Tough-Minded Leadership Coaching
"You cannot create leadership success
without being tough-minded."
 Some leaders believe that being tough-minded is synonymous with being hardheaded. Don’t kid yourself.
Hardheaded leaders are inhumane, cold and remote. They don’t engage people, and they lack the “empathy gene.” They cannot process the concept that while hard-headed leaders can get people to do what needs to be done, tough-minded leaders are concerned with getting people to want to do what needs to be done.
Tough-mindedness, on the other hand, is “the ability, inclination and discipline to face any situation with strength, determination and equanimity.”
Tough-minded leaders are focused, persistent, resilient, empathetic, and courageous. They retain their confidence, seriousness of purpose and sense of humor regardless of the situation.
Do you confront challenges like these on a regular basis?
- Creating quality while reducing cost
- Improving shareholder returns, attracting high-quality staff,
acquiring profitable customers, and obtaining low-cost capital
- Aligning teams to achieve organizational goals without overly
protecting personal interests
- Integrating patterns of competitive change into planning and execution
- Cultivating trust rather than mandating obedience
- Creating a merit rather than political environment
- Asserting authority without impairing empowerment
As a business-leader, you are paid to manage priorities like those that, on the surface, appear to be in conflict.
You simply cannot achieve your goals, consistently, without being tough-minded. While those attributes are embedded in youth, they can be further cultivated in adulthood with focus, patience, persistence and the active support of a qualified executive coach.
Brad Gilbert, Andre Agassi... and You!
As a youth, Andre Agassi displayed amazing potential. He was shuttled-off to Nick Bolliteri’s tennis camp in Florida and developed skills that have since been well documented. After some early success, fame and its accoutrements distracted him and his ranking descended.
Enter Brad Gilbert.
Gilbert had been a successful tennis-pro, but never reached the absolute pinnacle during his 14-year singles career. He made a name for himself doing better than his potential by mastering the mental game. When Agassi asked him to become his coach in 1994, Gilbert was near the end of his career. What happened next, as they say, is the stuff of tennis legend. Agassi’s career exploded. He and Pete Sampras went on to dominate men’s tennis for a decade.
Per Agassi: “The last thing I needed at that point in my career was someone who thought the same way I did. Brad built my confidence and made me believe that I could beat anyone. And he understood my game better than I did.”
Brad Gilbert was a tough-minded coach. Andre Agassi was likewise a tough-minded student. Their styles were very different but they were similar in their drive to succeed and their determination to overcome obstacles. Agassi was successful before he met Gilbert, but their work together enabled him to achieve greatness.
 You, too, can achieve greater success with a
tough-minded coach.
Have you reached your leadership potential? Could you benefit from working with an executive coach? If so, who?
Leadership is not an abstract concept. It can’t be totally understood without experience or imparted without context. Most coaches come from the ranks of academia, human resources or psychotherapy. Their backgrounds and skill-sets serve a unique purpose for leaders whose development can benefit from their perspective.
That's how
Rand Golletz is different.
As a senior leader of multi-national corporations, Rand’s work resulted in the production of $ billions of revenue, wildly successful product launches, the creation of significant brands and the development of leaders and teams that crashed through walls. He brought those achievements with him when he launched his own executive coaching firm in 2002. Rand is direct, bold, confident, and challenging in his demeanor – results-driven and excuse-averse in his approach.
If you want to become Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong or Tiger Woods, do you need Brad Gilbert, Chris Carmichael and Butch Harmon – someone who played the game – or would someone who just observed the game be sufficient?
Give your team the skills they need to succeed beyond your wildest expectations. Call Rand Golletz at 301-482-2598 or e-mail us at Contact Us to unlock the secrets of effective team leadership.
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