The Rebound: Real Stories of Leadership, Resilience, and Long-Term Success
Welcome to The Rebound with Coach Matt Doherty! This podcast features conversations and insights designed to elevate your leadership skills, provide key insights to improve your decision-making and communication, and take yourself and your team to new heights. Our catalog is filled with illuminating conversations with personalities on a variety of subjects. After a successful run on The First, we’ve made the decision to take this show back to its original purpose and focus - helping you strengthen your leadership abilities and putting leaders from the world of business, sport, and more center stage. We invite you to join Coach Doherty, whether he’s joined by a guest or flying solo, and discover how to tap into leadership potential you never knew was inside you! ABOUT MATT DOHERTY: Matt Doherty was a starter on the 1982 National Championship-winning North Carolina Tar Heels, bringing the ball up court for Michael Jordan, James Worthy, and Sam Perkins. He went on to a career on Wall Street before the game of basketball came calling once again - this time as Head Coach at Notre Dame. After one year with the Fighting Irish, Coach Doherty returned to the bench at his alma mater North Carolina as Head Coach in 2000, where he was recognized as National Coach of the Year in his first season at the helm. Today, coaching remains a vital part of Matt’s world as he serves as a Leadership and Executive Coach for numerous businesses and professionals. He’s the author of the best-selling book Rebound: From Pain to Passion, and his keynote speeches and presentations have left audiences motivated and ready to take action. The Rebound will do the same. Press play and see for yourself!
Episodes
In this special episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty shares an inside look at his new Time Out Journal and the power of taking just two minutes a day to recalibrate your mindset. As you'll learn, a brief daily reflection can help you recognize your progress, boost confidence, and shift focus from comparison to genuine growth.
It's been proven that consistent reflection builds self-awareness and clarity, both of which...
The Rebound is back and, in this episode, Coach Matt Doherty shares the mic with Kevin Cumbus, Founder of TUSK Practice Sales in Charlotte NC, to discuss why building a winning culture should always be the first priority in any business. This deep conversation explores how core values drive behavior, decision-making, and long-term success.
Building a strong company culture starts with defining authentic core values and weaving them ...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty explores the three critical forces that shape your life: the people you surround yourself with, the books you read, and the traumas/challenges you face. Each of these elements plays a pivotal role in your growth, resilience, and ability to thrive.
Understanding the impact of people, books, and traumas can unlock powerful pathways for personal growth. When you focus on building stron...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty sits down with NBA legend John Lucas to explore lessons from the court, the business world, and life as a whole. Lucas shares his journey from championship-level success to overcoming addiction, and how those experiences shaped his approach to coaching, leadership, and personal growth.
Resilience, purpose, and recovery are powerful themes throughout this conversation. Listeners sear...
Feeling stuck or unsure about your next move? Coach Matt Doherty is ready to take you down the path of how the most effective leaders and high performers build a personal board of directors to guide decisions, provide accountability, and reveal blind spots.
In this impactful episode, you'll learn how to identify and select a diverse team of trusted advisors who challenge your thinking and support your growth. Matt explains why ...
The Rebound is back and, in this episode, Coach Matt Doherty sits down with hospitality legend Horst Schulze to explore the secrets behind creating a world-class company culture. Schulze shares how his leadership philosophy built the Ritz-Carlton into one of the most respected brands in the world - starting with purpose, belonging, and a refusal to compromise on excellence.
This episode dives into the power of hiring for cultural fi...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty dives deep into the Eisenhower Matrix, a simple yet powerful tool for time management and leadership clarity. Drawing inspiration from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Coach explores how leaders can stop reacting and start leading with intentionality, as well as making better use of their time on a daily basis.
This episode will show you how to categorize tasks based on urgency and i...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty sits down with Don Berman, Founder and Executive Chairman of CardWorks, for a powerful conversation about learning, growing, and overcoming. Throughout this episode, Coach and Don reminisce about their days playing basketball at Prospect Park and reflect on the powerful leadership lessons that shaped their careers competing in that environment.
Matt and Don discuss how the lessons l...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty is back with the fifth pillar of the STEVIT Leadership Framework: Know Your Industry.
Simply stated, knowing your product isn't enough. Great leaders need to deeply understand the landscape they operate in. Whether it's tech, healthcare, or sports, staying informed is essential to staying relevant.
Coach Doherty draws a sharp distinction between working in your business an...
In this powerful conclusion to the STEVIT Leadership Framework, Coach Matt Doherty shares what may be the toughest and most transformative trait for any leader: knowing the truth. Not the version you hope is real, but the actual truth about yourself, your people, your organization, and your results.
Coach shares personal stories and hard-won lessons, including a pivotal moment in his career at North Carolina, where he was forced to ...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty sits down with Kim and Matt Matone to explore how defining and living your core values can transform a business. As founders of Matone Counseling & Testing, the Matones share how values like compassion, integrity, and accessibility guide their daily operations.
This in-depth conversation dives deep into how purpose-driven leadership requires more than words on a wall, but consis...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty breaks down the crucial leadership skill of reading your environment — the "E" in his STEVIT framework. Drawing from his coaching days at North Carolina, Matt illustrates how understanding the context around you is the first step toward effective leadership.
Join Coach as he discusses the importance of market awareness, encouraging leaders to go beyond surface-level metric...
The Rebound is back and, in this episode, Matt Doherty shifts focus to the “V” in his STEVIT leadership model: Vision. He challenges leaders to go beyond slogans and create a vivid, compelling picture of the future that energizes and aligns their teams.
A strong vision isn’t optional...it’s absolutely essential if you want your team to succeed. When teams understand where they’re going and why it matters, confusion fades and momentu...
In this powerful episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty is joined by Mitch Kupchak, former NBA Champion and General Manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, to explore how lessons learned in basketball transcend the game, particularly through transformational coaching and strong leadership. From the locker room to life beyond the court, the impact of mentorship continues to shape character, resilience, and accountability in numerous ...
In this episode of The Rebound, we are diving into the first letter of the STEVIT acronym: “S” for Know Thy Self. Coach Matt Doherty opens up about a career setback that became the catalyst for deep personal growth and authentic leadership, fueling necessary changes that have made all the difference in his life.
Through the story of a pivotal coaching session after being let go from UNC, we hear how brutal honesty and a Myers-Briggs...
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty shifts the focus from inward reflection to outward connection as we explore the second pillar of the STEVIT philosophy: Know Your Team.
Drawing knowledge from Rebound: From Pain to Passion, Coach unpacks why real leadership starts with understanding (not managing) those you lead.
Through powerful stories from coaching and personal missteps, this episode reveals how assumptions and s...
Leadership isn’t just about holding a title. It’s about influence, resilience, and intentional action.
In this episode of The Rebound, I'm joined by one of the biggest influences on my life - former Davidson Head Basketball Coach (and my high school coach) Bob McKillop to explore what it really takes to lead with impact...starting with the most vital ingredient: the ability to build and embody Trust, Commitment, and Care (TCC)...
Success in any organization depends on three essential elements:
- Talent
- Systems
- Culture
In this episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty breaks down the Organizational Triangle and explores how these three critical drivers work together to create a thriving and resilient business.
Talent is more than just hiring the best people—it’s about finding individuals who align with your vision and fit into your team’s dynamic. But ev...
Lessons you'll carry with you your entire life are often learned on playground basketball courts. Skills like strength, determination, leadership, confidence, building relationships, even swagger can come from grinding it out with other players looking to mark their territory - whether that be to reach the game's greatest heights or stand out as the king or queen of their neighborhood.
Today, many young people are missing ...
Executive presence is a critical factor in leadership success, influencing how others perceive, trust, and follow a leader. It is not just about confidence or charisma but a combination of gravitas, communication skills, and the energy you bring into a room.
In the Season 4 premiere episode of The Rebound, Coach Matt Doherty breaks down the key components of executive presence, sharing personal experiences from his time with legenda...
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