Summary: <p><span>Brett Bartholomew, keynote speaker, performance coach and consultant, best-selling author, and Founder of Art of Coaching™, talks to the NSCA Coaching Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about the importance of communication as a foundation of coaching, understanding the messy realities of leadership, and how reflection can help the profession grow.</span></p> <p><span>Find Brett on Instagram: </span><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/coach_brettb/"><span>@coach_brettb</span></a></span><span> or Twitter: </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_BrettB"><span>@Coach_BrettB</span></a></span><span> | Find Eric on Instagram: </span><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericmcmahoncscs/"><span>@ericmcmahoncscs</span></a></span><span> or Twitter: </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/ericmcmahoncscs?lang=en"><span>@ericmcmahoncscs</span></a></span></p>Show Notes<p>“So that's what we focus on-- the messy realities of coaching, leadership, and the fact that it's much deeper than we've been led to believe.” 3:36</p> <p>“A coach that says they can't apply communication strategies with large groups is somebody that shouldn't be a coach, because communications are the foundation of coaching.” 10:56</p> <p>“Why would you periodize your athletes programs, but not periodize your career and not periodize your learning?” 21:39</p> <p>“But I hope in the next five, if not less, we really embrace more on the communication science and human dynamics and sociology of coaching.” 46:35</p> <p>“…the art of coaching is the science of connecting, and we very much have a lot of literature on how we build relational dynamics and influence and persuade people.” 47:12</p>
