Driving Commitment to Your Goals
Over the course of my career, I realized the importance of being committed versus being interested. Being committed versus being interested begins with being honest with yourself. The key characteristic that I write and speak about a lot is authenticity. It’s no...
Winning Matters
One of the really cool things about living in Batavia, IL is the amazing 1st – 8th grade football program our high school football staff has built. There is a reason that our high school team competes for the state championship just about every season. Three weeks ago...
Coaching
I wanted to share something with you that has been coming up a lot in our world here at The Molitor Group and is a recurring theme on The Athletics of Business podcast. Before I do… me back up for a second. We spend a great deal of time talking about the parallels...Focusing On The Significant Few
In life, there are always a million things that are screaming for our attention, and at times, it feels like you have to improve every aspect of your life. Do more things with your life. Help more people in your life. And do it all with grace… it’s an...
Mastering the Mind Shift
One of the things I learned early on in my coaching career was that I often felt like I was learning more from my players than they were learning from me. Especially when I got out of my own way and was more aware of what was happening. That has certainly been the...
Have Your Feet in the Right Place
It was quite the week here last week as we celebrated my little man, E.J.’s 7th birthday and the first day of school… on the same day! EJ has spent the last two weeks in a state of conflict (which we all are constantly in when you really think it through) as he...
Create the Rallying Effect
As a young boy I remember on more than one occasion waking up in the middle of the night to hear my Mom and Dad talking in their room. Specifically, I remember the conversation being one with soft voices accompanied by the sounds of my Mom crying through her...
Insdispensable
Today I want to lead with a baseball story that took place over 15 years ago. The Colorado Rockies had just re-signed a former player and asked for his input. This player had enjoyed a sixteen-year career with six different major league teams which meant that he had...
Foxhole Test
I want to talk to you about winning… and losing. See… before you know to win you have to know how to lose. You must know how to lose individually and you have to know how to lose collectively as a team. When I speak on building a culture worth...About Ed Molitor
Throughout his professional career the words coaching and leadership have been synonymous with the positions Ed has held.
His leadership skills, traits and behaviors are the reasons he has realized such great success as a college basketball coach, Chicago mortgage broker, motivational speaker who talked about the invaluable life lessons provided in competitive athletics and as VP of Operations for a successful recruiting firm.
