Joey's Coaching Set Up

Given joey Barton’s love of nfl coach bill walsh here is his “standard of performance”

1/Exhibit a ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic

2/Demonstrate respect for each person in the organization

3/Be deeply committed to learning and teaching

4/Be fair

5/Demonstrate character

6/Honour the direct correction between details and improvement; relentlessly seek the latter

7/Show self control,especially under pressure

8/Demonstrate and prize loyalty

9/Use positive language and have a positive attitude

10/Take pride in my effort as an entity separate from the result of that effort

11/Be willing to go the extra distance for the organization

12/Deal appropriately with victory and defeat, adulation and humiliation

13/Promote internal communication that is both open and substantive

14/Seek poise in myself and those I lead

15/Put the teams welfare and priorities ahead of my own

16/Maintain an ongoing level of concentration and focus that is abnormally high

17/Make sacrifice and commitment the organization’s trademark

Bill Walsh has said that he was far more focused on the process of creating a culture, of establishing a foundation for sustainable success,than in drawing up the perfect game plan and those 17 steps were his compass. Interesting stuff

Management/motivational pyschobabble.

How do you 'seek poise'?

Need another coach to bring 'em all down from Liverpool each week.