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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. It can be a long, strange trip indeed – and your success depends on attracting the right talent. Diversity and complementary skill sets are key. So how do you assemble a great team?

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JANUARY 25, 2018

There are many other examples of sports teams and company teams around the globe that had talent, leadership, and heart, but were unable to finish. In the NFL, the 2013 Denver Broncos were built to win, but couldn't handle the poised Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. They simply didn’t "win" as expected.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Like an extra gear on a sports car, leaders kick it up. If something is worth going for it’s worth going all the way for. When times get tough, real leaders redouble their effort. And they find a way to motivate those around them to do the same. It isn’t a matter of physical strength. It’s all about mental toughness.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The leadership to management one–two punch is one of those realities that has to be understood (and not just in business, as it relates to sports, politics, medical procedures, and so on). I learned this from my experience in business and from sports. There are more of them than there are of you.

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MAY 25, 2017

Although it can be innate “wired” behavior, it is often likely that it is “acquired” behavior , learned through watching the dynamics in the family , school, sports, or the community. Self-Serving Team Members Where do we learn to be selfish? We observe and practice behaviors that are modeled or tolerated by leaders and peers.

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MARCH 31, 2016

At a recent speaking engagement I was asked to teach mental toughness and sport psychology strategies. is an executive advisor, sport psychologist, crisis consultant, keynote speaker, and nonprofit leader who is passionate about helping people simplify success and move forward fast in their lives and careers. Rob Fazio, Ph.D.,

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MARCH 30, 2012

Guest post by DDI's Bradford Thomas: Being from Kentucky—where we have no professional sports teams—March Madness rises to a whole different level. It’s our Super Bowl, our World Series and our Stanley Cup. Don’t believe me? Check out this blog on ESPN. The annual NCAA Basketball Bracket pool turns everyone into water cooler prognosticators.

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JUNE 4, 2019

It might be your family, a high school sports team, volunteer organization, or a work team. To many this sounds Pollyanna but more than likely you have been on accountable team at some point in your life. Take a moment and think of the best team you have ever been a part of.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

In sports, they're the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings - superstar all-pros, but always the last ones off the practice field and putting in overtime studying film of their next opponent. The Continuous Learner. Continuous learners are always looking to improve, no matter how good they are.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

In February 2018, Musk launched the now-famous red Tesla Roadster sports car into space, atop the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. You’d get in, and it would take you around [the] factory but also up and down. Who else has a roller coaster? … It would probably be really expensive, but I like the idea of it.”

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Every sport has a means of calculating success or levels of success. The very first step in achieving any future state is to define, as completely and as simply as you can, what it is you want to accomplish: What are the goals? Football has the aptly named goal line. Golf counts strokes.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Kudos to all of the volunteer coaches like Jason that not only invest their time and talents in helping kids learn to play soccer, basketball, track and field, and other sports, but they strive to develop important leadership competencies in their kids.

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MARCH 16, 2017

SAS also minimizes the use of contractors and simply hires the people they need.

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JUNE 11, 2012

These key moments could be from early childhood, school, family, work, sports, military experience, religious, or people in your past life that had a significant impact on you. They could be high points or low points in your life.

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MARCH 2, 2017

They know it’s a team sport and cooperation and assistance from other managers, divisions, and departments is critical for victory. I will show up. I will be the person you can count on.” And they do it, no ifs, ands, or buts. 3- Purposely Engage Others. They ask for help from the right people. They know how to ask for help and get it.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Contrast this with virtually all other American airlines, whose people sport grim looks and often act irritably with customers. Southwest Airlines is a great example; flight attendants and pilots joke all the time. They enjoy their jobs and the customers. Delta has become more this way too. Which airlines perform the best?

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

When you make a lot of money and drive flashy sports cars, you get very little symphony. Always assume anything you do in the digital world can be traced back to you. There’s no such thing as anonymity or privacy in cyberspace, even if you use a fake name. Some would say he shouldn’t have even lost his job over it.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

At that time most people still assumed that coaching was done primarily in sports not business. Guest post by Bonnie Marcus : I earned my certification as an executive coach in 2006. Coaching for executives was a relatively unknown field and untapped resource.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Speak to the emotional side We all know how powerful emotions pull on us, otherwise, no one would own a sports car or SUV. And while we normally gravitate toward a drawing or animation, a photo can actually be more helpful because photos depict real things, and that makes it even easier for stakeholders to relate and believe.

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MARCH 7, 2013

The process is just plain fun for the decision-maker because it mirrors the joy found in playing team sports. What’s more, the decision-maker usually has to live with consequences of the decision. The amount of fun in an organization is largely a function of the number of individuals allowed to make decisions.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post by Ben Fanning , the Burnout Specialist: Let me share with you what happened when I started my job at the largest sporting goods retailer in the world. I took over a supply chain team just a few months before the largest sales day of the year…Black Friday.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Let’s use a sports analogy. By using the guiding principles of kindness, consideration and commonsense, professional etiquette can help you initiate new relationships and enhance established ones. Etiquette is about relationships. It can guide you in unfamiliar situations and help you know what to expect from others.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

So, as you as you welcome these workers into your company, here are five things you might consider: Treat them like the adults that they are…even if they show up for work in hoodies and sporting tattoos. Relationships, respect and purpose matter more to this group than money. Connect the dots for them.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

The measure of true character is consistency—as we all know business heroes, public heroes, sports heroes who were bold enough to make a heroic mark but could not sustain it over time—as they misstep, fall prey to controversy, financial ruin and criminal activity. These people were never truly courageous—only brave at a point in time.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches).

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MARCH 22, 2013

As a child, I played on sports teams from my earliest memory. Like a scientist from the Center for Disease Control, I wanted to find the root cause of this problem and the cure. My personal team journey began almost 50 years ago. My professional team journey officially began just over 20 years ago.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Rising stars in sports, business, religion, entertainment or government all fill the headlines. Guest post from Steven Mundahl , with contributing writer Sharon Massoth : Not a day goes by that we don’t see a headline where some public leader is “outed.” A fallen leader may cause us to scan our own lives for similar issues.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

To use a sports analogy, great teams don’t change their roster every few years and waste buckets of money hiring too many expensive free agents. However, if they chose to stay and grow, the majority will continue to build on what made them successful and learn new skills to add to their leadership toolkit.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Reactions to our political leaders, sports heroes, and other role models crying are mixed. Fast forward to 2012: President Obama cried at a meeting with his campaign staff. the day after he won the election. Speaker of the house John Boehner cried on 60 minutes , and is a notorious crier.

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