Many of us become frustrated in life because we are not where we believe we should be, yet we must remember that life is a journey and we should embrace the now! Join Rob as he discusses why embracing the now will help you find you as well as the importance of finding peace as a leader and why caring for others is a vital part of your role. KEY TAKEAWAYS We often get so frustrated and angry, that is because we are often wanting something which we are not achieving. Yet, life goes on, it is a jou...
Sep 26, 2021•21 min•Ep. 180
Join Rob as he shares more inspirational life lessons taken from the works of internationally renowned author and theologist, Henri Nouwen. Discover the importance of leaving your comfort zone behind, why everybody's journeys are individual and the importance of being a valuable member of your community. KEY TAKEAWAYS Although we are drawn to comforts and are driven to finding security, staying in your comfort zone is like living a slow death. If you are going to have a meaningful life, you have...
Sep 19, 2021•22 min•Ep. 175
Discover more inspirational teachings that you can apply to your leadership style and lifestyle, as spoken by Eknath Easwaran, a spiritual author and teacher. Rob discusses the importance of having a focus, your responsibilities as a trustee and how a great leader helps themselves and their team bring out their unique abilities. KEY TAKEAWAYS Remember to always have a focus within your team and with yourself. That focus should be to help everybody to become independent to find the peaceful place...
Sep 12, 2021•29 min•Ep. 178
Join Rob in another inspirational episode of Leader Manager Coach as he shares the works of Sebastian Junger and discusses how you can apply his teachings to your leadership style. Rob discusses how Junger discovered that people thrive when under hardship, how in ancient societies, leadership was simply a responsibility and why leadership should not only be a passageway to great riches. KEY TAKEAWAYS How do you become a man in a world that requires no courage? It seems that modern society is on ...
Sep 05, 2021•34 min•Ep. 177
Rob is back with this inspirational episode as he takes you around a few key principles of leadership which are worth sharing, and listening to. Discover how loneliness and leadership are intertwined, how responsibility is intrinsically linked to being a leader and why it takes courage to put your values first. KEY TAKEAWAYS Life can be lonely at times. Loneliness is not just applicable to the pandemic, there are many aspects of loneliness that are not something to be brushed under the carpet. L...
Aug 29, 2021•22 min•Ep. 176
Many qualities make a good leader, manager and coach and today, Rob discusses a few of these and how you can apply them to your leadership style. Discover the importance of encouraging your players to evolve, why we need to give ourselves a break and why being happy with yourself will allow you to be the best leader possible. KEY TAKEAWAYS We are allowed to change, we are allowed to evolve. You must allow your players, your athletes and your people to have the freedom to change. Be the leader th...
Aug 22, 2021•20 min•Ep. 175
Join Rob today as he shares the teaching of Henri Nouwen, a dutch writer and theologian. Today Rob dives into Nouwen's philosophical teachings and discusses the importance of making mistakes in life, why it is important to be a person who can offer a safe space for others and what it means to clear the space. KEY TAKEAWAYS One of the things that is necessary in life is to make mistakes. We have to pick ourselves up from our failures and repeat if we want to achieve the results we want. This also...
Aug 15, 2021•28 min•Ep. 174
The seventh instalment of the inspirational mini-series ‘Eknath Easwaran's Words To Live By'. Today Rob discusses the importance of listening, how you can enable your players by helping them overcome their challenges and how leadership is about facilitating other people's success. KEY TAKEAWAYS No matter what our position is in life, one of the most difficult things to do consistently is listening. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. One of the key skills to being a great manager...
Aug 08, 2021•27 min•Ep. 173
One of the most important skills a leader, manager or coach can have is the ability to facilitate greatness in their players or mentors, join Rob today as he explains the tools needed for you to develop great people and players. Rob discusses the importance of starting afresh after a tough day, how to know when you need to step away from a situation and why it is fundamental to always do the right thing as this will serve you well in the long run. KEY TAKEAWAYS Always remember that even if you h...
Aug 01, 2021•30 min•Ep. 172
Marcus Rashford took to social media to express his thoughts after his missed penalty during one of the biggest football events England has seen since 1966. Rob picks apart Rashfords passage to find the inspirational lessons which are valuable to all young players. He discusses how life is perplexing, why fighting reality is futile, and sister and brotherhoods' importance. KEY TAKEAWAYS Life is perplexing. It challenges us, it is a growth thing and it is not always plain sailing. Marcus looks at...
Jul 25, 2021•15 min•Ep. 171
Have you discovered your own truth? Are you chasing what it is you truly desire? Join Rob as he dives into the importance of knowing who you truly are. Rob discusses understanding your core values, the value of listening to the right people and why only you can walk your journey. KEY TAKEAWAYS What is at your core? This question asks us who we are, what we are about and what our real key values are. From that, everything will spring. We cannot have values that are aligned with getting as much as...
Jul 18, 2021•19 min•Ep. 170
Join Rob in this inspirational episode as he discusses the importance of recognising the struggles, obstacles and challenges on your journey and the importance of owning your own pain. Discover why your journey is unique to you, why great leaders do not seek glory and why what other people think about you, does not matter. KEY TAKEAWAYS Unless you are different from most people, you will have challenges in your life. You will have obstacles and you may feel anger, despondence and you may have fe...
Jul 11, 2021•23 min•Ep. 169
Join Rob today as he discusses the six leadership necessities taken from the inspirational workings of Sebastian Junger, a #1 New York Times best selling author. Rob discusses the ideal community size, why it is important to welcome adversity and why we need to be a part of a community in order to live a successful life. KEY TAKEAWAYS The greatest happiness comes from groups of people who live and work in numbers of 30-50. If you are looking to create something, you can create a community within...
Jul 04, 2021•29 min•Ep. 168
The Euros are an exciting time for England, and with the country's eyes firmly on England Manager Gareth Southgate, Rob covers 12 of Gareth's managing gems which you can apply to your own team. Rob discusses the importance of details, why patience is a virtue and how to ensure you always leave things in a better place than what you found them. KEY TAKEAWAYS People often say the devil is in the details. There are many times when people will offer a simple solution to a seemingly difficult problem...
Jun 27, 2021•25 min•Ep. 167
Eknarth Easwaran was one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers and authors who educated people on the best way to live their lives freely. In today's podcast, Rob explains Eknarth's teaching and how you can apply these spiritual teachings to your coaching, leadership and mentoring business. Discover how to accept challenges that come your way, how each person is on their own individual journey and how to find the middle ground that suits you. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are a leader, manager or a ...
Jun 20, 2021•35 min•Ep. 166
These days feeling overwhelmed with life is an all too common feeling and something many people have experienced at one point in their lives. Join Rob today as he talks through the importance of coaches understanding how to manage overwhelm.. Discover how to prioritise your goals, the importance of taking regular breaks and why finding the right balance between ‘eat, move, sleep' is fundamental to your optimum health. KEY TAKEAWAYS As coaches you need to be conscious about young people becoming ...
Jun 13, 2021•32 min•Ep. 165
Have you ever experienced feelings of self-doubt, fear and feel as though you are not good enough? Then you may have been suffering from imposter syndrome, join Rob as he discusses his own experiences of imposter syndrome and you can identify it in yourself. Discover how feelings of self-doubt can have a huge impact on your life goals, why you should accept your feelings in order to overcome them and how to support your students and mentees going through it. KEY TAKEAWAYS Imposter syndrome is th...
Jun 06, 2021•28 min•Ep. 164
Discover today the lessons learned from the inspirational Henri Nouwen and how these can be applied to both your personal life, and your coaching business. Join Rob as he discusses the importance of being your true authentic self, how building a community within your team can lead you on the path to success and why you should always make time to protect your inner sanctuary. KEY TAKEAWAYS One fundamental lesson that runs through everything is that if you really want to achieve a level of success...
May 30, 2021•26 min•Ep. 163
In today's episode, Rob celebrates you, the ordinary man or woman and takes you through the small, day to day victories that need celebrating more often. Rob discusses how social media often causes people to compare their lives with celebrities online, how we never truly understand how much work goes into the production of football behind the scenes and why as leaders, managers and coaches, you should celebrate yourself and your players daily. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are a few downsides to social me...
May 23, 2021•23 min•Ep. 162
Join Rob today as he conveys the motivational words to live by as written by Eknarth Easwaran. Rob discusses the importance of remembering that you are on your own individual journey, to always ensure you regularly renew your energy and to listen to those who have walked the path before you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Always remember that what you perceive is just an image in your mind and you're limiting your brain's potential to take in that information. The image you see of what you are capable of achievi...
May 16, 2021•36 min•Ep. 161
Discover the importance of understanding your players coaching language and how you can identify each of their individual coaching needs by tailoring your mentorship styles in a way that will impact them the most. Join Rob as he discusses the coaching languages of affirmation, time, touch, service and gifts and comes up with some handy tips on how to implement these within your training regimes. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are three ways that people will respond to learning. These are: Auditory, Visual ...
May 09, 2021•24 min•Ep. 160
The leader, manager coach podcast is all about helping you to lead, to manage and to coach to the maximum potential you have, whether that is in your personal life, in business or whatever else. The content in this episode was a result of the many discussions and thoughts Rob had about what is happening at the moment in elite football, particularly around the European Super League. Rob believes it has been spoken about enough already but there are lessons to be learnt from this situation. KEY TA...
May 02, 2021•33 min•Ep. 159
Rob looks at the work of Tom Morris, author of ‘The Stoic Art of Living – Inner Resilience, Outer Results focusing in this episode on Seneca. It can be easy to view the past as not moving at the same pace as we do now but the cut and thrust of life in the past was as intense then as it is now and the learning just as relevant. The older we get the more we realise time is precious and that you need to make the most of every second. Whatever sport or leadership capacity you are in becoming a stron...
Apr 25, 2021•29 min•Ep. 158
This is an episode that Rob recorded in 2020 when we were still in lockdown in the UK. Rob wanted to talk about delays and opportunities and how they resonate and link to similar struggles we are all facing in this pandemic. KEY TAKEAWAYS Like many players, Bill Shankly had a hiatus of a few years when his career, like many others, was cut short due to world war 2. It was taken out of their hands. There is resonance and analogy between this and the current pandemic. No matter what obstacles and ...
Apr 18, 2021•21 min•Ep. 157
Today in Rob's fourth instalment of Eknath Easwaran's words to live by, he continues to discuss how we can apply Eknath's learnings to our own paths of discovery, particularly regarding leading, managing and coaching. KEY TAKEAWAYS This series of episodes is inspired by Eknath Easwaran who is an incredible thought leader and provides wonderful ways of looking at the world. Teams are made of individuals. Remember that every single person is an individual and everyone must find their own way and m...
Apr 11, 2021•28 min•Ep. 156
In this episode Rob interviews ex-pro footballer Ciaran Toner. Ciaran has a wealth experience in the game of football, including being on the other side of training which is why he began coaching after retiring as a footballer. He has now also developed and created a player and coach platform to connect those in football in unique ways and provide countless opportunities for them. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ciaran was born in Northern Ireland but moved to England as a teen and was signed to Tottenham Hotspur...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 155
An emotional episode where Rob speaks about a story he heard from a family member. He talks about how the story resonated with him, its wider meaning and the lessons it reminded him of, including love, gratitude and communication. KEY TAKEAWAYS Last Saturday a young man left his home and was involved in a road traffic accident as a pedestrian. He was taken to hospital and underwent major brain surgery. He was subsequently diagnosed with brain stem death and was being kept alive by the ventilator...
Mar 28, 2021•18 min•Ep. 154
One of the things Rob is very passionate about is practice and how the elements of this contribute to mastery of something. Recently he heard about the concept of practice and ritual so wanted to discuss this and offer his own thoughts on the idea. As well as this he talks about the concept of work being your power and how being a servant leader can transform coaching, businesses and organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS As human beings we like getting into routines. Transferring this concept to practice...
Mar 22, 2021•23 min•Ep. 153
When Rob came across the saying ‘throwing pebbles into the Grand Canyon' by Eknath Easwaran, it created a striking visual image that struck a cord with him immediately. So today Rob talks about what this image means and how it intertwines with personal development and enabling you to help those around you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Imagine yourself throwing a pebble, small enough to fit in your palm, into the vastness of the Grand Canyon. As it falls into the almost immeasurable depth you would feel like it...
Mar 15, 2021•29 min•Ep. 152
Today in Rob's third instalment of Eknath Easwaran's words to live by, he continues to discuss how we can apply Eknath's learnings to our own paths of discovery, particularly in regards to leading, managing and coaching. KEY TAKEAWAYS This series of episodes is inspired by Eknath Easwaran who is an incredible thought leader and provides wonderful ways of looking at the world. 1) When someone has a desire to do something it is almost like a divine quantum spark. There are key differences between ...
Mar 08, 2021•27 min•Ep. 151
