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Why Sports Builds Leadership

Lead on Purpose

It’s no surprise that many people would like to acquire this trait and would like to see their children develop strong leadership skills. However, there seems to be something of a consensus regarding the relationship between sports and leadership, at least as acknowledged by governments and industry.

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7 Ways Leadership is Like Sports

Modern Servant Leader

Anyone can practice leadership or sports, but not everyone will succeed. Not everyone has the same capacity for sports or leadership. Hard work, efficient management, and knowledge can only bring us so far.” ” Here are 7 ways that leadership and sports are alike: 1. Sports and leadership are no exception.

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August 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the August 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Find Sean on Twitter at @leadyourteam. How Do You Know?

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Coaching is a Participative Sport

Lead Change Blog

“I didn’t like you much after that,” said a former colleague and now friend as we reminisced about our early days in management. Back then, we were both newly promoted managers working for the same boss. As a new (and clueless) manager, I possessed that blissful unawareness that sometimes envelops us and facilitates doing stupid stuff.

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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

Great Leadership By Dan

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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Developing leaders: it’s your job!

Persuasive Powerhouse

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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Leadership Development for 5 Year Olds?

Great Leadership By Dan

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. This question from Jason Ewing, from www.followthatleader.com : “In your opinion, at what age do people truly begin to develop leadership skills? As coaches, we always tried to incorporate leadership development (on the track) for ALL age groups.