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Coaching Culture with Ben HerringAuthor: Ben Herring
Coaching Culture with Ben Herring is your weekly deep-dive into the often-overlooked softer skills of coachingcultural innovation, communication, empathy, leadership, dealing with stress, and motivation. Each episode features candid conversations with the worlds top international rugby coaches, who share the personal stories and intangible insights behind their winning cultures, and too their biggest failures and learnings from them. This is where Xs and Os meet heart and soul, empowering coaches at every level to foster authentic connections, inspire their teams, and elevate their own coaching craft. If you believe that the real gold in rugby lies beyond the scoreboard, Coaching Culture is the podcast for you. Language: en-us Genres: Education, How To, Rugby, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Pressure Made Me Forget Who I Was | Joey Mongalo
Saturday, 25 July, 2026
Pressure doesn’t usually change a coach with one big blow. It changes you slowly, one compromise at a time, until the season ends and you realize you’ve been walking around in fog. Joey Mongalo joins us for a contrarian round of questions on coaching culture and leadership, starting with a deceptively simple one: are holidays just as important as seasons? From tornado-speed weekly cycles to the need for pockets of quiet, we talk rest and recovery as a performance skill, not a reward you earn after you’re already depleted.From there we get into player development and the uncomfortable truth about control. Coaches can create dependency by owning every decision, every clip, every answer. The alternative is autonomy: shared review and preview, players building their own “program away from the program,” and an “individual first” mindset that actually serves the team. If you only do the generic team session, you might get away with it in a team sport, but you’ll get exposed when the moment is yours.We also unpack why winning teams stop winning, looking at evolution at the organizational level, leadership transitions and the baton pass, and what happens when selection becomes a given. Then we take on modern leadership myths: can nice leaders win, should leaders show weakness, and what vulnerability looks like when AI can provide endless information but can’t provide trust, psychological safety, or real human connection.If you care about high performance coaching, authentic leadership, accountability, and building a resilient team culture, this conversation will give you language and practical angles you can use right away. Subscribe, share this with a coach or leader who needs a reset, and leave a review with the biggest idea you’re taking into your week.Send us Fan MailIs your school the best in your country? Let me know Ben@coachingculture.com.auSilverfern SportsIf you need great rugby gear, Silverfern are the best. Innovative high quality rugby kit. Buy your set of "How to be a great Coach" By Ben Herring books here (amazon worldwide)https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=ben+herring&crid=1R6QYBT8QVPS1&sprefix=ben+herring%2Caps%2C221&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 Contact Ben direct: Ben@coachingculture.com.auSupport the showSubscribe and Share, it makes a massive difference! Appreciation in advance.
