On my flights to and from Tampa for some meetings last week, I read The Essential Wooden, our next leadership book club selection, coinciding with March Madness. Countless nuggets are now highlighted throughout my copy and I can’t wait to share them with those members of my team who sign up! The last section of the book [...]
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Tuesday Tidbit
February 22, 2011Tuesday Tidbit
February 8, 2011In light of the Green Bay Packers winning the Super Bowl (sorry to all the Steelers fans reading this!), I thought some quotes by one of the greatest coaches to ever lead a team on the field would be appropriate. Vince Lombardi was the head coach in Green Bay from 1959 – 1967. During that [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
October 26, 2010Friday evening, I had the pleasure – the privilege – of meeting Ohio State football great, and still the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Archie Griffin. Our company had invited him to speak at an event we were hosting for some of our current and prospective customers. When he arrived, Archie spent a few minutes at the same [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
October 12, 2010Baseball playoffs are in full swing, and my beloved New York Yankees are right in the thick of things. They breezed through the first round, sweeping the Minnesota Twins three games to none. There are many stories of great leadership in the Yankees’ history; this time of year reminds me to share some them. Joe [...]
Newslink: Leadership
August 6, 2010Always Rely On A Team, Not Individuals Today’s link is to an article published on Forbes.com, combining two things I’m a big fan of; sports and leadership. What lessons and skills can we take from sports teams and apply to business teams? Several, according to author Mark de Rond. Click HERE to read the full article, published August [...]
Advice for football players; advice for life
August 1, 2010Herman Edwards is a highly respected football analyst and former professional football coach. As such, he was invited to share some words of wisdom with some Pac-10 (12) quarterbacks. The meeting took place last week at ESPN‘s campus in Bristol, CT. Edwards shared the following three pieces of advice for the young men to consider, if they aspire to [...]
LeBron, a year later
July 11, 2010A little over a year ago, I wrote this post about LeBron James and the extraordinary humility he demonstrated in his MVP acceptance speech. My, my, how things have changed. I don’t think anyone would debate that agreeing to participate in a one hour special to announce his next team was not a good move by LeBron [...]
John Wooden, in love and on love
June 5, 2010So much is being written and broadcast about John Wooden today; an outpouring of love and admiration for the greatest coach who ever lived. His famous Pyramid of Success is the foundation of great leadership. His “Woodenisms” are being quoted with reverence. His life and death affected the famous and the ordinary; in sports, academia, business and everyday [...]
Live until you die
April 20, 2010Here’s a question to consider. Right now, at this moment, are you living? Really living? Or, are you biding time until you die? Sunday morning’s edition of ESPN’s Outside The Lines included a report about Gay Culverhouse and her efforts to develop a program to assist retired NFL players in obtaining financial and medical assistance. Culverson is [...]
Be Bulldogs!
April 8, 2010What a game Monday night! With a 9:21 tip-off time, I had no intention of staying up to watch the whole game, but I simply couldn’t pull myself away. Much has already been written about the teams, the players, the coaches, and the game’s place in the history of the NCAA tournament. However, I want to [...]
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