How to Build Winning Teams

Roar with Lakecia Gunter

Success is a result of navigating challenges and overcoming obstacles on the way to achieving your dreams, and everyone who has reached it in different stages of their lives can tell you that it doesn’t happen by accident. There’s a pattern, a template, a formula that all the accomplishments have in common - and my purpose is to find all the ingredients that form the recipe of success, and share them with you all!

Today, I’m excited to talk about yet another ingredient of success – perhaps one of the most important ones – and that is, building successful teams. I have the true pleasure of sharing an expert on the topic, a great friend of mine, Alex Molden. Alex gives us the success secrets and formulas used in building winning teams in the NFL and how these recipes, formulas, and tips can be used in creating strong, long-lasting, and productive teams in a multitude of arenas.

Alex is an ex-NFL Player, Speaker, Leadership & Personal Development Coach, and the host of the podcast called “The Shark Effect”. Alex’s main focus is to strengthen team collaborations, communication, and transparency, using his patent Leadership Workshop. Being an NFL football player for 8 years, Alex learned the secrets of winning teams, no matter the industry – and his formula has given many organizations and executives proven solutions to help them build a more galvanized team.

There’s no one who knows more about what it takes to be part of a winning team and how to show up and be the best player you can be on the field and create that environment for success. So, listen to Episode 14 of Roar to learn how to create the right culture with your closest people, both in your personal life, as well as in your professional ventures.

Some questions I ask:

• Tell us a little bit about your background: where are you from, and who were some of your biggest influencers growing up? (04:57)
• When you think back on your past experiences, was there one defining moment that pushed you forward, in spite of all the obstacles around you? (14:55)
• How would you describe yourself? Who are you? What’s important to you? (17:46)
• What were some of the things that you saw your coaches focused on, to build a great team? (31:51)
• Who inspires you today? (56:43)

In this episode, you will learn:

• How the ‘windshield effect’ works to get you closer to achieving your goals. (12:15)
• The lessons Alex learned from being part of good & bad teams throughout his career. (21:39)
• The importance of treating practice like a real game. (25:11)
• The role culture plays in a team & How you can create it. (28:45)
• The three words that can take your team to a higher level: assignment, alignment, and adjustment. (33:30)
• The values Alex is passing onto his children. (44:14)
• The meaning of the metaphor, “Keep a shark in your tank”. (47:28)
• The ingredient that can get you to higher heights: people that can make you feel uncomfortable by telling you the truth. (51:26)
• What Alex’s podcast is all about. (01:00:00)

Connect with Alex:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Podcast: The Shark Effect

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