Battlefields and Ballfields: Leadership Lessons on Transitions, Reflections, and Narratives

About this episode

Josh Cox and Derin McMains discuss leadership lessons from recent episodes of 'No Show Dogs' and their applications in various fields.

ReliaQuest performance coaches Josh Cox and Derin McMains reflect on "No Show Dogs" episodes from the last two months, and discuss how those leadership lessons discussed have shown up on battlefields and ballfields. Cox is a retired US Navy SEAL and McMains is a former professional baseball player and coach. You'll hear them discuss: How training and defined core values can speed up the transition into leadershipConducting post-performance team reflections that drive growthTelling yourself be...

People in this episode

Host: Derin McMains

Guest: Josh Cox

Topics covered

• leadership
• transitions
• reflections
• team growth
• core values

Keywords

• leadership lessons
• transitions
• team reflections
• core values
• performance coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ReliaQuest, US Navy

Books & works: No Show Dogs

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