Author

Terry Pettit
Terry Pettit is an author of three books and a presenter on leadership and teambuilding. He is a former head coach for the University of Nebraska women's volleyball program and the host of the podcast "Inside the Coaching Mind." Pettit's webpage is terrypettit.com.
How picking fruit impacted leadership
By: Terry Pettit - February 25, 2023
When I was a senior at Manchester College in 1968, I decided to spend the winter quarter as a visiting student at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. At Alma I would have the opportunity to study under Dr. Robert Wegner, a published author and graduate of the renown Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa. […]
How the setter position in volleyball imitates the best leadership on your team
By: Terry Pettit - September 19, 2022
An occasional column about leadership. I do not think I can overstate the importance of the setter position in volleyball. I also do not think we can overstate the importance of the relationship between the setter and the head coach in volleyball. Some of you may know that for the majority of my career I never […]
The coyote coach
By: Terry Pettit - September 2, 2022
An occasional column about leadership. We live on a bluff above an oxbow in Fossil Creek, looking west toward Long’s Peak, the Indian Peaks and the rest of the Front Range. On the far side of the creek, native grasses and thickets served as a home to prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, bald eagles, hawks, voles and coyotes. […]