Mike Cardus

JANUARY 23, 2012

I am not a sports fan, and when I am leading team building & leadership retreats for Corporate Teams the topic comes up. I have lead programs with professional and college level sports teams, and learned a great deal about the similarities and differences. Are you a sports fan? Plus the whole idea of Fandom freaks me out.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. The best leaders solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizations—employees, customers, and shareholders—even stronger. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 3, 2024

These individuals include CEOs from many industries, military and political leaders, sports greats, subject matter experts, and coaches. Brands, he is also the founder of David Novak Leadership, a leadership development organization and platform. Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger Grill).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 16, 2014

Nobody has told you that you need to spend time and effort developing others in your organization. You have too many other things to pay attention to, and besides, isn’t developing leaders the job of human resources? There are lots of reasons to spend time developing leaders in your organization.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

There’s no time for poorly-managed conversations when running a business or an organization. If you’re someone who doesn’t take too kindly to “bossy” managers that push people around, the good news is that this doesn’t have to be your approach. Boosts Employee Engagement There’s nothing worse than feeling stuck.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

There are rich leadership lessons to be learned from politics and sports. Given that I try to avoid politics in this blog, please allow me the indulgence of referencing a headline from my favorite sport to make a point about leadership: Chiefs' Romeo Crennel fires himself. Select and hire capable first-line managers.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This sort of coaching benefits not only the executives themselves but also their organizations as a whole. In today’s high-stress business environment, performance is everything for executives and their organizations. People are an organization’s most valuable asset and resource.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the October 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. With football season well underway as well as the upcoming World Series (along with many other sports), it’s a great month for sports analogies! Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted How To Lead Virtual Teams. Let’s Get Started.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 24, 2014

I had coached many groups of mid-level managers who were on the verge of success, but never an individual who was already very successful and needed to make a change to be blasted into the stratosphere. Since then I’ve worked with more than 150 CEOs and their management teams. Developing as a leader is a difficult endeavor. (If

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Whether you’re talking about governments, companies, sports teams, or families, accountability is what ensures that things run smoothly and that progress continues. At worst, it can result in people developing a “that’s not my job” mentality, which can seriously undermine morale, capacity, and results. Make accountability a team sport.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

If you’ve ever played a team sport like soccer or basketball, you quickly learn that while it is helpful to have an “all-star” player, the best teams leverage the talents of all their players on the field and elevate everyone’s game in order to consistently win. On the other side of the spectrum is developing a set of values as a team.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 9, 2022

Every year, for those who follow sports, there ae key dates on the calendar that fans of college football or basketball get excited about. Athletes across the country choose a school and are celebrated on sports talk radio… They are applauded on ESPN for their choice of a new place to work… It is very exciting.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! Beth writes, “Organizations often have to shift their goals due to the rapidly changing landscape. ” Follow Beth on Twitter at @SrExecAdvisor.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. Responsive leadership focuses on the people—the humanity—within the organization to achieve organizational success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

They are not a leader because their position entitles them to be; they see leadership as a verb, a skill to continue to develop and hone. I have grown up around high-performance sport. High-performance in the context of sport covers a process that goes like this. Leadership gets the team going and management keeps it going.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 16, 2020

Over the course of our 50-year history, we have built a level of expertise on the subject of leadership and a knowledge of the real problems organizations and individuals face that make us uniquely qualified to provide practical, actionable and expert advice during this time. Managing Through COVID-19: Going Remote. Go back one week.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 8, 2022

This is a challenging decision for most 17- to 18-year-old kids that I believe is made more difficult if the kid in question aspires to play a sport professionally. Coach: He wanted to play for a coach with a proven track record for developing talent that could compete at the highest level (i.e., Regular Coaching and Feedback.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It’s commonly seen in a sporting context, but brands have also capitalized on it to help communicate their journey. Research from the University of South Florida shows how leaders can also cultivate this underdog spirit within their organizations to help give teams the confidence to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There’s something very powerful about sports metaphors. Winning Organizations are in Lockstep. Bob Rathbun has worked with and around some of the greatest sports stars in history, and he makes a really good point during our interview in this episode of “Aim Higher.” Winning Teams. It’s okay to dream.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2019

I want them to have experiences that will lead them to achieve their goals: increased sales, better performance, healthy growth, stronger culture and ultimately a better organization. It is extremely difficult for Executives to sustain impacting change on an organization without a good no. 2 by their side. 2 by their side.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2023

Physical therapy clinics are becoming increasingly popular with more people seeking non-invasive ways to manage pain and improve their quality of life. Why not run a sports injury rehab clinic? Develop Community Partnerships Why not go the extra mile with community partnerships? Surprising, right? But it’s true!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Impact, growth, and performance of the organizations they lead. Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. First, they must know how to effectively scale people—helping key individuals make a massive impact across the entire organization. Many things actually.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I fear for these senior leaders and their organizations. Suggestions for C-suite executives Be open about your own learning and development. Don’t think for a second that leaders throughout the organization don’t notice the absence of discussion about c-suite development and learning.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. The best leaders solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizations—employees, customers, and shareholders—even stronger. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Why do people all over the world enjoy participating in games and sports? Why have games and sports been going on for not just centuries, but millennia? Indeed, a good part of the joy and appeal of every sport is this immediate feedback. Managers learn valuable information that comes in no other way. It conveys respect.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

Once companies really began to use business analytics, they quickly developed an edge over the competition. Then after developing a new formula, Coke ran over 200,000 taste tests. Sports Analytics. While they may look big, sports organizations are relatively small businesses. Analytics Gives Companies an Edge.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

I T SHOULD go without saying that coaching as opposed to just managing people, is the key to developing high-performance organizations and teams. These primary environments could represent one’s dorm room, home, place of work, government, sports team, nature, and especially one’s body and mind. Leaders must be coaches.

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Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As change becomes ubiquitous in the workplace, more organizations are developing internal change management capability to help keep the pace. The following are five steps organizations are taking to successfully implement change management programs: Form a Centralized Team. Brand for Culture. Start Small.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 29, 2021

USA Archery Training and Education Manager Richard “Guy” Krueger specializes in encouraging athletes and coaches alike to be uncomfortable and grow. For business leaders focused on how to develop a growth mindset, it can be painful at times, but it is a powerful driver of success. He shared his insights, tips and stories of leadership.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Secret - The Law of Getting What You Want The U.S. Department of Labor Home Page Tom Peters, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Change Guru TUTs Adventurers Club: Explore the power of thought & creative visualization to manifest dreams!

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

While you might hear these statements from any manager, they all have one thing in common: the lack of specificity. Organizations need good managers and exceptional leaders (at all levels of your business). Organizations need good managers and exceptional leaders (at all levels of your business). Measure again.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® Model has been a viable tool organizations have relied upon to build leaders and drive behavior change for over 50 years. But are there certain sizes or types of organizations where the Situational Leadership ® methodology seems to work more effectively than others? The short answer to that question is no.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Do Women Bring More Happiness to Families, Greater Effectiveness to Organizations? She follows sports, not out of a love for it, but because it gives her a language to connect with her boys. why is everyone smiling?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Professional sports are not even immune to this as players are electing to sit out the abbreviated seasons as a result of the fear that their team will not be able to keep them safe. Also, be open about what your organization is doing to provide for their safety. He currently manages a funeral home in Loveland, Colorado.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 7, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Secret - The Law of Getting What You Want The U.S. Department of Labor Home Page Tom Peters, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Change Guru TUTs Adventurers Club: Explore the power of thought & creative visualization to manifest dreams!

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 4, 2014

In his new role, he is responsible for building a broader organization. Although most leaders focus on task excellence and results, Jackson also focuses on developing relationship excellence. Furthermore, he will try to build more than a great team. Despite the obstacles, I’m betting on the former.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership announces a penalty in Individual Development Plans are Worthless….if Bret Simmons takes us into sudden death overtime as we reflect on the importance of self management in leaders: Prudence: An Undervalued Virtue of Leadership. the birds are flocking and the leaves are falling. if No Action is Taken.

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