Episode 180: Dancers: How to Be an Accountable & Positive Leader Summary: Many coaches today struggle with accountability on their teams or in the studio. We want dancers who do the hard work and follow through with their promises. Truly accountable dancers own up to their mistakes and do what they say they’re going to […]
Episode 173: 3 Strategies to Guarantee Genuine Team Commitment Summary: For many teams, be it school teams or studios, we are entering a new season. Wouldn’t it be great if we could establish strong, positive cultures from the beginning? When an athlete quits in the middle of the season, it usually causes drama, stress, and
Episode 165: 3 Reasons NOT to have Dance Team Captains Summary: This episode is a continued conversation about team leadership. Last week’s episode was all about identifying a truly committed team leader and how to help the whole team be more committed. There is an entire spectrum of commitment, and it’s very important that any
Episode 164: Are Your Dance Team Leaders Truly Committed? Summary: I’m hearing coaches and studio owners tell me every day how commitment levels are different and how dancers don’t seem as committed as they used to. Then you add the need to have leadership on our teams, either formal or not, and if most of
Episode 163: How to Destroy Team Culture Summary: It’s really challenging to teach resilience and confidence and motivation if the team culture is awful. Maybe you’ve been a part of some incredible cultures as a dancer, or maybe you’ve been part of some really bad ones. Either way, culture is the foundation that all other
Episode 142: Motivating individual dancers to work together for their dreams Summary: Summary: When it’s time for competition season, there are usually two types of dance teams. First, there’s the dance team who usually all gets along and enjoys working together. Then, there’s the dance team that doesn’t actually get along all that well and
Episode 121: 6 Ways to Teach Accountability Summary: In today’s episode, I’ll be tackling one of the biggest issues I hear about all summer: accountability. I hear from teachers and coaches who feel like it’s gotten so much harder to get their dancers to follow through on expectations lately. I hear from dancers whenever we
Episode 110: 5 Practical Tips for Team Building like Creating a 5-Star Practice Summary: Today’s episode is part three of a three-part series on team building. In the first two episodes of the series, we talked about the two different types of cohesion that your dancers are striving for, and we covered the four different
Episode 109: 4 Simple Factors that Influence Your Dance Team’s Unity Summary: Establishing cohesion and unity among a group of dancers is an ongoing process, and anyone who’s been a teacher or a coach for more than one year will probably tell you every group is different. One big reason why each group is different
Episode 108: The 2 Types of Effective Team Bonding You Need This Summer Summary: Summary: Did you know there are two types of team bonding? I know many coaches believe that if dancers spend time together, both in and out of practice, they will bond. However, if you’re not strategic about this, your team bonding
Episode 104: How to Build Positive Team Culture in Your Studio Summary: Building team culture takes hard work. The question is, what must we do in order to actually build a positive team or studio culture with our dancers or how do we turn a negative team culture around? In today’s episode, I’ll be interviewing
Episode 103: 3 Tools to Increase a Dancer’s Motivation Summary: Do your dancers get lazy sometimes? Do you not know how to motivate athletes as a coach? If your dancers are lacking motivation, there is something you can do about it! Welcome to Part Three of my Framework Series. In today’s episode, we’ll be focusing
