Coachable Players
Coachable Players is hosted by Jon O'Brien a lifelong sports fan and passionate advocate for small businesses.
The qualities that make someone great on the field - humility, discipline, teamwork - are the same ones that build successful careers and thriving companies. In each episode, business owners, professionals and sports coaches will share life lessons that come from being coachable, like how to take feedback, improve under pressure and lead with purpose.
Episodes
19 episodes
Marines Corps Leadership & Basketball Culture
The Coachable Players Podcast sits down with Nate Davis, Gettysburg College women's basketball coach and former Marine. In this interview, Coach Nate shares how his Marine Corps experience shaped his leadership approach as a coach, ...
Recruiting for Culture & Developing Players without Scholarships
In this episode Messiah College Women's Basketball Coach Mike Miller talks about culture building, recruiting and leadership development at this DIII powerhouse.With 40 years of coaching, Coach Miller explains how he looks for three key ...
The Most Teachable Play in Sports - And What It Means for Your Career
The Coachable Players talks about the James Harrison iconic interception return during the 2009 Super Bowl. This play demonstrates the importance of being coachable in both sports and professional life. Steelers Defensive Coordinator Dick LeBea...
The Four Agreements Book Review
This episode breaks down the core ideas from The Four Agreements and connects them to what it really means to be coachable in sports, business, and life. It highlights four simple but powerful principles - being intentional with your words, not...
Scott 'Crasher' Braasch: Reaching Young Minds Today
We’re excited to bring you something a little different—and incredibly impactful.Coachable Players hosted a special livestream interview paired with a live music performance, featuring a former college football player who has built a po...
Bill Swan: The Players You'll Never Forget
The Coachable Players sits down with Bill Swan, a retired high school basketball coach from Hempfield Area High School in Westmoreland County who coached for 36 years. Bill talks about the players he'll never forget.Bill has coached a lo...
The Coachable Self Assessment
What separates good people from great teammates and coworkers? In this episode we introduce the Coachable Self-Assessment Test, designed to help athletes and young professionals better understand their coachability. College coaches ...
Coachable People Reflect - Here's How
This episode of the Coachable Players Podcast focuses on the importance of being coachable and introduces a simple tool called the 3-2-1 Game Journal for athletes and professionals to improve their performance and reflection.I explain th...
My Journey: From Youth Sports to Business Leader - 5 Mindset Shifts
In this episode, I open up, sharing my journey from growing up in a sports-obsessed home to becoming a business leader in Pennsylvania's construction industry. I highlight five key mindset shifts that transformed my athletic approach into effec...
Rob Smith: Committed to Building Success
Rob Smith joins me to talk about how about being coachable extends beyond sports into the construction industry. Rob Smith is the Executive Director/ Chief Administration Officer for the Eastern Atlantic States (EAS) Carpenters Tech...
Carl Heinlein: Importance of Building Trust & Respect as a Safety Professional
In this episode of the Coachable Players Podcast, I chat with Carl Heinlein. Carl is a highly respected safety professional. He works with companies from all industries based all around the country and has the awards and accolades but that's no...
Brent Darnell: Let's Talk About Coachability & Company Culture
Coachable Players welcomes Brent Darnell, an executive coach who's highly respected around the country. In this conversation they dive deep into conversation about leadership, company culture, and emotional intelligence. Brent uses ...
My Thoughts on the Steelers New Head Coach Mike McCarthy
In this episode, host Jon O’Brien shares his perspective on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ decision to bring in veteran coach Mike McCarthy as their new head coach following Mike Tomlin’s departure. He breaks down what McCarthy’s hiring could mean fo...
Lauren Hess: Softball's Impact on My Professional Development
Lauren Hess shares her journey from childhood through college softball, discussing how the sport helped develop her organizational skills and leadership abilities and building valuable connections along the way with groups like the Keystone Con...
Chris Lalevee: Everyone is Coachable
There are parallels between sports coaching and construction industry practices and in this episode Chris Lelevee chats with Jon about his perspective. They discuss the importance of coachability in recruitment and personal development, includi...
Cory Johnson: Personal Improvement Over Winning Outcomes
In this episode, we dive into what truly drives athletic success - the process, the relationships, and the mindset behind the goals. Coachable Players host Jon sits down with Northern High School head wrestling coach Cory Johnson to explore how...
Chris Martin: Life Lessons from the Basketball Hardcourt Applied to the Business World!
Chris Martin had the drive and the height to be a formidable basketball athlete growing up. What he learned as a player from the youth, high school and college courts helped him become a highly respected construction branding expert. This forme...
Rocky Bleier: Successful in Football, the Army & Business - Coachable in Life
Introducing Coachable Players - Being Coachable isn't a Sports Skill, It's a Life Skill!
Welcome to The Coachable Players Podcast, where we believe the most successful athletes, employees and business owners all share the trait of being coachable. This episode is just the beginning, on this journey we'll explore how...