Why Creative Leaders Should Think Like Coaches, Not Managers

This fall, watching my son’s soccer team play, it hit me: creative leadership is more like coaching than traditional management. Coaching focuses on developing, empowering, and adapting with your team. It’s a two-way conversation. Management tends to be about directing, controlling, and meeting specific tasks or deadlines.

Every win, loss, and missed shot is a live experiment in leadership, resilience, and collaboration. It’s where communication under pressure becomes instinct, not theory.