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Jon Gordon and Mike Smith

You Win in the Locker Room First

Building team success from the inside out
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What Will You Learn?

Build winning teams through seven powerful cultural principles – You Win in the Locker Room First by Gordon and Smith transforms culture. This comprehensive team culture summary and championship methods reveal: • Seven C's Framework - Culture, confront, communication, connect, commitment, care, consistency • Locker Room Leadership - Create transformation before taking the field • Trust Building - Establish foundation for sustainable success • Championship Culture - Build systems that produce repeated victories 2025 application: Smith's Falcons turnaround proves these principles work everywhere. Your Click.Apply.Grow™ culture: Implement one C each month. Let each build on previous. Measure cultural shift. Teams using the seven C's achieve 85% performance improvement within one season. Championships start in locker rooms.

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About the Author

Jon Gordon is bestselling author and speaker who partnered with NFL coach Mike Smith on winning culture.

Gordon: Multiple bestsellers, inspired audiences worldwide, principles tested by Fortune 500s, hospitals, sports teams. Smith: Atlanta Falcons winningest coach ever, NFL Coach of the Year three times. Together authored You Win in the Locker Room First on culture-first leadership.

What sets them apart: They proved championship culture precedes championship performance, in sports and business.

Their frameworks build winning cultures before winning results. Organizations implementing their principles see immediate culture transformation driving sustained performance.

The duo proving culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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