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LEADERSHIP GAME CHANGER For Immediate Release 9.4.24
Kate Leavell and Leaders Uplifted Team Up to Bring Game-Based Training to Athletics

Sep 33 min read

LEADERSHIP GAME CHANGER For Immediate Release 9.4.24 Kate Leavell and Leaders Uplifted Team Up to Bring Game-Based Training to Athletics

For Immediate Release: Kate Leavell and Leaders Uplifted Team Up to Bring Game-Based Training to Athletics

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Kate Leavell

Aug 202 min read

Your kid is elite? Mine too!!!!!

Oh, your kid is an elite athlete?? Mine tooooooo!!!! Instead of convincing the masses into thinking their kids are elite athletes to feed...

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Why do some teams break when pushed to greatness?

Kate Leavell

Mar 212 min read

Why do some teams break when pushed to greatness?

Always re-motivating your team? Dragging them along? Why do some teams break down when pushed to their potential? In sports or in...

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Kate Leavell

Mar 202 min read

Teams- Stop playing for each other.

Yesterday I told a D1 lacrosse team to stop playing for each other. Imagine the surprise on an athlete’s face to hear advice completely...

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PSA Coaches: Punishment Style Leadership Doesn’t Work. Sorry not Sorry.

Kate Leavell

Feb 284 min read

PSA Coaches: Punishment Style Leadership Doesn’t Work. Sorry not Sorry.

Late? Run. Dropped the ball? Push ups. No Effort? Run. Bad Game? Miserable Practice. Try a new approach and get real, measurable, lasting...

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Kate Leavell

Feb 54 min read

Culture Blind?

That nose blind commercial came to my mind as I moved into a new house and smelled all the smells left behind from whomever lived there...

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How much “fun vs serious training” at practice is best?

Kate Leavell

Jan 11, 20233 min read

How much “fun vs serious training” at practice is best?

I have often been asked, when is enough enough with the fun at practice? When is it time to say, “it’s time to get serious.” That kind of...

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Surviving Holiday Personalities - Part 1 Little Miss Aunt Violet

Kate Leavell

Dec 20, 20225 min read

Surviving Holiday Personalities - Part 1 Little Miss Aunt Violet

Holiday Personality #1 LITTLE MISS AUNT VIOLET In the long term, relationships need to be worked on, but sometimes we just need to get...

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Kate Leavell

Jul 18, 20224 min read

Why Don't You just STOP!?!

Why Don’t you Just Stop!?! Someone asked me one day, after a particularly long string of obstacles, “Kate, Why don’t you just Stop? At...

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3 Reasons to Embrace your Authentically Great SUPERPOWER NOW!

Kate Leavell

Jun 6, 20223 min read

3 Reasons to Embrace your Authentically Great SUPERPOWER NOW!

3 Reasons to Embrace your Authentically Great SUPERPOWER NOW! ADD VALUE to your LIFE and OTHERS! You are inimitable. That means you are...

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Kate Leavell

Apr 13, 20223 min read

The greatest youth sports story ever.

My grandfather passed away last night. I’m bringing this blog back from 6 years ago in his honor and because it truly is the best youth...

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Kate Leavell

Aug 27, 20212 min read

r.e.s.p.e.CT

There are a few people you come across in a lifetime that you know changed you into someone better. The really great ones have this...

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Kate Leavell

Apr 28, 20205 min read

Under the Surface. Teams who get REAL.

It’s easier to take things at face value. OR at least, it’s easier in the moment. Because underneath our niceties and our politeness is a...

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Ask Kate- best training for culture change

Kate Leavell

Feb 5, 20204 min read

Ask Kate- best training for culture change

This Week’s Question is: I’ve tried teambuilding and speakers, but nothing seems to be making a lasting change or turning around the...

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Stop having meetings! Challenge -> Opportunity

Kate Leavell

Dec 18, 20194 min read

Stop having meetings! Challenge -> Opportunity

Meetings to discuss future meetings. Meetings to address issues that never get solved. Meetings that you just get through but dread. ...

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Kate Leavell

Nov 4, 20194 min read

Should men’s lacrosse become hockey?

Women’s lacrosse players have been trying to communicate this message since I was a kid, and probably even before then. But the message...

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Yes.. AND! Overcoming obstacles and moving forward.

Kate Leavell

Aug 20, 20192 min read

Yes.. AND! Overcoming obstacles and moving forward.

During a leadership workshop today we talked about perspective and how it can change how we react and move forward from an event. We...

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Kate Leavell

Jul 31, 20195 min read

Bully Motivators Youth Sports

I’ve written on this subject many times, but the people in the back are on their phones or too busy worrying that a 10 year old won’t...

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Kate Leavell

Jul 24, 20195 min read

Becoming the catalyst for change

You get it, positive cultures make work more enjoyable. They inspire you to serve and help you feel like a valuable contributor. They...

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Kate Leavell

Jul 6, 20195 min read

How bad do they want IT? #GOALS

“What do you all want to accomplish this season?” the coach asked her team as they gathered at the first official practice of the year....

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