Episode No. 8
The Mind Game of Leadership: A Coach’s Perspective on Winning at Life and Legacy
This episode of Owning Your Legacy has Laurette speaking with Robert Pomazak, or “Coach Pom” as he is known by the players of St. Charles North High School, where he serves as head football coach. Coach Pom talks about how he answers the call to be a leader and everything that entails. He discusses his highs and lows as a coach and as a leader—from making a positive difference in the lives he touches to what he calls the “Leadership Gut Punch.”
Join us for a discussion about the importance of sports during formative years, the difficulty and crucial nature of building trust, the overlap between business and sports leadership, and the unique challenges of running an organization where you are the only real constant.
In this episode of Owning Your Legacy:
🦋 Overlap between leadership qualities for sports and business
🦋 How to cope with the hard moments as a leader
🦋 Why it’s so important to create key “moments” for the people you lead
🦋 Building something that people truly need in their lives
🦋 Coach Pom’s approach to cultivating the next generation of leaders
