by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesWhen we work with an admissions department to adjust their recruiting strategies some of the advice we give goes against what their institution has been doing for years.I’m used to hearing feedback like, “It doesn’t feel right,“ and “Jeremy, I …
The Year Of Soulless Coaching, And How I Stopped
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI leaned against the wall. It’d been a terrible season.Nothing helped. Whatever I did made it worse.It wasn’t them. Wasn’t the kids. It was me.Been there?Coaching is hard. Not all the time, but a lot of the time. This time it was wicked …
Answering Your Prospect’s Fears
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesLast week I kicked off my 2015-16 campus workshop tour with a trip to the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” (Aka Minnesota). Right now I’m currently leading a workshop for an admissions client in the Northeast. The next two weeks I’ll be visiting and working …
The Other Reality Of Your Coaching Experience
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI’ve found that most coaches expect an experience at either end of this scale:Those expectations are usually based on strong reasons such as:All my best athletes have graduated/transferred/quit/moved We have the best recruiting-class …
Political Debates and Your Prospect’s Vote
As the 2015 Presidential primary season started heating up, one of the largest - and, to date, most watched - candidate debates took place. It featured 16 men and women running for the Republican nomination.And while I don't want to parse the political messages that each candidate brought to …