The Great Coaches: There Is No Algorithm For Leadership

Gilbert Enoka: Leading From Who You Are

The Great Coaches: There Is No Algorithm For Leadership

Show Notes

Gilbert Enoka on Becoming Unstoppable: Coaching, Vulnerability, Belonging, and High-Performance Leadership.

There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world's great coaches how they do it.

In this episode, Paul Barnett and Jonathan Cole sit down with legendary mental skills and performance coach Gilbert Enoka (Bert) to unpack the core philosophies behind his historic 23-year journey with the New Zealand All Blacks. Drawing from his book, Become Unstoppable, Gilbert shares profound insights on what truly separates good teams from historically dominant ones across sport, business, and life.

He has just captured his learning and insights from this career in a book called Become Unstoppable.

Q. Am I leading from who I am, or from where I sit? Q. Am I creating an environment where people feel safe enough to be vulnerable — or am I letting silence become the killer? Q. Am I competing in a way that lifts the whole team — or am I running a "super flock"?

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