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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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How the Hurricanes Value Culture. Tom Kindley
Saturday, 27 June, 2026
A 60-5 final score makes headlines, but the real story is what has to be true inside a team for that kind of performance to show up when it matters most. We’re joined by Tom Kinley, General Manager of the Hurricanes, to break down the culture systems and leadership habits that turn a talented roster into a connected, resilient, high-performing group.We dig into how Tom defines team culture as shared patterns of thinking and behavior, and why the “intangible” edge is often the difference between evenly matched sides. Tom shares the Hurricanes’ everyday standards that build belonging, including the simple practice of greeting every person in an environment of roughly 150 staff and players, plus the deliberate way leaders create accountability without turning everything into mandates.From there, we get practical about high performance: planning the week, building trust fast in a new role, and aligning everyone around the Hurricanes vision to “unite and excite” while living an “us vs us” mindset. We also talk talent development, hiring for character fit, creating optimism and license to play, and why widening the lens matters, including learning from experts outside rugby to improve communication and bring the unspoken to the surface.If you care about coaching culture, leadership, organizational culture, and building teams that perform under pressure, this one is packed with usable ideas. Subscribe, share it with a coach or leader you respect, and leave a review with the one culture habit you want to try next.Send us Fan MailWant to go to Japan? Contact me ben@coachingculture.com.auInclude your phone number so I can have a chat. Ben Support the showSubscribe and Share, it makes a massive difference! Appreciation in advance.
