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Coaching Culture with Ben Herring

Ben Herring

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Coaching Culture with Ben Herring is your weekly deep-dive into the often-overlooked “softer skills” of coaching—cultural innovation, communication, empathy, leadership, dealing with stress, and motivation. Each episode features candid conversations with the world’s top international rugby coaches, who share the personal stories and intangible insights behind their winning cultures, and too their biggest failures and learnings from them. This is where X’s and O’s meet heart and soul, empowering...

Episodes (103)

Five Ways Great Coaches Anchor Teams in Tough Times

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Alando Soakai: Know your product, 'The game will take care of itself'

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The Gold You Didn’t Know You Were Mining

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Sep 24, 202514:15pending

Dan McKellar on Discipline, Culture & The Dressing Shed

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Culture outlives coaches when you get these four elements right

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Sep 17, 202527:38pending

Pat Lam on Culture: Why Love Defines High-Performing Teams

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Jim McKay: The Stresses and Strains of Professional coaching. How that Journey S...

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Ryan Schultz: The Path From Digging Holes to Elite Rugby Coaching

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Sep 7, 202554:14pending

REFLECTIONS: Off field equals on field

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Greg Peters: The Shift Every Coach and Leader Must Make

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Aug 31, 202552:32pending

Wal Herring: Feed Your Potential: Concussion, Womans high performance and Person...

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Mike Friday: Rugby Is What You Do, Not Who You Are

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REFLECTIONS: The Power of Team Cohesion

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Chris Boyd: Leadership Trumps Management

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REFLECTIONS Interpersonal Sensitivity (The Secret Weapon of Elite Coaches)

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Joey Mongalo: Learn from Everyone, Everywhere: The World as Your Leadership Libr...

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REFLECTIONS Taming Your Coach's Ego

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Seilala Mapusua: Understanding Polynesian Players.

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James Doleman: How Referees Shape Rugby's Culture Beyond the Rules

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Aaron Smith: Great coaches admit mistakes and know when to stop coaching

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REFLECTIONS Public vs. Private

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Mike Cron: Rugby's Wisest Coach Shares His Lifetime of Wisdom

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REFLECTIONS: Why words matter!

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Dan Bowden: How to Coach Your Players Without Putting Them to Sleep

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Ryan Martin: How to win a MLR Chamionship (Three times in a row!)

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James Marshall: The Power of Collaborative Coaching

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REFLECTIONS: Defining Culture

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Simon Cron: Scars Make You Stronger.

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Kendrick Lynn: Breaking Down Argentina's Rugby DNA

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Ben Darwin: The Science of Team Cohesion

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Jun 22, 20251:07:17pending

Tony Brown: Rugby Man first, Coach Second.

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Jun 15, 20251:01:10pending

Phil Davies: Inside the Mind of World Rugby’s Director of Rugby

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Jun 8, 20251:00:31pending

Geoff Parling: High Challenge and High Support cultures

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Jun 1, 202558:47pending

Sam Vesty: Inside Finals Week. Joy, Simplicity & Team Culture

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Paul Galland: The Crusaders Pipeline; Shaping More than Rugby Players

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John Mitchell: How Adversity Reshapes Coaching Philosophy

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Matt Cockbain: The Head Coach Coaches the Head.

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Mike Ruddock: Culture, Causes, and the 2005 Welsh Legacy

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Scott Lawrence: Coaching Culture and Vision in USA Rugby

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Wayne Smith: Great teams are built on meaning.

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Ryan Martin: Burn the lesson plan. How to break through in professional coaching...

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Richard Cockerill: Rugby's Straightshooter. You can't pretend to be a good versi...

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Conrad Smith: Coachability Unleashed, The Culture-Driven Approach to Rugby.

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Mar 23, 20251:15:47pending

Frans Ludeke: The Soft Skills of Really Caring and Loving People

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Glenn Delaney: The 80-20 Rule of Authentic Leadership

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James O’Connor Unfiltered: A Player’s Perspective on What Makes—or Breaks—a Good...

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Chris Webb: Rugby Management and Leadership Insights

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Paul Tito: Keeping things simple, and the art of confrontations.

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Johan Ackermann: Faith-Driven Leadership and Team Unity

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Kieran Crowley: Balancing Passion and Pressure in Rugby Coaching

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