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Recently I attended a volunteer training for the Oasis House at which they presented a handout with skills for effective listening. Many people over the years have told me I’m a good listener, and yet I found myself challenged to become better at some of these skills.

Last weekend at the A Step Up symposium, Big East Associate Commissioner Danielle Donehew spoke to the Director of Operations group about using their transferrable skills to transition to the next level of administration. She did such a great job that symposium founder Felicia Hall Allen asked her to make the same presentation to all the coaches. Lots of helpful information! Some snippets from my notes:

Joe Ehrmann, author of Inside Out Coaching, spoke at the WBCA Convention a few weeks ago. Of all the topics addressed at this year’s gathering, his was of utmost importance. I was sorry that the room wasn’t filled to capacity! If you missed out, here are some of my notes. If you were there and …

Tony Dungy stole from the wealth of knowledge he gained from Chuck Noll to help Peyton Manning decide which team to play for:

One of my favorite memories of this Christmas was hanging out with some of my family in Starbucks talking about leadership. My brother, a high-level executive, shared a principle that’s vitally important for successful leadership in business, sports or anywhere else.

A few years ago I learned of a helpful exercise that uses the lessons learned in the past year to inform the year to come. It’s simple but produces profound insights. Grab some coffee, tea or hot cocoa and spend an hour with these questions. You’ll ring in the New Year with purpose and direction that will lead to lasting results in 2012.

Last night I spent some time online researching tours of the Holy Land. I’ve always wanted to take one with a great Bible teacher and plan to make happen in the next few years.   The tour that interested me most is pretty intense, with 6-10 miles of walking/hiking a day for 10 days. I …

The media frenzy about Tim Tebow fascinates me. It seems that reporters can’t understand how he can be so popular when he (supposedly) doesn’t have the skill set to be a great NFL quarterback.

Last night I arrived late to my cardio kickboxing class and found that we had a substitute instructor. No big deal. She had subbed before and led us in a similar routine to our normal one. This time, however, I noticed she had some large index cards spread out in front of her on the floor and a big stopwatch around her neck. Hmmm…

I took in a local minor league baseball game yesterday—a real barnburner between the Dayton Dragons and the Lake County Captains. With bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th and only one out, the Dragons trailed 2-1.