Halftime Speech


A great halftime speech rallies around a challenge to overcome. 
It acknowledges potentially bad news and offers a reframed perspective. 
A common purpose is established and a sense of community is reinforced in that moment. 


This is the cognitive process of perspective taking. 
You might walk into halftime feeling desolate or downtrodden. 
A great halftime speech completely pivots your perspective of reality; while reality, itself, remains unchanged. 


If a coach can reframe their team’s perspective at halftime, you can do the same for yours mid-project. 
Your job as a leader is to remove barriers to performance. 
Sometimes this means challenging your team to see the barrier is a fixed perspective. 



Great moments are born from great coffee,
- Morning Cup