and Elise Devlin spend theirs learning from them — and what they've found mig...
The Culture Captain: Building Leaders From the Inside Out | John O'Sullivan | Episode 458
JP Nerbun's 10-year-old daughter said something on the walk to the bus that stopped him cold: "She's climbing the mountain of achievement wi...
Identity, Influence, and the Leadership Nobody Told You Was Already Yours | Culture Captain: Level One | Episode 457
What does it mean to truly know yourself — not perform yourself, not brand yourself for public approval, but honestly know who you are at yo...
Coach The Person: The Science of Transformational Conversations | Marcia Reynolds | Episode 456
Most coaches think they're having conversations with their athletes. Marcia Reynolds says they're mostly just talking. In this episode, JP N...
The Art of Communication | Betsy Butterick | Episode 455
The Art of Communication: Finding Your Voice as a Coach JP Nerbun sits down with co-host Betsy Butterick to explore how intentional communic...
The Real Reason Your Team Isn't Bought In
🏆 What does "buy-in" actually mean and how do you build it as a leader? Every coach talks about buy-in. But most coaches struggle to define...
How to Build a Transformational Culture from Scratch | Father Mike Schmitz | Episode 453
What does transformational leadership actually look like in practice? Father Mike Schmitz, 15-year director of the Newman Center at UMD, sit...