Rugby Union Coach Stuart Lancaster on Pressure, Resiliency, Culture
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 20 December 2017
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
This conversation is with rugby coach Stuart Lancaster.
Stuart is currently coaching in Dublin, Ireland with Leinster Rugby. He was the former Head Coach of the England Rugby team from 2011-2015.
Failure is something no one wants to experience but almost everyone has to go through at some point.
Those on the razor’s edge, those that push their own boundaries, curious to see how much they’re really capable of, definitely experience those setbacks.
For those performing on the world stage, those setbacks occur under a magnifying lens.
Every move critiqued, scrutinized, and debated.
In this conversation, Stuart opens up to us and shares a tough moment in his life that he could have let define him.
Stuart had an impressive rise to head coach of the English Rugby team only to experience some unfortunate shortcomings during the 2015 World Cup, which was hosted on their home soil.
Stuart was let go soon there after.
Stuart takes us through the pressure he felt in the lead up to the games and what he felt what wrong.
He has some incredible insight on building culture, developing resiliency, and becoming a better leader of men and ultimately becoming a better man himself.
Stuart has lived his life on the edge – seizing opportunities when they come his way – and I hope this conversation makes you think about what you’re willing to risk.
What scares you the most?
Where does pressure come from for you?
What type of value system guides your thoughts?
These are some great things to think about as we head into the New Year.
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| 0:00.0 | I said to the players, there's just one other thing I want to finish them out with, and I've got an envelope here for each of you individually signed, and I've written to your parents. |
| 0:08.0 | And I could see all the players look because of you've said, you've done what, and I've asked them to articulate what it |
| 0:15.0 | it means to them to see you play in this team. |
| 0:17.8 | Anyway, slowly one by one during the course of the evening |
| 0:20.6 | I saw the boys receive their envelopes and open them up and read them and |
| 0:24.8 | the powerful messages that they received and the emotion that it had on them you know can you |
| 0:29.7 | change a cut can you create a culture in in a week I'm not sure you can but I don't think I think we |
| 0:34.4 | went a long way to to moving the players to be in what a really strong team would be |
| 0:39.7 | in a night. never mind the week. All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm Michael Jervay. |
| 0:56.3 | And the idea behind these conversations is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery. |
| 1:01.1 | We want to better understand what's driving them, what they're driven to. of the |
| 1:05.0 | path of mastery. We want to better understand what's driving them, |
| 1:04.0 | what they're driven toward, really what they're searching for in their life efforts, |
| 1:08.0 | and why they're working so ridiculously hard |
| 1:10.0 | to pursue the boundaries of their potential. |
| 1:13.8 | And in doing so, I think it just makes clear sense |
| 1:16.6 | that we work to understand their psychological framework, |
| 1:20.4 | which is how they make sense of events in the world. |
| 1:23.1 | And we also want to dig to understand the mental skills |
| 1:26.3 | that they've used to build and refine their craft. |
| 1:30.6 | Finding Mastery is brought to you by Natural Stex. |
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