3 Topics I Am Exploring In My Life Right Now

Written By Evan Burk

There are 3 topics I am actively thinking about and researching a lot these days:

#1: Discovering Your New Northstar

I am interested in A New Northstar as a topic because because I'm currently in the process of discovering my new professional Northstar after leaving my previous career of football coaching.

And my hope is that over the next 1-2 years, as I continue to learn more and more, I'll be able to to help others discover their professional north stars, assist people pivoting out of their current careers, and assign and align a new Northstar for my own professional life.

#2: Head Coach as CEO

I first got interested in the idea of a new leadership model in sports that high level coaches should be running their team as CEO's run corporate businesses as I researched how the best coaches, such as Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, and Steve Kerr, are running their hyper-successful sports organizations.

Since my research began, I have learned a lot about:

  • the importance of developing a strategy for hiring the right people,

  • delegating important responsibilities, and

  • creating effective structural change across key functions of an organization.

#3: How Long it Takes to Build Culture

I also have an interest in learning more about How long it takes to typically build a culture, and even more specifically how long it takes a losing organization to build a winning culture. While each situation is different, I can already see similarities in the teams and organizations I've researched thus far.

It's one of those fun rabbit holes I find myself exploring and researching in my free time simply because I enjoy it.

It would be great to connect with other people who are interested in these same topics—so if any of the above resonates, feel free to reach out!

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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