A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Explore the power of communication to heal hurt, overcome adversity, and build a unified team
In
The Locker Room, bestselling author Damon West and player development coach Stephen Mackey team up to explore difficult conversations about eliminating both discrimination and the cancel culture, as well as overcoming adversity. The book tells the story of four characters: two high school football coaches and two players, each of whom must deal with the fallout of an offensive comment that severely disrupts the unity and cohesion of their locker room and threatens to destroy their team.
In
The Locker Room, you’ll find:
- A guide to building an inclusive culture
- The blueprint for using servant leadership and a willingness to listen to break down barriers
- Encouragement to have the difficult conversations that lie at the heart of modern life
- Strategies for navigating your personal and professional life in a way that gracefully deals with the realities of prejudice, discrimination, and cancel culture
- Techniques for giving all people an equal voice and an equal chance at success through learning with humility and teaching with grace
An indispensable exploration of some of the most critical and most difficult issues faced by professionals, coaches, athletes, and students today,
The Locker Room is a must-read resource that belongs in the libraries of anyone who seeks a life or culture that can not only overcome adversity, but can also use it to reach their goals and improve their communities.
About the Authors
Damon West (Nederland, TX; damonwest.org) is a motivational speaker, author of
The Change Agent, and coauthor of
The Coffee Bean and
The Coffee Bean for Kids with Jon Gordon. Since The Coffee Bean released in 2019, West has grown his speaking platform into a nationally recognized brand. His speaking clients include Fortune 100 companies, NFL and NBA teams, dozens of major, Division One college athletic programs, the United States Military, and school districts all over America. The United States Army brings Damon into bases monthly to train troops on the Coffee Bean mindset and to speak about social justice and racism. He is also a Professor of Criminal Justice at The University of Houston Downtown, teaching a class called “Prisons in America.”
Stephen Mackey (TX; mackeyspeaks.com) is a motivational speaker and character development coach whose 2Words Character Development Program reaches over 500,000 students, athletes, and educators over ten states and recently became the official character development curriculum of the very influential Texas High School Coaches Association. Built on the core principles of servant leadership, work ethic, personal code, goal setting, grit, and growth mindset, Mackey’s live talks, camps, seminars, articles, and videos help coaches and athletes go beyond the game and connect the dots between sports and life.
