Are You Losing the Inner Game In Your Business?
Posted on August 27, 2022 by John and Connie Kuder, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.
Most pro sports teams have Mental Performance Coaches on staff. These teams are businesses with high-performing employees under stress. Isn't yours?
The Inner Game of Tennis was first published in 1974, followed by The Inner Game of Golf in 1979. This series of six books by W. Timothy Gallwey started a revolution in sports that spread to the business world.
Many universities offer graduate degrees in Sport Psychology, with Florida State University being ranked #2 by sportsdegreesonline.org.
Professional sports teams have Mental Performance Coaches on staff. One of my favorite podcasts, The Knowledge Project, recently interviewed Justin Su’a, the Mental Performance Coach for the Tampa Bay Rays.
This is NOT Chevy Chase in Caddyshack, chanting “Be the ball.”
This Is High-Value Skill Building
These pro sports teams are businesses – multi-million dollar businesses with high performing “employees” who need to maintain their focus on the task at hand and communicate clearly with their “coworkers” under stressful conditions. Is this so different from your (family) business?
Billionaires like Warren Buffett emphasize that what matters more than what you do is how you think when approaching problems and making decisions. Elon Musk talks about First Principles thinking as his main framework.
Family Businesses Are Playing For High Stakes
Being in a family business is not like working in any other job. The personal stakes are much higher; your family assets are at risk. So are your relationships. Family members can’t be replaced like a typical employee without lasting consequences.
Feeling stuck, frustrated, or overwhelmed is sadly normal.
Family businesses have an even greater need to be flexible, adaptable, resourceful, and resilient.
They have a greater need to instill these key characteristics because of the extra complexity of family relationships in the workplace. It’s impossible to fully separate work life and home life for family business owners. You need to play the Inner Game well to balance the two.
What Do You Want to Trickle-Down?
We start with the business owner, because they are the center of influence. Their actions and emotions trickle down into every corner of the business. So to get the greatest impact with the least effort, we focus on the owner(s).
We can show you over 115 clear examples of the Inner Game of the owner interfering with the smooth operation and the profitability of the business. The products and processes are important, but secondary.
Business growth requires personal growth. In both areas, discomfort and small failures are not only unavoidable, they are ***required***!
Ready For Some Fresh Eyes?
We help family businesses remove the stress and frustrations of family dynamics in the workplace and still enjoy being together. We don’t tell you how to run your business.
We help you clear the mine field by making small changes that create big results…in your thinking, in your business, and in your life.
