Cory Shirk: 244 Essential Skills Every Fitness Leader Should Possess

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

244 Essential Skills Every Fitness Leader Should Possess

While studying Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Florida, Shawn Stewart began his career in the fitness industry in 1994 at Gainesville Health & Fitness in Gainesville, FL. He quickly discovered his passion for values based leadership and the power of company culture.

Stewart is an accomplished speaker and educator for the health and fitness industry and has educated fitness professionals all over the world. After 20 years in Gainesville serving as the General Manager for all of the Gainesville Health & Fitness facilities, Stewart is now the Chief Operating Officer for O2 Fitness, based in Raleigh, NC. He oversees the operations of 28 clubs in North and South Carolina.

What you’ll learn

The 5 key enemies of listening
Why Adversity Quotient is such an important quality in our leaders and teams
3 actions for Fitness Business Leaders to Build an amazing team

Episode Timeline

01:01 Thank you to our podcast partner One Fit Stop
01:22 Introducing this weeks special guest
03:19 Active Listening versus Emphatic Listening
06:05 The 5 Enemies of Listening
09:22 Potential downfalls of not using emphatic listening
10:48 Shawn Stewart Empathic Listening training manual DOWNLOAD HERE
11:59 What is AQ – Adversity Quotient?
14:28 What is a Quitter, Camper, Climber?
18:23 AQ Test described by Shawn DOWNLOAD HERE
19:04 Fitbizpiration – 3 actions for Fitness Business Leaders to Build an amazing team
24:49 Message from Gym Sales
25:30 Bonus Segment – 2019 IHRSA Institute with Michele Melkerson-Granryd
29:37 Precor Quick Fire Five with Tyler J McCall