Lasso Lessons: Ted on Life, Leadership & Learning

Leslie hires consultants, Ted gets curious, Beard embraces bromance, Alice tries to quit, and Rebecca finds feminism.  Join Cathy and Mike as they go through the looking glass to break down Season 4, Episode 2 of Ted Lasso, “Curiouser and Curiouser”.  Get some tips on: Repeating a proven playbook, what to do with a purchased advice, coaching a rising leader with “personality issues”, and the importance of implication in the workplace.  

Rebecca, Keely, and Higgins turn up in Kansas City (Kansas? Missouri? We’re honestly not sure) to persuade Ted to come back to Richmond and build a winning team culture – this time for the women’s team.   Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 4, Episode 1 of Ted Lasso, “Home,” through the lens of adult development and leadership. Along the way, they introduce three themes they'll be tracking all season: the inequities of sport, the challenge of financial viability, and the ins and outs of women helping women.

It’s time to say goodbye to Ted.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down “Ted Lasso” S3E12, “So Long Farewell” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  Can people change, and what does “OCEAN” have to do with it?  Also, we go out on  “Father and Son” & “Fight Test”:  has Ted been “too cool”?   See you for Season 4!

Ted’s mother shows up unannounced, Jamie’s “lost his wings”, and the Richmond players want Nate to rejoin the team.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down “Ted Lasso” S3E11, “Mom City” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How is “Ted Lasso” like “The Wizard of Oz” and what can we learn from Jamie about leveling up our complexity of mind?  

While Richmond’s players join their national teams for international competition, Edwin Okufo dreams of a SuperLeague, Nate and Keely deal with leaving their job, and Roy sports a tie-died t-shirt. Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E10 of “Ted Lasso”, “International Break” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How to quit with intention and bounce back successfully after failure.

Can Colin reconcile with Issac? Will Nate join Rupert in a “boys night out”? And can Roy get out of his own way?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 3, Episode 9 of “Ted Lasso”, “La Lockeroom Aux Folles” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.   What to do when someone’s behavior is confusing, and how to handle an employee who is facing outside distractions. 

Ted worries that Dr. Jake plans to propose to Michele.  Nate wants Jade to label their relationship.  Keely deals with the fallout of a leaked video.     Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 3, Episode 8 of “Ted Lasso”, “We’ll Never Have Paris” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How can you recognize whether your workplace has a culture of trust, and what can you do when facing a setback?  Take a sad song, and make it better!

Keely &  Jack and Nate &  Jade navigate the ways of love.  Sam anxiously awaits the arrival of his father, and gets into an online fight with the British Home Secretary about the fate of stranded refugees. Ted, Beard, and Roy pursue “total football” using some unorthodox training techniques.     Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E7, “The Strings that Bind Us” with an eye toward adult development and leadership. Jane Austen and Adam Smith amongst a “nation of shopkeepers”.  How can you set a new strategy and get other people to embrace it?

Coach announces, “No curfew”:  How will everyone spend their free night out in Amsterdam?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E6 of “Ted Lasso”, “Sunflowers”.  The team bogs down, Trent serves as mentor to Colin, Rebecca gets cozy with Gezellig, and Ted is inspired by Van Gogh and Tex Winters.   How can you use RAPID to make better decisions, and what would it mean to derive inspiration by making creativity a habit?

 In the wake of their big loss to Nate and Rupert's Westham, Richmond is struggling to get a win.  Rebecca ponders maternity, Keely must fire a friend, and Ted deals with a (surprising) bully.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Ted Lass Season 3, Episode 5, “Signs” with an eye towards leadership and adult development. They discuss: The Dunning Kruger Effect, Compliment Sandwiches, No Rules Rules (again), and Jerry McGuire.  What to do about truly problematic people, and what do disproportionate and proportionate responses look like?  Finally, making purposeful choices a la Viktor Frankl.