2 | Dr. Alex Auerbach on Maximizing Your Leadership Potential

Written By Evan Burk
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Dr. Alex Auerbach joined the Toronto Raptors as the Director of Wellness and Development in May 2020, after spending the previous two years serving as the Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology for the University of Arizona.

Alex is a former football coach-turned-sports psychologist who specializes in sport and performance psychology, and has worked with elite athletes at every level of competition including NCAA Division 1 colleges, multiple professional sports organizations, and Olympic athletes over the past decade.

In this interview, Evan Burk speaks with Alex about building trust with players, how leaders can maximize their leadership potential, and the value of honest and transparent work environments.

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  • 2:15 | Alex's leadership evolution over his career

  • 4:45 | How organizations and leaders can develop relationships with their people

  • 7:00 | Trusting your instincts as a young leader

  • 9:00 | Real leadership = doing what you need to do for somebody else to be the best

  • 14:00 | Building trust through consistency

  • 17:30 | Honesty and integrity with your team

  • 19:00 | People want honesty from their leaders

  • 21:30 | Developing a Self-Reflection practice to improve your leadership

  • 22:15 | Where Alex sees coaches can make improvements

  • 27:00 | Differences in leadership from players vs. coaches

  • 31:00 | The value of radical transparency in people that surround coaches

  • 34:30 | "Not everyone has earned a right to have a voice in the culture"

  • 37:30 | Alex's decision-making process and how he makes tough decisions

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    Evan Burk

    Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

    Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

    After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

    Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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