Joy & Competitiveness & Culture | RKG
I wrote it a few years ago after reading an article about Steve Kerr and the Warriors. Kerr has had a blessed basketball life – playing under two of the very best coaches of all time in Gregg Popovich and Phil Jackson. But the most impactful advice he got before he started coaching did not come from them. It came from Pete Carroll, the coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Carroll told him that the plays he drew up wouldn’t matter. The only thing that would matter would be the culture he would set for the team. Kerr decided that the Warriors culture would be built around two concepts: joy and competitiveness. What an amazing articulation. It gives me goosebumps. It represents everything I would want in a culture. Hence the notecard. Now here’s the thing. That might not be true for you. You might want a culture defined by rigor and excellence. Or attention to detail and collaboration. All of those people sharing the Michael Jordan video from Episode 7 of the Last Dance where he got choked up t