Remembering and Honoring Coach Tony Barone, with Ed Molitor
Ed Molitor
In the last 26 years, Ed has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as an NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. Ed has a unique set of skills to deliver leaders across the country a purposeful, positive, energetic, and refreshing experience to unlock their true potential. In 2016, Ed launched his company, The Molitor Group, in order to reach and add value to a larger sphere of ambitious individuals and help them achieve their goals every day. Through The Molitor Group, Ed has guided all types of leaders to achieve success. From entrepreneurs and executives to teams and companies, The Molitor Group specializes in empowering individuals and groups to achieve at the next level. Through Leadership Performance training, coaching, and speaking, Ed’s goal is to supply people and organizations with the necessary tools to move forward from where they are now to where they want to be.
What you'll learn from this episode:
- Why Coach Tony Barone of Creighton University had a major impact on Ed's life, and why his recent passing at age 72 has affected Ed deeply
- Ed shares details of Coach B's remarkable resume and decades of work in basketball coaching, as well as some of Coach B's career highs
- What remarkable leadership traits and qualities Coach B possessed that inspired the people he led
- How Coach B taught his players to dream big, do more, and to believe in themselves both individually and collectively
- Ed shares the story of being the underdogs in a tournament, coming from behind to win, and then Coach B ripping open his shirt to reveal a "1989 Missouri Valley Conference Champions" t-shirt he'd been wearing the whole game
- Why one of the important lessons Ed learned was the value of building a culture that isn't "like a family" but is a family
- Ed shares a memorable and special story of his time at Creighton and receiving academic praise from Coach B
- How Coach B worked to make sure that his team members knew they mattered to him, and how that made a lasting impression on them
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