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September 2026

The “A” Comes First
What changes when you stop asking whether you can succeed and start acting from the assumption that you already will
 • Joyce Strong
Leadership Doesn’t Erase the Score
Great coaching means facing reality, protecting the team from becoming its failures, and keeping everyone focused on what can still be changed.
 • Joyce Strong
Stay Ready When the Call Stops Coming
Colin Kaepernick has been out of the NFL for nearly a decade. He still gets up before dawn and trains like the phone could ring tomorrow.
 • Joyce Strong
You Cannot Out-Discipline Sleep Deprivation
Why exhausted people eventually make slower decisions, recover poorly and perform below their ability
 • Joyce Strong
What Got You Here May Not Get You There
Sean McDermott won 98 games in Buffalo. Then he got fired. What he revealed on September 4 about the months since may be the more important leadership…
 • Joyce Strong
Get Back in the Game
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t getting knocked down. It’s deciding you’re not finished.
 • Joyce Strong
The Coach Doesn’t Play the Game
Leadership gets interesting when the people around you have to make the decision without you
 • Joyce Strong
Just Keep Skating
Cancer, divorce, five kids, and the unlikely place I learned what coaching really means
 • Joyce Strong
The Bench Is Part of the Game
What happens when you’re not playing can tell you almost everything about the culture of a team.
 • Joyce Strong
You Don’t Rise to the Moment. You Fall Back on What You’ve Built.
What coaching taught me about preparation, pressure and performance—on or off the ice
 • Joyce Strong
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