Solar Bears head coach and AdventHealth Central Florida CEO Brian Adams talk winning with teamwork

Inspiring Wholeness

The parallels between sports and business are undeniable to many leaders. For example, the saying about how an athlete can occasionally win a game, but it takes a team to win a championship resonates with Brian Adams, president and CEO, AdventHealth Central Florida Division.
In this episode of the Inspiring Wholeness podcast, presented by AdventHealth in partnership with the Orlando Business Journal, Adams talks with Matt Carkner, head coach and general manager of the Orlando Solar Bears, about his favorite sport — hockey — and their common approaches to leadership and teamwork.
“One of the things coach and I have in common is we set up goals for the organization that could only be achieved through teamwork. If you can inspire your team around that goal, then those who aren't aligned with it begin to show up in a different way,” Adams said. “When people are bought into the larger goal, that's how you drive teamwork. It's through the vision of them wanting to achieve something they can only achieve together.”
As a retired NHL star who transitioned into a head coach, Carkner knows first-hand how important it is to build a cohesive team that’s working toward the same goal.
Listen to this episode to learn more about:

• What it looks like to lead from the heart.
• Leadership lessons and learning from mistakes.
• Achieving team alignment.
• Tapping into the desire people have to be connected to a purpose.
• The hardest things about leadership, from making unpopular decisions to managing low performers, and the loneliness that comes with the position.
• Handling an incredible amount of pressure whether you’re saving lives or winning games.
• The partnership between AdventHealth and the Orlando Solar Bears.
• Servant leadership and a youth hockey team Carkner and his wife established for kids with special needs.

AdventHealth has provided whole-person care for 115 years. Today, our services, including cancer, cardiac, neurosurgery, orthopedics and a dedicated women’s and children’s hospital are rated among the nation’s best. Learn more at feelhealthyfeelwhole.com.
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