Don’t Be Like Todd Graham—How to Better Manage Yourself and Others

Former Pitt football coach Todd Graham is in the news again. He asked out of his contract with the University of Hawaii after player mistreatment allegations. 

Here’s my breakdown of 7 Ways to Embarrass Yourself When Leaving from when Todd Graham hurt another football program over a decade ago. 

My initial thought was “How does he keep doing this?” 

Then I remembered that we are what we are. Our natural behaviors will come out again and again throughout our lives based on how we are wired combined with our life experiences.

That means people will repeat both good and bad behaviors throughout their lives. It doesn’t mean we can’t get better at fighting our triggers or hone our decision making skills. We can and should. 

One way is to better understand ourselves and those we spend the most time with. 

I’ve found tools like Predictive Index systematically bring insights that we can leverage to grow personally and professionally.

We’ll still be who we are. But we’ll be better at managing our emotions and responses. We’ll better understand ourselves and those we care the most about. We’ll be able to create stronger relationships leading to better outcomes.

We can maximize our strengths and stave off negative triggers. And we can not be like Todd Graham.