The importance of having a great coach:
The importance of outstanding coaches has been visible in
Olympic and professional sports for decades. At these
levels of performance, physical ability is certainly
important, but the difference between competitors is very
small. The primary difference between being the champion
and the loser is mental.
Both Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug left Bela Karolyi
as their head coach, only to return to him when they
found no one else could bring out so much of their potential.
The Olympic competitors to Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou
Retton and Kerri Strug were all as physically talented,
but the common factor for these Olympic gymnastic
champions was Bela Karolyi who elevated their mental
abilities above those of their opponents.
The value of a great coach:
The owner of the San Francisco 49’ers, Eddie De Bartolo
Jr., wanted to win Super Bowls, knew he had players as
great as those of other NFL teams and knew the value of
an outstanding head coach. He first hired Bill Walsh and
then George Seifert. As a result, from 1981 to 1994 the
49’ers won 5 Super Bowl Championships, more than any
other team in history. Three were under Head Coach Bill
Walsh (two of them back-to-back) and two were under
Head Coach George Seifert. The peak mental perform-
ance concepts utilized at Performance Unlimited were
learned directly from the mental coach that worked with
Walsh's Super Bowl winning teams. These mental tech-
niques were reapplied to George Seifert's Super Bowl
winning teams.
After the last 49’ers Super Bowl win, the frustrated
Denver Broncos realized the value of a head coach and
hired George Seifert's understudy, Mike Shanahan, the
offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl winning 49’ers.
After being with the 49'ers, Head Coach Shanahan knew
how to win Super Bowls and took the Broncos to win two
Super Bowls, back-to-back.
The hallmark of a great Head Coach:
Repeated successes with different athletes is the what
distinguishes outstanding coaches like those above and
Vince Lombardi, winner of Super Bowls I & II (back-
to-back). “He focused on teamwork and understood
that if you treat people with respect and treat them like
winners, they will perform as winners. The cornerstone
of Vince Lombardi's teaching methods were commitment,
sacrifice, and mental toughness, three attributes which
continue to be stressed by many of today's successful
coaches and by many successful business people as well,”
according to his son, Vince Lombardi, Jr.
Don Shula holds a unique record among the great coaches
with repeated victories. He is the only NFL coach to ever
win game after game to achieve a perfect winning season
ending in a Super Bowl victory. Together, all of these great
coaches are responsible for 10 of 33 Super Bowl Champions.
Top Performers Seek Great Head Coaches:
Just as Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug left other coaches
to return to Bela, Michael Jordan knew that only his
Head Coach Phil Jackson, winner of three NBA back-
to-back championships, could bring out the ultimate
potential within Michael. Consequently, when Phil
decided to leave the Chicago Bulls, Michael choose to leave
the sport saying he would not play for any other coach.
A Great “Head” Coach’s Function:
The successes of all of these outstanding Head Coaches are
demonstrations of the proven psychological concepts for
achieving peak personal performance and peak experiences
presented on this site. In this regard, a “Head” coach's
primary functions are:
Build self-esteem to increase performance
Build personal belief in achievement of success
Orchestrate continuous improvement in quality of
performance
Elevate performance to achieve realization of full
potential resulting in peak experiences of self-
actualization
Why have a personal “head” coach:
A personal coach is necessary to accelerate your achieve-
ment of personal and business goals. As Dr. Edward
Deming, originator of Total Quality Management,
observed: “A system can not know itself. You must have
an observer to see what you cannot see.” A great coach
not only observes, but identifies opportunities to improve
performance that accelerates and/or increases achieve-
ment of goals. Even more important, an outstanding coach
maintains an environment that fosters strong self-motivation.
If so, now is the time to give your goals and
dreams the advantage that personal
coaching will provide you. Together,
using the same proven psychological
concepts, we can fulfill your true potential
and you can enjoy the life that will result
from your achievements. Weekly tele-
phone coaching sessions will enable us to
mentor you to realizing your full potential.
Through these sessions, your reports of
activity and results achieved towards your
goal will allow “observation” of your
performance. Based on your progress and
your specific goals, specific behaviors and
activities will be prescribed for your action
in the coming week. This coaching format
has proven successful for over 40 years to
create new peak performance behaviors.
For our personal coaching relationship to
be successful for you, very strong rapport
and trust between us is necessary to enable
absolute honesty at all times. To determine
whether or not we have the potential to
establish that level of trust and rapport we
need to have two 30 minute “get acquainted”
coaching sessions. Both of these sessions
will be FREE. When we determined that
we are “compatible,” you will find that
your investment in your future success
and achievements will be very small in
comparison to rewards and enjoyment
you will receive from the results.
TO GET STARTED ON YOUR
ACCELERATED ROAD TO SUCCESS,
SETUP YOUR 2 FREE INITIAL
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