Experience to Lead

AUGUST 24, 2021

Mr. Whitmer encouraged me to pursue the sport at the Paralympic level.”. When I got to the Olympic Training Center in 2004, I was confident in myself and my abilities. So I reached out to the sports management MBA program at San Diego State University. I wound up being one of the best long jumpers in my high school!

Leadership 52

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Sports Open-book 52

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

See “Leadership Is a Contact Sport,” by Marshall Goldsmith and Howard Morgan, s+b, Fall 2004.) My partner, Howard Morgan, and I recently completed a study of more than 11,000 managers in eight major corporations. We looked at the impact of leadership development programs in changing executive behavior.

Ethics 137

Ethics Pharmaceuticals PR Execution 137

Building Personal Strength

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Until the hurricanes chased us off in 2004. I should be relaxing peacefully, watching sports on TV, or puttering in the back garden, so why am I thinking about burglary and petty theft and wondering, "If they would do that, what else would they do?" It's Sunday. Day of rest.

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Construction Sports Diversity Marketing 78

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 19, 2015

I’m excited to report that many years later I outlined the complete methodology, statistical results, companies involved, and my conclusions about follow-up in an article entitled, “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” written with Howard Morgan and published in Strategy+Business, Fall 2004.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Participative Training 70

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

You dont have to give up because youve been down a lot of times.&# - Ray Charles, American singer-composer (1930-2004) Once you give up, the game is over. Thursday, November 4, 2010 Perseverance - Three Things to Remember when Bad Things Happen “Id like people to know that you can recover from life adversity.

Video 95

Video Blog eBook Tips 95

The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Well, he’s a poor sport as far as I’m concerned. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. I do know that Lysacek understood the rules of the game he was playing better than Plushenko. Lysacek applied the rules to his program, and he was the victor. Now Plushenko plays the victim and cries foul.

Engineering 114

Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing 114

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Howard Morgan and I recently published an article entitled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved over 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. The training that they attended produced no more change than staying home and watching sitcoms.

360-Degree Feedback 166

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Howard Morgan and I published an article titled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved more than 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. The training that they attended produced no more change than staying home and watching sitcoms.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

In contrast to a family, a professional sports team has a specific mission (to win games and championships), and its members come together to accomplish that mission. In this sense, a business is far more like a sports team than a family. Consider what we can learn from the example of America’s winningest professional sports teams.

Company 18

Company Franchising Sports Long-term 18

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

2 “Leadership is a Contact Sport”, H. Goldsmith in strategy+business, Fall 2004. References. 1 For a study on the effectiveness of this process with internal coaches in GE Financial Services, see “Leveraging HR: How to Develop Leaders in ‘Real Time’, in Human Resources in the 21st Century, M. Gandossy and M. Goldsmith, eds.,

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Were the mayors of London, Madrid, Moscow, Madrid, and Paris all certifiably mad when deciding to bid for the most important and complex sports event on the face of the planet? New housing would be constructed, new sports facilities installed, the waterfront decontaminated, hotels and shopping centers installed.

Sports 14

Sports Construction Analysis Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Of course, a track record of recent success, including two World Series titles (the one in 2004 ending a famous 86-year drought) and six trips to the playoffs in nine years hasn't hurt. The ownership has introduced other business model innovations.

Business Model 11

Business Model Innovation Maturity Franchising 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

But they know, at least subconsciously, that 42 years after the Title IX legislation sent American women in droves onto the sports field and then directly to dominance in higher education, only 4.6% And yet the basic truth is that business is not yet really a co-ed sport. drop, from 2004 to 2009, in female engineers.

Attrition 8

Attrition Diversity Sports CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

The media reported that he was motivated "because he badly wants to compete in triathlons and running events again" and his lifetime ban extends to those sports; a confession may win him a reprieve.

Armstrong 10

Armstrong Sports Crisis Follow-up 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. Moreover, a variety of popular, public websites for sports events were developed to illustrate the potential of the novel technological development. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. These lessons work in companies, communities, countries, sports teams, and even families. Their game is baseball, my game is change.

How To 9

How To Airlines Open-book CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

In 2004, Bravo launched Project Runway , the competitive reality TV show for aspiring designers. The Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand has studied competitive surfers and determined they typically spend 8% of their time riding waves, 54% paddling, and 28% waiting. Problems are solved by eliminating variables.

Metrics 8

Metrics Godin Short-term Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Negotiation is not usually an individual sport. Singapore Free Trade agreement was successfully signed in 2004. There is simply no substitute for doing your homework on the issues, the people, and the context in which you’ll be negotiating. Build a talented, happy, and cohesive team. Build a common fact base. As a result, the U.S.-Singapore

Advice 8

Advice Hammer Seminar Consensus 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. Nike is known for linking the spirit of American pop culture to sports by capitalizing on the public’s idolization of athletic heroes. Complexity had brought LEGO to its knees. Something had to be done. Intuit cuts through that complexity with software that simplifies.

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

And the services they provide do keep improving (along with the prices, of course, but that''s mainly sports fans'' fault ). The first CableCARDs came out in 2004; since then the FCC has issued repeated rules changes aimed at getting the things to catch on. That would be the experience of disconnecting.

Market Penetration 8

Market Penetration Industry Telecommunications Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

sport captures the same level of attention or dollars — not baseball, not basketball, not hockey. As shown in our value analysis below, the brand increased in value from $12 billion in 2004 to $24 billion in 2014. When Las Vegas got involved, the sport had a major stakeholder in sports betting. No other U.S.

Brand 8

Brand Sports Merchandising Reference 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Mega-events typically try to offset the cost of investment against long-term benefits, such as improved transportation, increased investment in the country, and improved sports facilities. Investing in sport. These may nevertheless serve to catalyze local regeneration if the legacy plans are realized.

Tourism 9

Tourism Sports Long-term Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

He's not only one of the world's best big-wave surfers but he also created an entirely new category within the sport called tow-in surfing. So Laird gathered some friends and used jet skis to transform surfing into a team sport. But as a growth strategist, I really respect his ability to create a new category within his sport.

B2C 12

B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

For example, imagine being at a dinner party and people start talking about sports — what else are they talking about? Think of this as the same, but instead of talking about sports in the context of the weather, HBR is talking about failure in the context of the CEO, employees, etc. The weather and its effect on the game?

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Analysis Sample Globalization Sports 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

billion in revenue, and before the bust we’d projected that by 2004, we’d be at $5 billion. Today traffic isn’t just people using their iPhones to look up sports scores—it’s enterprise computing, it’s video. They presented various scenarios, including the worst-case for our company. By way of context, in 2001 we delivered $1.6

Industry 8

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. And in the U.S. market, the single biggest problem by a wide margin was Toyota, which gobbled U.S. share throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

When Facebook was founded in 2004, it began with a seemingly innocuous mission: to connect friends. or "Take a look at my new sports car," trump sharing the intricacies of our daily commute or a life-shattering divorce. But this new world of ubiquitous connections has a dark side. Accomplishments like, "Hey, I just got promoted!"

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Comparison Media Tactics Sports 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Create a product or candidate that connects users, and your message — and advantage — will spread rapidly. Apple learned this the hard way. For 20 years, starting in 1984, the Macintosh was superior to any PC. Apple had a great product, but Microsoft had a network of connected users.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11