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Wisdom from Sports Coaches You May Not Have Heard

Lead Change Blog

We revere sports coaches. They’re all from famous sports coaches. They’re all from famous sports coaches. Business is a team sport. John Wooden’s Definition of Leadership. John Wooden may be the most quoted sports coach there is. Posters and coffee cups are festooned with their wisdom and insight.

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The Definitive Book On Servant Leadership

Eric Jacobson

Be sure to read the definitive book on servant leadership. Covey Plus, you'll read keen advice from celebrated sports coaches, company CEO's, pastors and retired military leaders. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders.

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Nice Teams Don’t Win in Sports or Business

Women on Business

A leader can open a discussion about productive conflict by asking the team what it takes to be respectful when sharing a dissenting opinion and then, together, work to agree upon a definition. The post Nice Teams Don’t Win in Sports or Business appeared first on Women on Business.

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Youth Sports - A Key Part of the Village

Building Personal Strength

But my father was a big sports fan, and he took me to see organized soldier baseball and basketball games. Later, at West Point I was required to take a physical fitness course and compete in intramural sports every semester. My favorite sports were wrestling and soccer. I wouldn’t see them again until they were grown men.

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Overcome Your Fear and Lead

Nathan Magnuson

It’s a common debate in the sports world whether coaches make crucial in-game decisions based on the best likelihood to win the game or to avoid criticism from the media afterwards. By definition, the future is unknown. Leaders who don’t conquer their fears will exploit the fears in others. Fear of Being Wrong.

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Analytics Are a Must for Business Success

Strategy Driven

The results showed definitively, that people preferred the flavor of New Coke to both that of old Coke and Pepsi. Sports Analytics. Despite an abundance of usable statistical information, it took a while for sports to follow in the footsteps of business in the use of analytics. Then we all know what happened.

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How To Be A Servant Leader

Eric Jacobson

Check out the definitive book on servant leadership. Covey Plus, you'll read keen advice from celebrated sports coaches, company CEO's, pastors and retired military leaders. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders.