Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The conditions that we thought of as a strength are actually operating like a vice. Cultivate awareness: The paradigm shift starts with a clear understanding of what character is and how it operates. Extensive research and analysis concerning this can equip leaders with the necessary means to scale it in their own organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2024

Understanding the Role of an Athletic Director The role of an athletic director is crucial for an athletic program’s success and overall operation. The Importance of an Effective Athletic Director Search In the world of athletics, a strong and effective athletic director is essential for the success of any sports program.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Unless you live under a rock, or are truly adverse to the media or professional sports in the United States, you likely know that the NFL has operated the first three weeks of their season with replacement officials. The back story is that the League locked out the regular officials as a part of the [.].

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Throw in complex organizations operating in complex markets, and you’ve really got to marvel at how it all comes together every day. There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team. H UMAN BEINGS are complex. One mistake I see companies make is trying to put their coaches in the game.

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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. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Why Business Acumen Capacity Is Essential for Scaling Seeing Around Corners : Scaling businesses operate in a VUCA world ( V olatility, U ncertainty, C omplex, A mbiguity). For example, recognizing how a surge in customer demand might stress operational systems allows leaders to act preemptively, rather than reactively.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Collins explains the flywheels of Amazon, Vanguard, Intel, Giro Sport Design and others. Collins also makes it clear that a flywheel operates within a context —a framework of principles that great organizations adhere to. The flywheel principle operates at the pivot point from Disciplined Thought into Disciplined Action.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2017

T HE AMERICA'S CUP is the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, first contested in 1851 when the schooner America crossed the Atlantic and beat 15 British yachts. Team New Zealand operates as a team. They made a habit of doing things differently; operating at the margins. Great Teams Serve Each Other.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 4, 2014

Phil Jackson, the New York Knicks’ new president of basketball operations, is nothing if not audacious. connection culture employee engagement leadership connection Culture E Pluribus Partners michael lee stallard Organizational Management Phil Jackson Relationship Excellence Sports Examples Sports Management Team Management'

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Captain & Sports Team: The Captain & Sports Team pairing operates with minimal hierarchy and acts like a single cohesive and dynamic organism, adapting to new strategies and challenges with great agility as they appear. Members of the sports team have a strong shared identity.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 25, 2014

We both own and operate businesses that require a lot of our attention. Not enough “you time” Absence of artistic/creative/sports pursuits. Many leaders I know gasp when I tell them about the vacation that Ken and I take (almost) every year. So we spend a week in nature with little outside contact (i.e. Unhealthy food.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It reminded me of a doctor whom you have never met coming into your hospital room sporting a white medical coat, name tag, with a stethoscope around his neck, and introduces himself as “Dr. ” Why the insistence on a title when the role is obvious? Officers in battle never wore rank nor talked directly on a combat radio.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Instead, we’ve looked for a new scapegoat, chosen to operate from the same fundamental theories, and doubled down on the same fixes." They clearly saw that the pressures of the expectations game could do serious damage to the real game…it could destroy the sport….[they] THE STORY BEGINS.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

F1 racing has historically been a male-dominated sport, but that is changing rapidly. Currently, no rules prevent women from competing in the sport, but the current grid of drivers is exclusively male. The sport has recognized the importance of engaging with fans and providing them with an unforgettable experience.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Great leaders recognize that business success is a team sport and they cannot do it all for themselves. “We need to get rid of rules – real and imagined – and encourage independent thinking.”. Howard Behar, Starbucks. That is why the old paradigm of command and control structures will no longer be a successful leadership model.

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Great Leadership By Dan

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). This means that if you want to make your organization operate smoothly and work as a team, democracy cannot be the order of the day.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

The idea that leaders are trustworthy, honest, and can be relied on to operate in the best interest of the public, the employee, the student, the parishioner, or even the shareholder has been shattered.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 10, 2012

The shirts said ‘Greatness has been found’ and sports writers and enthusiasts are lining up to take aim at the perceived lack of humility. As a woman operating in a male dominated industry I have to say ‘Why should they be humble’? Here’s what I have been able to take away from the hoopla.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

You see, military operations are a team sport and our patience with people who act without considering the team is thin. There may be situations in military leadership where the leader must keep the team in the dark–but in 27 years service and commanding five units I’ve never found one.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

After the heavily disrupted sporting year in 2020, 2021 has offered up a glut of competitions, from the Euro and Copa America football tournaments to the Tour de France and Olympics. It has seemingly been a non-stop stream of sporting events to enjoy. Tense teams.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Apple’s is all about existing to make awesome products and operating under deep emotional principles. That goes for business and sports. Crafting a company manifesto is no easy task. For the statement to be effective it must: 1. State a Compelling Purpose. Capture Core Values. But they sure as hell act like they do. Differentiate.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

Local crime increases after public sporting events. Organizations of all kinds benefit by applying predictive analytics, since there's ample room for operational improvement; organizations are intrinsically inefficient and wasteful on a grand scale. Online daters more consistently rated as attractive receive less interest.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation. Recently a survey was conducted that asked preteens about their long term career aspirations - the top three were sports star, pop star and actor.

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QAspire

JUNE 19, 2019

Leadership in a connected world is a complex sport. Leaders risk relevance quite fast if they continue to operate in an isolated box within a tight hierarchy. When the complexity around us increases, we need more connected leadership that is constantly making sense of evolving patterns, thinking and mindset.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our ability (and willingness) to learn impacts our personal and business growth, operational excellence, and our capacity to innovate. Because we have difficulty seeing ourselves and examining our own assumptions, “ learning is a team sport.” More than ever, it truly is learn or die.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

If you’re not familiar with it, stand-up paddle (SUP) boarding is one of the fasting growing sports around. Yet in business, leaders too often feel as though they’re operating under life and death conditions. The Outdoor Industry Association reports that 1.24 million people SUPed last year, up 18% from 2010. And I know why.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2012

This month’s Fast Company names the 100 Most Creative People in Business, with an emphasis on global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television and sports. The former head of Apple’s retail operations believes the ability to change is the key to success. 4 Ron Johnson – CEO JCPenney.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

all of these things I experienced and developed to one degree or another through sports. And when the discussion is about team sports, coaching, leadership, chemistry, relationships, role players, and all-stars become a natural part of the conversation. the skills I call on every day.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 1, 2018

Life and Work Experience Everything from first jobs to playing on sports teams to boy scouts give us real life experience and skills. Sam Walton learned his retail operational skills from Ben Franklin. They teach us how to get along with others, work in a group, take criticism. This teaches us about accountability and performance.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Mired in the complexity of an unrelated product line, Campbell’s leaders keep plugging along trying to do more of the same, only better. They are kidding themselves.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. All three of these individuals have had a profound and positive impact on those individuals and organizations which they have led. Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be?

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 29, 2018

Offering clients information about your company’s mission, vision, and values—expressed in a brand—gives them a better understanding of how and why you operate. Does a direct report coach a youth sport? Trust seals relationships. And this builds confidence in you. So, how to get that information out there?

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