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“Everyone is a hero in life, everyone’s got a story to tell, everyone’s had to face and overcome adversity. And on that basis, being kind just seems like an obvious thing to do.” 

– Chris Bullen

This conversation in with Chris Bullen, a leader in coach development at High Performance Sport New Zealand.

Chris has been working in education and sport for 45 years.

In that time, he’s provided education for coaches across a wide range of team and individual sports, coached Badminton at the highest level, and taught in a number of schools, including time in the East End of London in the 1970’s.

In this conversation, Chris and I go deep into the art of coaching, including;

  • Being kind and showing empathy;
  • The importance of authenticity in Chris’ work;
  • How to provide meaningful coach development experiences;
  • Testing assumptions;
  • Being a purposeful (grand)parent;
  • Changing the sporting culture in schools;
  • The coach-athlete relationship and the importance of establishing a connection;
  • Living your values;
  • Being mindful about your behaviours;
  • Talent development and how we can spend our time, money and effort wisely;
  • The subtly of asking great questions;
  • Why change is so hard; and
  • The value of attention in a highly distracted world.

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