Today we spoke with Cody Royle - Coach, Best-selling Author, and Former Head Coach AFL Team Canada Cody is a coach to coaches. Author of 'The Tough Stuff' and 'Where Others Won't', he coaches 15 head coaches from 7 team sports globally. Roles range from cultural architect, mentor, confidante, facilitator, sounding board to idea generator; he has worked with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Pittsburgh Pirates, Premier League...amongst others. We spoke about self-care for coaches, his coaching philosophy, and how his writing style changed from his first book to his latest - how his confidence and voice grew from experience. Cody discussed how his work reflects a journey from Australia to Canada, to Ireland (and his links with here!)...and how his identity has changed with fatherhood. We unpacked people vs tech innovations and the skills of great coaches. FYI Cody has a fantastic podcast - check out 'Where Others Won't' - guests include our friend Owen Eastwood, Crusaders head coach Scott Robertson and Lisa Fallon. Thanks for coming to our office in Dublin Cody! Highlights: In this episode we discussed: 🏀 Venturing across the world to explore high performance cultures 💥 Growth through failures and crashes 🪄 Allowing the magic to happen as a leader 📈 The unrealised potential of human development 🤝 How GPS doesn't measure team development 👶 Learning to be a dad and putting that at the core of Cody's identity 🏃‍♂️ Transitioning from coaching players to coaching head coaches Timestamps: (3:11) - Natural hospitality of Irish people (5:35) - Leaving Australia to explore other cultures (7:19) - Gaining confidence by stepping outside of your comfort zone (9:38) - Mechanics vs Dynamics of coaching (10:25) - Dynamics and human factors, caring + relationships (12:24) - The alignment of the Golden State Warriors (14:45) - Breaking down siloes in organisations (17:27) - Let the magic happen as a leader. Don't always quantify (18:30) - Focusing on the quality of work not quality (19:45) - Innovating through people, not the product (22:00) - Transition from coaching players to coaching coaches (25:30) - Being Ollie's dad + Stephanie's husband (29:36) - Learning to be a dad and how nothing prepares you for it (30:06) - Human development through amino-need exposure (33:30) - The unrealised potential in focusing on human development (36:07) - GPS doesn't measure team development (37:42) - What does high performance mean to you? For information on previous guests and shows please visit www.SleepEatPerformRepeat.com. Previous guests include Cal Newport, Dr. Michael Gervais, Joy Neville, Rich Froning, BJ Fogg, Sonia O'Sullivan, Rich Diviney, Keith Earls, Caelan Doris, Chanelle McCoy, PJ Nestler, Jack Butcher, Shane O'Sullivan, Chris Burkard, Brian Keane, Steve Magness, Owen Eastwood, Steven Kotler, Daniel Davey, Ray Goggins, Shane O'Donnell, Jonny Cooper, Capt Emily Bassett, George Kruis, Brett Bartholomew, Aoife McDermott, Lisa Jacob and many more.