Jacksonville Jaguars’ Head Coach Urban Meyer Loves a Deep Bench
As the NFL prepares for the 2021 season, I wanted to share lessons learned from one of the most high-profile coaching changes made during the league’s off-season. The Jacksonville Jaguars made that change, bringing in a highly successful college coach, Urban Meyer, to take the reins in his first NFL job.
In this special edition episode, guest host John C. Maxwell joins the show to speak with Coach Meyer about the benefits of having a system your whole team buys into.
“I used to say the job of a leader is to set the standard and demand all live up to that,” shared three-time national championship coach Urban Meyer. “I’ve come to believe the job of a leader is to earn your team’s trust. And then you set a standard while equipping and inspiring them so they can achieve the standard.”
Meyer established himself as one of only three coaches, along with Pop Warner and Nick Saban, to win a major college football national championship at two universities. His system for building a deep bench will help any business leader seeking to build strong teams in their organizations.
In this episode, he describes how to respect the accomplishments of your predecessors in leadership transition and how to replace fear with trust.
You will learn:
- 2:15 How to respect the accomplishments of your predecessors.
- 6:00 How to motivate people with love vs. fear.
- 13:00 How to keep your team “above the line” when confronting adversity.
- 15:00 The keys to battling complacency.
- 18:30 How to bake leadership development into your core values.
- 20:15 The secret of building a “deep bench.”
- 23:00 How Coach Meyer uses the Navy Seals as an example.
Resources:
- Learn more about John C. Maxwell and listen to his leadership podcast.
- Coach Urban Meyer and QB Trevor Lawerence make their NFL regular season debut September 12th in Houston.