In the second episode of the "Leadership Line Change" podcast, host David Urquhart speaks with Luke Madill to discuss his experiences relating to leadership and how to deal with pressure.
Bio: A native of Kirkland, Quebec, Luke played for McGill from 2003 to 2007, acting as assistant captain from 2005-07. He graduated from McGill with a degree in Kinesiology and went on to get and education degree and a master’s degree in sport psychology from the University of New Brunswick. While there, he won the U Sports national championship as an assistant coach as well as a U Sports silver medal as a player.
Luke has continued his winning ways as a teacher, hockey coach, and mental performance coach at St Andrews College. He has also worked as the Mental Performance Coach for Hockey Canada’s where he was part of the 2018 gold medal winning U-18 team at the Hlinka Tournament.
Luke currently resides in Stouffville, Ontario with his wife Christine and twin daughters Abbie and Marlie. As a player, Luke was part of the country’s best PK while skating alongside linemate and friend PA Paquet at McGill. This accomplishment however, pales in comparison to the fact that his wife Christine set the CIS record for goals in a season.
Book recommendations:
Legacy by James Kerr
The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci
The Barcelona Way by Damian Hughes
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler
Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joshua Metcalfe
Pound the Stone by Joshua Metcalfe
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
The Captain Class by Sam Walker
Favourite Quotes:
“People won’t always remember what you said or what you did but they will always remember the way you made them feel”
“He who angers you, conquers you”
Advice for students:
1. Choose things you actually want to learn.
2. Be present: Play each day, and don’t worry so much about the future, because if you play each day, and like what you learn, everything else will take care of itself.
Advice for graduating students entering the workforce:
Get involved, do everything possible, meet people (go to socials, etc), help people. It’s easier to ask people for help when you have great relationships.
Leadership:
Advice for making difficult decisions: “Shrink it”. Have “Anchors” for refocusing and resetting.
Defining mastery:
A passion: for wanting to do something better, for taking pride in what you know, but also having the humility to realize that there’s so many people out there that probably know more, and that there’s so much more to learn that you can constantly be excited by learning more and bring that into your daily teaching of it. Staying passionate in what you are doing.
Follow Luke on Twitter @Lukemadilly or email lucas.madill@sac.on.ca
