A successful basketball coach was telling me about the difference between making plays and running plays, and how the best players do both. Sports teams have set plays – we’ve all heard the term “playbook” – and they practice them. These are about scoring. For the play to work during a game…
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Team Leadership A basketball coach recently described one of the girls on her team as a “False Leader”. As it was a new term to...
READ MORELeadership Lessons from Steve Jobs
Beyond the amazing innovations he has brought to our world, there are three lessons I have learned by observing Steve Jobs, the leader, from afar. And the good news is that these don’t require being an inventive genius to be useful.
READ MOREIt’s About The Team
At today’s Varsity Sports Award ceremony at my daughters’ high school, I was heartened to see the next generation of leaders and reassured that, at least in a small corner of England, affirmative life lessons are being taught and learned. This is a sports program that is about more than simply winning. It is a…
READ MOREWhy Like-Mindedness Is Limiting For Leaders
Career Advice We inherently like spending time with people who think like us, and maybe even act and look like us. It’s easy,...
READ MOREHow Great Leaders Inspire Action
Year: 2011 I wasn’t sure what to expect from the YouTube video link that my daughter recently forwarded to me (“we watched this...
READ MOREInfluence: Leaders Are Not Colorfast
Career Advice The people we surround ourselves with have a big influence on how we think and behave, as well as how we are...
READ MORELeadership In Adversity
Life is complicated. Things don’t always go the way we expect, much less the way we want. Yet, it is often adversity that brings out our best leadership qualities.
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