Ricky Rosas, Special Assistant to Head Coach Pete Carroll
Did you catch the news story on ABC last week about Ricky Rosas, Special Assistant to Pete Carroll, Head Coach for USC's Trojan Football team?
Here is a link to the story in case you missed it.
The story inspired me to pull up Coach Carrol's bio and read more about him. I was not surprised when I read the following impressive record:
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First school to have 3 Hiesman Trophy winners in a 4-year span
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Carroll has produced 30- all American first teamers and 42 NDL draft pics
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His last 6 recruiting classes have been ranked in the Top 10 nationally
After hearing the story about Ricky I was not surprised to see this impressive bio as it shows that Coach Carroll truly cares about helping people succeed both on and off the football field.
Last Sunday, 60 minutes did a story on Coach Carroll. Here is the link to the story in case you missed it.
The story showed that Coach Carroll was not always a winning coach. In fact, he did not have a great record in the NFL. The story concluded that college is a better fit for his style and approach. Coach Carroll explained that in order to succeed you need to practice better than anyone has ever practiced before.
As managers, our true calling is to help other people succeed. When we focus on our coaching role as much as or more than or tasks at hand we get better results. Like Coach Carroll, we need to continuously practice being a coach both on and off the field. What I mean is we need to continuously improve our game and bring these ideas to our people.
Here are a few questions we can ask ourselves to assess our effectiveness as a coach:
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How much time do you spend each day/week developing your people?
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Do you have a regular check-in with your direct reports?
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How often do you share information and resources with them to help them improve?
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Is praise and appreciation a normal part of your day?
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Do you keep coaching and mentoring a top priority or do you allow yourself to become distracted?
Most managers I observe fall short is in the area of consistency. They do the above some of the time. The key is to make this behavior just part of who we are as people. The evidence of this with Coach Carroll is that he reached out and helped Ricky when he had absolutely nothing to gain. In return, Ricky helped the team more than they could have ever imagined. He also displays this with his work with gang members in LA.
Here are a few more resources to learn more about Ricky and Coach Carroll.
View the clip of Coach Carroll and Ricky Rosas.
Read more about Ricky Rosas.
Story by Amy Hedin
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