Speaker: Michael Burt

Topic: This Ain't No Practice Life

I. Finding your unique ability in life and in leadership

a. Small Towns and Big Dreams
b. Stimulus and Response- You got Potential
c. “Everybody needs a coach in life”
d. The cornerstone is Voice, Leadership, Execution, & Culture

II. WE need a new mindset

a. A new definition of leadership- The age of Wisdom
b. The multiple roles of leadership
c. Tapping into ALL parts of your people’s nature: Body, Mind, Heart, and Spirit (The “Holistic Approach”)

III. The Seven Core Decisions to move you and your organization to a new level (from This Ain’t No Practice Life)

1. The Awakening- The line of demarcation.
2. The Dreaming- Design your own dream.
3. The Cleansing- Learn to play up.
4. The Learning- Make learning as a way of being.
5. The Sowing- We reap what we sow, more than we sow it, for longer than it was sown. Add value vs. subtract it.
6. The Building- The leader who builds up, or the leader who tears down
7. The Responding- Act or be acted upon.  

About the speaker:
Former Championship coach turned entrepreneur, Coach Michael Burt now specializes in speaking, coaching, training, and leading those taht want to play at a different level in life. He is the author of four books including the most recent and widely popular, "This Ain't No Practice Life," which was just re-release on January 1 of this year. As a championship coach, Michaels teams produced seven consecutive 20+ win seasons, four conference titles, three substate appearances and the first women's basketball championship in the schools first 36 year history at Riverdale High Schooal.

Coach Burt now works with companies such as State Farm, Ole South Properties, Reeves Sain, Roscoe Brown, First Bank, John Jones Real Estate, Tricor, and many more teaching them how to build winning cultures. Coach Burt also has his own radio show on WLAC weekly around the concept of "Change Your Life Radio" which can be heard Sunday's at Noon.