How Toxic Teammates Hurt Performance – and What to Do About It

Every athlete dreams of the perfect team: a group where everyone has each other’s back, communication is excellent, and the result always positive. But the reality of competitive sports is that you aren’t in this alone, and sometimes, the biggest opponent isn’t your opponent but the person standing next to you. Toxic teammates are unfortunately …

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Early Educator Leadership: Navigating Crabs in a Bucket

The early educator experience can be a tangle of novelty, excitement, fear, hope, support, and if you’re lucky, naysayers. Let me explain. At 23 years old, after sixteen seasons as a football player, I was ready to shift my attention to coaching. I was thrilled for the opportunity. The football field was an environment I …

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