Dave Kline Founder @ MGMT | CEO Coach | Advisor | Speaker | and I pull apart modern recruiting and leadership through the lens of college sports and business, weighing culture-building against transfer-portal efficiency and mapping a practical playbook for feedback, alignment, and sustainable performance. The throughline: define “good,” face reality, pick the right risks, and turn identity labels into coachable behaviors.
• team belonging declining, incentives pushing quick wins
• transfer portal vs development path and roster math
• buy vs build talent and what Project Oxygen missed
• leadership as choice, not fixed traits, introverts included
• feedback harvested on purpose, behavior not identity
• neutralize weaknesses, maximize strengths, celebrate wins
• root cause diagnosis over buzzwords and myths
• expectation alignment to avoid existential risks
• styles that win through alignment, not one-size-fits-all
• magnetic non-negotiables and precise cultural mantras
• coaches as CEOs managing boosters, NIL, media
• practical OS for teams: set expectations, coach, iterate
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