{"id":2103,"date":"2020-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:34","slug":"podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders &#8211; Terry Francona"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-618395756.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Oct 29, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders &#8211; Terry Francona<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/leadership-culture-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/&#038;text=Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders - Terry Francona\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Performance Podcast: At Home With Leaders - Terry Francona. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-terry-francona\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>The At Home With Leaders podcast is brought to you by our Main Partners<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21512\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Keiser-featured-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I have any perspective or balance,&#8221; says Terry Francona. &#8220;People have asked me before and I don&#8217;t think I have any. I&#8217;m not sure any coach has.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Cleveland Indians Manager is talking to At Home With Leaders about balancing the needs of a team with your personal needs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every year it gets harder. I come home and it takes me longer to recharge,&#8221; adds Francona, who has expressed his gratitude to the Indians for fulfilling their duty of care with such commitment when he took ill earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>He is recovering well and there seems little doubt that Francona will recharge long before Spring Training and likely far sooner given his hunger and enthusiasm throughout this chat.<\/p>\n<p>Francona, now three decades into a coaching career that has taken in two World Series triumphs in Boston, spoke in a similarly honest vein when discussing:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Indians&#8217; efforts preparing coaching staff in newer roles in uncertain times [14:00];<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Managing the expectations of players [24:30];<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Risk-taking and creativity on an MLB field [28:00];<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Players speaking up on social issues [31:00];<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Staying fresh and continuing to evolve as a manager [33:30].<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/69611111\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve Gera:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfgera\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stevegera\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Stone:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stone_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthewstone22\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Further listening:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-alex-goode\/\">At Home With Leaders &#8211; Alex Goode<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen above and subscribe today on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/leaders-performance-podcast\/id1124488318?mt=2\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4EKIUuWYk5SWWqRWRQfw3z?si=epSPBhLdREOwtHiGYJnvEg\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/leaders\/the-leaders-performance-podcast\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1124488318\/leaders-performance-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, or your chosen podcast platform.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Indians Manager shares his views on organisational alignment, making difficult decisions, as well as preparing and recovering from competition environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2104,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[22,20],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2103","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-development-performance","category-leadership-culture-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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