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Ryan Walter
- Oct 10, 2018
- 1 min
"Team Energy - Find your Voice"
From Quebec City - During my time as a Montreal Canadien player I really wanted to learn the french language. I worked hard at it but only learned day-to-day conversation and, of course, the hockey lingo. I certainly didn't ever master the language (still working on it) but I could get by, and my Quebecois friends really appreciated my effort. Team Relationships and High-Performance runs on External and Internal Language. How is the language of your team? Do you hear the word
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Ryan Walter
- Apr 25, 2018
- 6 min
Priming Expectations
A Powerful Leadership Tool: Priming with Future Positive Expectations The powerful leadership skill of Priming Expectations increases offensive-zone focus and activates team performance! The Concept What we expect tends to happen more! What our team holds in their “Future-Positive Focus,” they move toward! People live up to the positive expectations of their coaches, or of other people with high influence in their lives. In my hockey journey I can remember coaches who believ
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Ryan Walter
- Jan 29, 2018
- 7 min
Performance Language
“Control the controllables!” “Stick to our structure!” “Play our game!” NHL (and I’m sure NBA and NFL) Coaches are fixated on statements like these during their pregame speeches. Business executives, wise family members & good friends remind us to focus thoughts and actions on the principles behind these statements. I learned early in life that our opponents very seldom actually beat us; more often than not we beat ourselves. More teams lose because they don’t execute their g
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