Hartman.Academy Self-Coaching Leadership
Hartman.Academy tools for Leadership provides practical leadership, mindset, and personal development tools for athletes, leaders, and workplace professionals.
Each episode shares real-world coaching insights and practical strategies around leadership, confidence, focus, accountability, communication, mindfulness, performance, and daily habits. Listeners gain tools they can apply in sports, work, and everyday life.
Mike Hartman has been a leadership trainer and coach for more than 20 years. A former NHL player, speaker, and educator, Mike brings lessons from professional sports, leadership, coaching, and personal development to help people become stronger leaders of themselves and others.
Cheryl Buckley, Contributor, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and former health and wellness leader at Chobani. She brings expertise in nutrition, wellness, behavior change, and healthy lifestyle habits to help people improve performance and well-being personally and professionally.
Hartman.Academy also incorporates AI-powered coaching and learning tools to provide additional personalized guidance, accountability, and support.
Stronger leadership starts with how you lead yourself.
Hartman.Academy
Episodes
404 episodes
Chapter 11: Setbacks
Setbacks are temporary challenges that provide opportunities to learn and grow.Every setback teaches valuable lessons that build resilience, confidence, and perseverance. How you respond to adversity often has a greater impact on ...
Chapter 10: Balance
Balance in Life is creating a healthy rhythm between work, relationships, health, and personal time.Living a balanced life helps reduce stress, improve wellbeing, and prevent burnout. When you take care of all areas of your life, ...
Chapter 9: Pressure
Pressure is how you respond when the stakes are high and expectations increase.Learning to handle pressure helps you stay calm, focused, and confident in challenging moments. With the right mindset, pressure becomes an opportunity...
Chapter 8: Teamwork
Teamwork is working together toward a common goal with trust, communication, and respect.Strong teamwork builds stronger relationships, encourages accountability, and helps everyone achieve more together than they could alone....
Chapter 7 Confidence
Confidence is trusting yourself, your abilities, and your preparation.Confidence grows through consistent effort, learning, and taking action. Every challenge you face and every small win you achieve strengthens your belief that y...
Chapter 6: Self-Image
Self-Image is the picture you have of yourself and what you believe you're capable of becoming.A healthy self-image builds confidence, resilience, and self-belief. As you strengthen how you see yourself, your choices, habits, and ...
Chapter 5: Systems
Systems are the daily habits and routines that help you achieve your goals.While goals give you direction, systems keep you moving forward. Small, consistent actions done every day create lasting habits, build momentum, and lead t...
Chapter 4: Goal Setting
Goal Setting provides direction, purpose, and a clear path forward.Setting meaningful goals helps you stay focused, motivated, and accountable. By breaking big goals into small, consistent actions, you build confidence, create mom...
Chapter 3: Assessment
Chapter 3 Assessment is the starting point for understanding where you are today.A personalized assessment helps identify your strengths, opportunities for growth, and areas that may be holding you back. With greater self-awarenes...
Chapter 2: The Mental Game
The Mental Game describes how you think, respond, and perform under pressure.A strong mental game helps you stay focused, confident, and resilient through challenges. By developing healthy thinking habits, you can overcome setback...
Chapter 1: What is Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present so you can think clearly, manage stress, and perform at your best.By learning to focus on the present moment, you become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, and actions. This h...
Training Your Mind for Positive Thinking and a Healthier Mindset
A healthy mindset is not something people either have or lack. It is a set of patterns, and patterns can be trained.Most thoughts arrive so quickly that they feel like facts. One small setback turns into “I always mess things up.” One te...
Why Digital Mind AI?
People often ask why I call it Digital Mind AI? The answer is simple. I believe coaching should always start with the human connection, but I also know I can’t be there 24/7. It’s trained using my coaching philosophy, experiences, and insights ...
10 Ways to build good habits that work
The most successful people don’t rely on motivation. They rely on habits. World class athletes, top business leaders, and high performers create simple routines they can repeat every day until success becomes automatic. The key is to make good ...
Benefits of Thinking Productively and Positively
Combining these mindsets leads to:Better decision-making: You see the full picture and choose actions wisely.Increased motivation: Positive beliefs fuel your energy, while productive plans keep you moving.
Less = More
The idea for this podcast came from an unexpected place.The other day I was walking into Target when I overheard a woman talking with her husband and son. During their conversation, she said, “Less is more.” A few moments later, she said...
From First-Round Pick to Prison to Purpose
10 Things That Helped J.J. Davis Change His LifeBy Mike HartmanEveryone loves a comeback story, but real change rarely happens overnight.Former Major League Baseball player J.J. Davis experienced success, setbacks,...
The Power of Relationships: A Tribute to Hunter
The Power of RelationshipsIn a world that moves faster every day, it’s easy to underestimate the value of relationships.We spend countless hours pursuing goals, building careers, chasing success, and managing responsibili...
Never Quit: Turning Adversity Into Your Edge
Everyone faces adversity, but the difference is how we respond to it. Andrew Lavine’s story is a powerful reminder that setbacks do not have to define our future.As a young tennis player, Andrew dreamed of competing at the Division I lev...
100 Ways Blueprint
Back in 2003, I started writing my first book, 100 Ways to Become Your Personal Best: Blueprint Edition. At the time, I wanted to share everything I had learned from professional hockey, coaching, leadership, business, an...
The Outcome Matters
One of the most common things people hear in sports, business, and personal development is, “Don’t think about the outcome.”I understand why people say it. If you become obsessed with results, pressure can build quickly. You can lose fo...
Mindset Before Surgery
Before my open heart surgery, I realized something very important. You can’t always control the situation, but you can control how you prepare mentally for it.There were definitely moments of fear, uncertainty, and a lot of unknowns. Wha...