{"id":24970,"date":"2017-05-04T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/coach-taylor-quotes-to-problem-solve-by\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:40:38","slug":"coach-taylor-quotes-to-problem-solve-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/zh-hans\/blogs\/coach-taylor-quotes-to-problem-solve-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Taylor Quotes to Problem Solve by"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of sports movies and TV shows that transcend life lessons and create great parallels between sports, life and business.\u00a0 One of my all-time favorite sports TV shows is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0758745\/\"><em>Friday Night Lights<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s a great TV drama about a high school football team in Texas, based on a famous book, which teaches life lessons through sports, creating great parallels to the world of business and what we do at Kepner-Tregoe (KT) as the leaders in problem solving.<\/p>\n<p>The most quotable character in the show is Coach Eric Taylor. His job is to teach, coach, and inspire the young men on his team. He not only does this with football knowledge, but also demonstrates some really valuable, teachable moments.<\/p>\n<p>I was recently looking back on some of his best quotes and couldn\u2019t help notice how many can be related to problem solving. \u00a0I thought I\u2019d share my list of the best Coach Taylor quotes, and how they can relate to any team who is working to solve problems more effectively be it on the field or in a business organization:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0<strong>Don\u2019t just stand by and watch it happen.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 No matter what your job is, problems are all around you. Sometimes it\u2019s easy to ignore problems that happen only intermittently. They might somehow fix themselves or perhaps not impact your job directly. But what if the problem is impacting another person or team at your company? Or worse yet, the customer. In the least, it\u2019s important to share this knowledge with your co-workers or management.\u00a0 Another option\u2026take the Coach\u2019s advice and go after it \u2013 gather a team together and figure out a solution.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Stick together. It all works out.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 From what we typically see at Kepner-Tregoe, very few problems are solved by just one person. Especially when problems are complex and you haven\u2019t seen them before. Gathering a team of subject matter experts, great problem solvers and someone to facilitate the conversation can really help gather the information needed to find cause.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>My dad used to say, \u2018It always looks bad before it gets better.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 Many companies call KT when they\u2019re experiencing a lot of pain \u2013 lots of problems with employee\u2019s firefighting all the time, and no end in sight. When we teach our Problem Solving methodology, success just doesn\u2019t happen overnight. There\u2019s always the challenge of learning a new skill in the classroom and then applying it back on the job. Stick with it, even with those early struggles, and solid use of KT\u2019s problem solving process will surely help.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Success is not a goal, it\u2019s a byproduct.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 Coaches want touchdowns but they don\u2019t coach touchdowns, they teach the process to get them. Similarly, companies implement training programs and hire consultants for the results, but what we\u2019ve found is that the hard work to implement a new problem solving process is what ultimately results in goals being achieved. Focus on the \u201cblocking and tackling\u201d and the results will come.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Clear eyes, full hearts, can\u2019t lose.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 This is my favorite Coach Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_7TOHrppa_E\">quote of them all<\/a>. This quote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/09\/connie-britton-mantra-impact_n_5792550.html\">inspires lots of people<\/a>! In the world of problem solving, clear eyes are the vision to see through the abundance of data, stress and pain of ongoing problems and confidently work towards a solution. Full hearts to me means passion and sticking with a problem until a resolution is found. And can\u2019t lose is about that winning feeling when a team finally solves a problem after a ton of hard work. Maybe it\u2019s not like winning the state championship, but success feels great!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of sports movies and TV shows that transcend life lessons and create great parallels between sports, life and business.\u00a0 One of my all-time favorite sports TV shows is Friday Night Lights. 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