![Mini Chief: Neil Craig, Former AFL Head Coach on how to elicit the best decisions through knowing your North Star [Best of Series]](https://s3.castbox.fm/3a/d8/3e/7464242f83e80830ec149d7edf31ea43d3_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Mini Chief: Neil Craig, Former AFL Head Coach on how to elicit the best decisions through knowing your North Star [Best of Series]")
Mini Chief: Neil Craig, Former AFL Head Coach on how to elicit the best decisions through knowing your North Star [Best of Series]
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"Your values and philosophy about why you do things are your North Star; without them your decisions will be wishy-washy."
This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous CEO guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.
This Mini Chief episode features Neil Craig, Former AFL Coach and England Rugby High Performance Manager.
His full episode is titled High performance environments, your North Star and decision-making under pressure.
You can find the full audio and show notes here:
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Neil was best known as being a former Australian rules footballer and as the Head Coach of the Adelaide Crows Football Club.
His other stints in the AFL have included being the fitness adviser at the Crows, and having various coaching roles at the Melbourne Demons, Essendon Bombers, Carlton Blues and Gold Coast Suns.
Between 2017 and 2022, he was England Rugby's High Performance Manager under head coach Eddie Jones.
In the full Best of Series Masterclass we talk about:
✅ What a high performance environment is and how to create one
✅ Why knowing your North Star - your purpose and values - is critical to success
✅ How to make complex decisions under pressure, and
✅ Why leadership is not about you, but all about you.
Stay epic,
Greg
Connecting with Neil Craig
You can reach Neil via LinkedIn.
Books and Resources
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Legacy - by James Kerr
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