In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. Admonished by my mother and father for unsportsmanlike behavior, I eventually matured and forged a stiff upper lip in defeat. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” Know the enemy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For example, engineers tend to be far more attracted to companies that emphasize innovation, while those in more commercial roles tend to be far more attracted by leadership opportunities. ” This emphasis on the collective distances Adidas from Nike’s more archetypal sports obsession with individual winners.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

He worked hard in his classes, joined a fraternity, was a member of the debating society, played flag football, and cheered for school sports teams. Writing about “the stages of life” in the early 1930s, Jung argued that we need schools to prepare people in their middle years for something approximating true maturity.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

So I have a question for you, and I want you to be brutally honest with your answer - when you hear the word “ coach &# used outside the world of sports, what’s your gut reaction? Thanks Mark Oakes Excellent post, Mike Throughout my career the best mentors I've had never viewed themselves as such.

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