Doing It On The Side

Today I have Bruce Reed who is a dad of two young kids, runs Compass Education Group, and on the side, he's a little league baseball coach. Bruce has a really interesting perspective and approach when it comes to coaching kids, and he takes much of the same approach in building and managing teams in his business — in both he looks for 3 types of personalities: The entrepreneurs, The artisans and The pragmatists. I love this way of thinking because it allows people to be recognized for the strengths they bring naturally, rather than being force fit to be something they're not. SHOW NOTES: Compass Education Group As a kid he had great coaches that influenced him to stay involved in coaching. In college spent a semester abroad in Australia and helped get an American Football team started, later coached high school softball and baseball team in Japan. Bruce has a unique approach to coaching the little league kids:He thinks a lot about it before he even has a team of kids. 1. His goal is that he wants