The second practice level
MY Celtics exited the playoffs earlier than expected this year and all of it was self inflicted where they decided to ignore the value of regular season games and wait to “turn it on” in the playoffs. I love watching basketball but with this team my interest in watching them was generally mirroring their interest in playing the game - close to nonexistent. I’ve never believed in the “turn it on” concept as I haven’t seen anyone do it repeatedly, I don’t have the data of how successful the “turn it on” concept is but it really can’t be over 50%. Naturally it was time for me to dig deeper into my thoughts and rationalize the WHY “turn it on” is a bad approach and of course map it to a leadership lesson - specifically “Practice to Lead”. Most coaching is provided in an offsite or some random meeting with your manager or some coach assigned to you. These coaching sessions always happen when everyone is very busy and hardly able to focus. In the sports world...