Coaching Culture Podcast

Coaching Culture

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A podcast for leaders and coaches sharing practical strategies and tools to build your team's culture and help you grow as a leader. Co-hosted by J.P. Nerbun and Nate Sanderson of TOC Culture Consulting, and Betsy Butterick. Get the podcast notes and learn more about us at tocculture.com

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Coaching Culture Podcast

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Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

89 Creating Powerful Moments For Your Team Part 2 03.06.2019

Calling Up is NOW available on E-Book! Check it out at Amazon (https://amzn.to/2HVPBkO) or from your E-Book Provider. Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/me...

88 Creating Powerful Moments For Your Team Part 1 27.05.2019

Use Coupon Code: COACHINGCULTURE and save $10 off your order of Calling Up available exclusively here. Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _____...

87 Aligning Your Style of Play with Your Purpose and Values with Radius Athletics 20.05.2019

Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ What is the right strategy for our team culture? Get the weekly podcast coaching n...

86 The Keys to a Game-Changing Off Season 13.05.2019

Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: https://bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: https://forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: https://thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ What would make you a better coach that has nothin...

85 Moving From Transactional to Transformational Leadership with Shane Sowden 06.05.2019

Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: https://forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 _________ It’s so easy to worry about you wins and losses record, but the MOST important thing to ask yourself as a coach is, “How am I developing these players? Are they leaving my program better than when they came in?” Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by goi...

84 Getting the Most Out of Your Coaching Staff 29.04.2019

In this episode of #CoachingCulture, Nate and I talk about getting the most out of your coaching staff. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! The number one factor that can improve the value that your staff bring to the program is being clear about how Head Coaches want their assistants to communicate with them. If you wan...

83 Growing Your Program with Wisconsin Coach of the Year Jeff Boos 22.04.2019

It was the "season dreams are made of" is how one reporter described this year for Coach Boos and the Sun Prairie Cardinals. Nate and JP discuss with Coach Boos how he rebuilt his culture and the value of J.P.'s mentorship program and culture coaching through the process. Interested in Mentorship and Culture Coaching? Fill Out this Form: https://forms.gle/mrLEAjKLUcjQgi4o8 Or just schedule a call...

82 Strategies to Help Players Recover From Their Mistakes 15.04.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture podcast, Nate and I are sharing practical tools on how we as coaches can help teach our players how to recover from their mistakes. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Failable recovery is the key to sustainable excellence. We will rise and fall to the level of our training. Steps to implem...

81 Building Your Team’s Mistake Response 08.04.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I share how to build your team’s mistake response. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Nate shares how one player on his team went from letting nerves get to her to helping the team win the state championship with her at the free throw line. How do you get your athletes to...

80 Changing the Game with John O’Sullivan 01.04.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, we’re bringing you a friend of the pod and someone who has influenced Nate and myself’s formation as coaches, John O’Sullivan from Changing the Game Project. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Top three reasons athletes play: - Positive Coaching - Positive Team Dynamics - Trying H...

79 How We Thought Through Adversity: A Retrospective on Nate’s Season 25.03.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I are taking a look back at Nate's season and how his team overcame the challenges that came with it. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Nate shares how he dealt with the struggle of having athletes quit and what approach he took regarding the rest of the team, emotionall...

78 Two Paths to Excellence: Recreational and Performance Athletes with Mark Bennett 18.03.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I finish up our conversation with Mark Bennett on the leisure versus performance athlete. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Performance Athlete: Not doing what you want to do, doing what you need to do to the best of your ability to achieve what you have said is your des...

77 Getting the Most Out of Your End of the Season Banquet 11.03.2019

In our latest episode Nate and I talk about the dreaded subject of end of the year banquets and how to leverage this to build team unity and culture. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! What activities can we do at our banquet that add meaning to the season and allow parents and athletes to appreciate that at the end of...

76 The Rule of 3: A Tool to Drive Behavioral Change, with Mark Bennett 04.03.2019

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I are bringing you part 3 continuing our conversation with Mark Bennett on the Rule of 3. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Rule of 3 Rule 1: Self (Behavior 1st, than technical and tactical) - Am I managing my state? - Am I in excellence? Rule 2: Player - Reaching out to...

75 Performance is a Behavior Not an Outcome with Mark Bennett 25.02.2019

We’re bringing you Part 2 of our conversation with Mark Bennett on how performance is a behavior, not an outcome. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! The sequence to effective outcomes in behavior first, then performance, then outcome. As a team, it’s important to come up with non-negotiables. What are the one of two thi...

74 For Better Or Worse: A Discussion On Our Sideline Behavior 18.02.2019

In today’s episode, Nate and I discuss sideline behavior. JP shares his transformation in coaching and his understanding of what sideline behavior should be like. How do you recognize what your sideline behavior is like now? - Put a camera and mic on yourself, record how you act during a game, and then go back and watch that footage - ask yourself if your words are making the team better or making...

73 Coaching Your Way Out of a Job with Mark Bennett 11.02.2019

In today's episode, I am super excited to bring Mark Bennett to the Coaching Culture podcast, talking about coaching systems and how to effectively run them. Mark has been leading others for over 30 years, starting out serving in the British Army as an instructor and since then, he has worked in English Basketball, English Soccer, and English Rugby, as well as the Cleveland Indians and Oklahoma Ci...

72 Getting Your Players to Embrace Their Role 04.02.2019

JP and Nate beg a very common question we have as coaches, “How do I get my players to accept and embrace their role on the team?” The first step in this process is making sure that every player on the team knows each job and the importance of each role in overall team success. How to help an athlete understand their role: - Have the “ladder conversation” - Discuss the overall strategy of the game...

71 Culture Building Lessons from Football Coach Kurt Hines 28.01.2019

Coach Kurt Hines joins us today on the podcast sharing some of his favorite and most successful culture building lessons. As a coach, it’s important to be authentic with our players, and even more important than that, focusing on our why and reevaluating our driving factor for coaching athletes every day. Coach makes the distinction between fear and respect and gives us examples of what to do and...

70 Growing through the Dog Days of the Season 21.01.2019

In this episode, JP and Nate ask a key question may coaches face every season: "How can we maintain our players engagement and get them to enjoy the process even when the process becomes mundane?" JP and Nate give their unique look at how they have gotten their players in the past to enjoy the process, whether that be through one-on-one conversations, spicing up the routine, or funny enough, yoga....

69 The Player Centered Approach in Coaching with VCU Rugby Coach Nick Hill 14.01.2019

Are you a coach centered or a player centered team? In this episode we continue our conversation with VCU Rugby Coach Nick Hill to discuss the benefits of a player centered approach in coaching . Nick shares some practical steps to start to become player centered, that will challenge all of us as coaches! You will walk away with many practical strategies, so don't forget to get the Coaching Notes...

68 Laying a Foundation for Your Culture with VCU Rugby Coach Nick Hill 07.01.2019

New program? New season? Or just hitting the reset button on your season? VCU Rugby Coach Nick Hill joins us for the next 2 episodes to discuss some ways he has been able to build player centered cultures across the world at every level! You will walk away with many practical ways to build a stronger foundation, so don't forget to get the Coaching Notes PDF by going to thriveonchallenge.com and su...

67 Six of Our Biggest Takeaways from 2018 31.12.2018

In this episode we discuss a variety of books we read throughout the year, what they taught us, and how they have impacted our lives. The coaching PDF notes will provide the names, authors, and key principles from each book. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter at thriveonchallenge.com to get the PDF coaching notes! We'd love to hear from you by email or on Twitter! @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerb...

66 Calling Up Discovering Your Journey to Transformational Leadership 24.12.2018

In this episode we discuss J.P.'s book "Calling Up" and the very principle of calling people up versus calling people out. The coaching PDF notes will be a sneak preview of Chapter 1! If you subscribe to the weekly newsletter at thriveonchallenge.com you will also get another very special chapter from the book. Enter a coach to win a free copy of the book: On Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram say #...

Episode 65 Growing Through The Storms with Guest Nadia Kyba Part 2 17.12.2018

Great team cultures don't just survive conflict, they grow and thrive in conflict! In the second part of our conversation with Nadia Kyba we discuss the single the most important thing we can do as a leader when conflict arises and the 5 Styles of Conflict Management! Go to nowwhatfacilitation.com for more of Nadia's resources! Let us know your thoughts: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveo...

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