Athletic Leadership Programs

Jack provides proprietary leadership conferences / talks for both coaches and student athletes at the high school and college levels.

His experience as a former college QB and college coach, leading three businesses, author, and 29 years of leading leadership programs for student athletes, allow him to easily relate to his audience and tailor his message for the greatest impact.

Jack offers 50-minute talks, three-hour workshops, and a single day leadership conference.

All of Jack’s programs are interactive and incorporate a “learn and immediately apply” format.
He doesn’t deal in concepts, just hands-on, application content.

District High School Student Athlete Leadership Conferences

Overview

• One day conference for high school student athletes - juniors
• Up to 5 student athletes selected per school
• Conference will be a highly interactive workshop format
• Students have the opportunity through their exposure as athletes to be “students of influence” on their high school campuses. They need to be positive role models.

Conference Leader

Jack Williams, Founder of the IDEALS Foundation. Jack created and has led the IDEALS Leadership School in Metro Atlanta for 29 years. He created the Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) video program which schools used in 29 states. He was asked by the Ga Dept of Education / Ga State Board of Education to create a soft/life skills curriculum for high school students. He was asked by the Alabama Athletic HS Association to develop and lead a statewide Student Athlete Conference which is now in its eighth year.

Learning Targets

• Student athletes will have the opportunity to be engaged in a workshop format with other like-minded young people. This iron sharpens iron is greatly needed in our youth community today.
• They will have an opportunity to improve sportsmanship between competing schools by developing relationships with key athletes from neighboring school communities.
• They will leave with the initial draft of their personal “I Believe” list. This document represents the values, beliefs, and priorities they will use to shape their life going forward.
• They will have an opportunity to define what success means to them personally and also in the various aspects of their life, rather than having by default to try to live up to other people’s definition of success.
• They will have a decision-making model to use to help them become more effective decision makers.
• They will understand the five-step communication model to use when trying to create buy-in as a leader.
• They will have a solid grasp of all the variables they need to consider when trying to get a group of people to come together and work toward a common goal.
• They will go through a working exercise discussing the three key requirements to meet the definition of teamwork.
  Teamwork occurs when all members of the team are proficient in their respective areas and have mutual trust and respect for one another.
• They will have a solid grasp of all the variables they need to consider when trying to get a group
  of people to come together and work toward a common goal.
• They will have a solid grasp of all the variables they need to consider when trying to get a group of people to come together and work toward a common goal.
• They will understand the difference in Get Its/ Distractors/ Winables.
• They will discuss the various “diseases” that can infect a group of people as they try to come together and work on a common objective.
• They will have fun and be more confident as they take on leadership and role model duties during their senior year in high school.

For Coaches

Developing Your Coaching “Signature”

Every person has a unique written signature. Their signature represents who they are and what they stand for. Their signatures “value” directly corresponds to the person behind it.

A Coach also has a Coach’s “Signature”. It too represents who they are and what they stand for. Rest assured; their players will be able to tell what that Coach’s “Signature” represents. Coaches need to be intentional on developing the Coach’s “Signature” they want to represent them.

Through Jack’s program Coaches will participate in exercises that will help them develop the type of Coach’s “Signature” they want associated with their career.

For Student Athletes

Developing Your Life “Signature”

Every person has a unique written signature. Their signature represents who they are and what they stand for. Their signatures “value” directly corresponds to the person behind it.

Student athletes also have a Life “Signature”. It too will represent who they are and what they stand for.

Jack walks the participants through the three areas of their life that will shape what that Life “Signature” represents. This program helps them become better people, stronger teammates, and more impactful role models.

Getting to "Team"

No organization starts out as a Team. They all begin as a group of people trying to work together to accomplish a common objective. They have to earn the right to become a Team. This three hour workshop helps the athletes understand the five keys to moving from a group of people to a Team and how to get the buy-in from the group in order to do so.