Between Two Beers Podcast Owen Eastwood: The Unconventional Kiwi Coaching The World's Greatest Teams
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Jan 25, 2026 Owen Eastwood, a performance coach and best-selling author who builds culture and belonging for elite sports teams and organisations. He discusses immersive three-month listening, using whakapapa and Ubuntu to unite teams, emotional leadership work that moved NATO leaders, and how identity-first coaching reshapes clubs like Chelsea and national sides.
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Listen First, Speak Later
- Spend time observing and listening before prescribing change; take roughly three months to learn a team.
- Talk to players individually about environment and barriers rather than probing personal therapy topics.
Harry Kane Rewrote The Bar
- Harry Kane confronted a performance plan that set quarterfinals as 'success' and told anyone who believed that to leave.
- His public insistence on winning shifted team belief and standards immediately.
Leadership Is Tested By Motive
- Great leaders signal they want the group's success more than their own career progress.
- Players detect self-interest quickly and disengage, so genuine care is a core leadership currency.
