Love In Basketball
The Love In Basketball podcast explores servant-leadership on and off the court. Love is at the heart of servant-leadership. And the Love In Basketball podcast seeks to gain a fuller understanding of this life-giving form of leadership that holds people and results together. Host, Leadership Coach, and former men’s college basketball coach, Adam Gierlach explores the frameworks of servant-leadership in solo episodes and sits down with servant-leadership practitioners from the world of basketball, learning what it looks like to practice servant-leadership out in the world. Together, we’ll learn more about this form of leadership that combines serving others in a way that results in our collective growth as persons, and creates the results you truly desire.
Episodes
20 episodes
Love In Basketball Programming Update
Adam is here today with a programming update.We had taken some time away from producing episodes of the podcast in April and May. We used this time for restoration, recording conversations with guests, and improving the podcast. A couple bi...
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18. Chris Acker - San Diego State
This episode is a conversation with Chris Acker. I found this to be a conversation filled with partnership. Coach Acker explores what it looks like for him to walk alongside, and partner with the student-athletes he serves to support the achiev...
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17. R-Jay Barsh - Boise State
This episode is a conversation with R-Jay Barsh. I found this to be a conversation filled with generous silence. Coach Barsh explores his journey of listening to his own heart and own mind through silence and challenge, to ground and center in ...
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16. Robert Lucero - Westlake High School (TX)
This episode is a conversation with Robert Lucero. I found this to be a conversation filled with empathy. Coach Lucero explores some of the ways he routinely takes the perspectives of those he serves, both his staff and his student-athletes, wh...
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15. Rick Croy - California Baptist
This episode is a conversation with Rick Croy. I found this to be a conversation filled with healing, and exploring the healing potential of servant-leadership for ourselves and others. Coach Croy explores his recognition of the opportunity to ...
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14. Josh Prock - Eastern New Mexico
This episode is a conversation with Josh Prock. I found this to be a conversation filled with courage, that shows up as open and honest communication. Coach Prock explores his journey of opening up to feedback from others as a way of moving tow...
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1:09:28
13. On Emotional Intelligence & Servant-Leadership
This episode is a solo episode, exploring the connection of Emotional Intelligence and Servant-Leadership.In this episode, we break down some popular misconceptions of emotional intelligence, move towards deeper understandings of the term, ...
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12. Shan Ray Ferch, Ph.D. - Professor of Leadership & Forgiveness Studies, Gonzaga University
This episode is a conversation with Shann Ray Ferch. I found this to be a conversation filled with kindness and healing. Dr. Ferch explores balancing love and power in healthy ways, countering inappropriate ambition and power drive, and more he...
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1:08:55
11. Brent Scott - Virginia Commonwealth
This episode is a conversation with Brent Scott. I found this to be a conversation filled with gratitude. Coach Scott expresses immense gratitude for the individuals who served him along his path, and highlights his journey of helping others mo...
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10. Frank Allocco, Sr. - Univ. of San Francisco Athletics
This episode is a conversation with Frank Allocco, Sr. I found this to be a conversation filled with wisdom. Coach Allocco highlights that self-knowledge often allows us to cultivate larger purpose in work and life, that helps move towards grea...
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9. Carlin Hartman - Oklahoma
This episode is a conversation with Carlin Hartman. I found this to be a conversation filled with sincerity and genuineness. Coach Hartman highlights the power of acknowledging mistakes, slowing down and developing patience, and pursuing relati...
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8. Charli Turner Thorne - Arizona State
This episode is a conversation with Charli Turner Thorne. I found this to be a conversation filled with strength and care. Coach Turner Thorne explores the traps of a results-orientation, how this may block servant-leadership, and some of what ...
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7. Ten Characteristics of a Servant-Leader
This episode is a solo episode, exploring Ten Characteristics of a Servant-Leader, a list developed by Larry Spears. ...
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6. Charles Ament - Langham Creek High School (TX)
This episode is a conversation with Charles Ament. I found this to be a conversation filled with genuine reflection. Coach Ament wrestles with servant-leadership as continual growth and struggle, that it is something we are always in training t...
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5. Benjamin Sanders - Long Island Nets
This episode is a conversation with Benjamin Sanders. I found this to be a conversation filled with openness. Coach Sanders’ experience at the collegiate and professional levels have exposed him to many different forms of leadership. Our conver...
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1:25:21
4. Gus Argenal - Cal State Fullerton
This episode is a conversation with Gus Argenal. I found this to be a conversation filled with vulnerability. Those who know Coach Argenal tend to associate him with energy and spirit, and in this conversation he illuminated where that spirit c...
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1:09:22
3. Jason Burton - Texas A&M-Commerce WBB
This episode is a conversation with Jason Burton. I found this to be a conversation filled with grace and strength. Jason Burton and his program underwent true heartbreak in his first season as head coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, with two stu...
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2. Willis Wilson - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
This episode is a conversation with Willis Wilson. I found this to be an inspiring dialogue, filled with powerful insights on the power of activating moments, the difference between a basketball coach and a leader who coaches basketball, and em...
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