Battlefields and Ballfields: Leadership Lessons on Courage, Standards, and Alignment

About this episode

Josh Cox and Derin McMains discuss leadership lessons from their experiences in the military and sports.

ReliaQuest performance coaches Josh Cox and Derin McMains reflect on past "No Show Dogs" episodes, and discuss how those leadership lessons have shown up on battlefields and ballfields. Cox is a retired US Navy SEAL and McMains is a former professional baseball player and coach. In this episode, you'll hear them discuss: Courage is a skill you can buildStandards only matter if they're enforcedAlignment wins at the highest levelsReliaQuest exists to Make Security Possible, allowing security te...

People in this episode

Host: Derin McMains

Guest: Josh Cox

Topics covered

• leadership
• courage
• standards
• alignment
• military
• sports

Keywords

• leadership lessons
• courage
• standards
• alignment
• military
• sports
• performance coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ReliaQuest, US Navy

Books & works: No Show Dogs

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