“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. -Leonardo Da Vinci
Simplicity is not due to lack of creativity. In fact, it is very difficult to keep things simple for those you are leading. When working in a complex field with many moveable parts keeping the objective clear for those you coach can be very tough. This causes many coaches to either not give any information to those they lead or to give them way too much information.
The job of a great coach is to take in information and learn who needs to know what. Many of the most creative people are in fact great at making things simple. Think of your favorite educator, coach, or boss and ask what they did that made you remember them.
Other than forming great relationships, more than likely it had to do with how they made learning “fun” or “easy”. These people had figured out the power of making what could be difficult into simple steps to help everyone achieve. The ability to reach as many people as possible should be the number one goal of coaches/ leaders. Coaching requires being able to take in massive amounts of information and understand what your players and assistant coaches can understand as they work to gradually bring them from point A to point B.
I call it the “Funnel effect”. Many people are capable of much more than they feel, they can just get overwhelmed if given too much information. The best leaders have been able to know how to give just enough information and to know how much each individual person can absorb.