The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Our Great Coach on this episode is Lisa Alexander.Lisa Alexander was the coach of the Australian Netball team, known as the Diamonds, from 2011 to 2020. She finished her tenure with an 81% winning record.Her coaching journey started in country Victoria, before she progressed to coach the Melbourne Phoenix in the national competition, taking the team to two title wins in 2002 and 2003.She was appointed head coach of the Australian U21 netball team in 2006. Lisa coached the Australian National team for 102 matches; winning 83 of those games. She oversaw gold medal successes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Netball World Cup, as well as silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 Netball World Cup.Key QuestionsWhat is the trademark that defines your organisation?What the role do you play in shaping the expectations of the people you lead?How do you approach socializing with your team?If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on the Episode is rugby's Dwayne NestorDwayne is an Australian professional rugby coach with over 14 years coaching elite level rugby. He's the current Head Coach of the Australian Women’s International Rugby Team, the Wallaroos.In 2016, he coached the Perth Spirit to a Championship and joined the coaching staff of the Wallaroos, the Australian Women’s International Rugby Team in 2017 becoming their Head Coach in 2018.Outside of Rugby, Dwayne is a strong advocate for the development of coaches and individuals through his organisation SiSu Life, where he specialises on the mental development of athletes and professionals in creating high performance mindsets. Dwayne's website: https://www.sisulife.com.au/The key highlights for me were:the way he talked about respect in the context of the individual, team and society; his views on mindset and how it relates to how you value the ball and the way he lets the individual players choose the time of day for their selection meetings with him. It left me with the questions:What level of respect is evident in my team and organization? And what more can be done to enhance it?And what routines I can help people with to create the suit of armour Dwayne talks about the end to in his words “ protect yourself against self-doubt.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.