{"id":2373,"date":"2021-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/virtual-leaders-meet-the-evolution-of-leadership-giving-feedback-and-influencing-people\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:19:55","slug":"virtual-leaders-meet-the-evolution-of-leadership-giving-feedback-and-influencing-people","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-the-evolution-of-leadership-giving-feedback-and-influencing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Leaders Meet: Evolution of Leadership \u2013 Giving Feedback and Influencing People"},"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\/session-1-hero-image.png);\">\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                                Jun 14, 2021                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" 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>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Virtual Leaders Meet: Evolution of Leadership \u2013 Giving Feedback and Influencing People<\/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; 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He took a club languishing in 14th place in the English Championship and guided them to Premier League promotion via the Play-Offs in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Villa survived their first season back in the top flight despite the Covid disruptions and, at the end of the 2020-21 season, Smith guided the Birmingham-based side to mid-table security, while claiming a series of big scalps \u2013 most notably champions Liverpool following a 7-2 thrashing in October 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As a coach, Smith believes himself to be an accumulation of a decade of experience spent coaching in English football. He freely admits that if he\u2019d had the Villa job as his first then he wouldn\u2019t have lasted even six months. He has made sure he is aligned to the owners\u2019 expectations and aspirations while learning emotional regulation in his own coaching style.<\/li>\n<li>The Covid restrictions have brought home for Smith how important both visibility and listening are for a leader. He believes that players need to see the head coach out on the training pitch, listening to players and understanding their motivations and concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Key to his approach is enticing his players to play with freedom and without fear. \u201cWhen I first came into coaching, I said to myself \u2018if I become a manager, I want to be a manager who I would have wanted to be managed by.\u2019 I live by that statement every day. One of the biggest things I want to be is consistent with the players. They need to see consistency from the person making the decisions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When Smith sees a player\u2019s motivation start to wane, he favours a \u201cgood old-fashioned one to one talk.\u201d He says: \u201cIt is important to ask the player \u2018how can I help? What do you expect from me? Is there anything you feel you need?\u2019 I\u2019ve never been afraid to ask players that question and I\u2019ve never been afraid to get the reply.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Greater input leads to better decision making. Smith needs his support staff to be able to challenge him \u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t want people saying \u2018yes\u2019 to me all of the time\u201d \u2013 that comes from trust built over time. \u201cThere has to be one decision-maker at the end of it but you want everyone\u2019s opinions in order to make better decisions.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2374,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[22,20,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2373","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-development-performance","category-leadership-culture-performance","category-summit-session"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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