Our Great Coach on this episode is Dean Vickerman.
Dean is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of Melbourne United in the Australian National Basketball League.
He started his coaching career in 1997, progressing through roles across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as an assistant coach for the New Zealand Breakers helping them win 3 championships in a row. In 2013, he became head coach of the New Zealand Breakers. And in the 2014–15 season, he guided the Breakers to their fourth NBL Championship in five years.
In March 2017, Dean was appointed head coach of Melbourne United and a year later they won the NBL Championship. And in 2018 and again in 2019 he was voted NBL Coach of the Year.
Some of the highights for me were:
The way Dean talks about the things that can destabilize a team if not addressed.
Question: Which led me to reflect on what might be the potentially unaddressed issues percolating below the surface with my team?
The way he describes the teams trademarks and in particular why it’s important that they try to make someone else in the team better at each practice.
Question: Which challenged me to think how I am incorporating selflessness into my work practices?
And the power of trust which he illustrated through the story of there is 1.7 seconds left on the clock in a championship game to illustrate this.
Question: Trust is often mentioned as the currency which fuels high performing teams, and after listening to Dean I reflected on what more I can to develop it?
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