Laurila: Cleveland’s Luke Carlin on organizational leadership and collaborative culture
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on September 12, 2019:
The Cleveland Indians front office places a high value on organizational culture. From the lowest rungs of the minors to the big leagues, they want their managers, coaches, and players to embrace both a collaborative process and a forward-thinking mindset. For that reason, they also highly value leadership skills. Luke Carlin, a 38-year-old former big-league catcher with a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University, possesses those attributes in spades.
Carlin has managed in the Cleveland system for each of the past four seasons, most recently the Lake County Captains in the Low-A Midwest League. He’s viewed by many as a future major league coach or manager, and his interpersonal skills, paired with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge — analytics-based and otherwise — is a big reasons why. In a nutshell, he exemplifies what one might dub, “The Cleveland Way.”
Carlin shared his thoughts on leadership and teaching following the conclusion of the Captains’ season.
Read the full article here: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/clevelands-luke-carlin-on-organizational-leadership-and-collaborative-culture/
Originally published: September 16, 2019. Last Updated: September 16, 2019.