1269 Leadership Quotes
One of the things which makes a great organization is its disciplined commitment to high-performance thinking. But what does organizational high-performance thinking look like? How does it manifest itself? I just finished Jack Nicklaus II and Don Yaeger’s excellent book Best Seat In The House: 18 Golden Lessons from a Father to His Son. In […]
I love leadership quotes. A great quote can strip away all the fluff and get right to the essence of a particular problem or situation. Words properly spoken solve problems or at minimum, serve as a guide towards finding solutions. Great quotes are clear, concise, and compelling. Clear means they are understandable. Concise means the […]
Free soloing is a form of rock climbing in which those who ascend the mountain do so without the use of ropes and harnesses. They simply scale the mountain using their hands and feet. It goes without saying this is an extraordinarily dangerous form of adventure. For free soloists, El Capitan in Yosemite National Park is […]
A Dangerous Pursuit On Monday, November 22nd in the town of Blackroot Pool, West Midlands of the United Kingdom, an 11-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Freddy got off his leash and began chasing a rabbit. As a former owner of a Jack Russell, I know from personal experience how determined these terriers can get. Freddy […]
A Historic Heist In 1985, two college dropouts performed one of the most infamous art heists in history. After crawling through an air conditioning duct, these “amateur” burglars stole 124 artifacts from the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City shown above. One of their prized acquisitions was a Mayan ruler jade death mask. After […]
NASA Wants To Change An Asteroid’s Course Dimorphos is a 530-foot asteroid orbiting in outer space. This week, NASA launched the 59-foot Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) out of California in hopes of slamming it into the asteroid and altering its course. Don’t worry, we are not in trouble! No need to call Bruce Willis or […]
John Maxwell famously said, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” As a result, it is absolutely critical for your organization to finds its perfect leader. But finding the right leader is often more art than science. Even billion-dollar industries can’t seem to get it right. For instance, the National Football League’s 32 teams have had […]
A Leader Who Was Not Trusted In 1998, a company’s executive leadership team was meeting to begin the process of setting up its automatic phone system. This particular project required the writing of multiple scripts and the subsequent implementation of its entire messaging system. Included in this process was the welcome message and then multiple […]
Recently, Peter Engler and team of the wonderful website The33rdTeam.com did a deep dive into what actually wins NFL games. They evaluated all 5000+ regular season and play-off games since 2000. The study identified the 65 most-common factors that determined the difference between team success and failure. You can read their full article and its results […]
Kobe Bryant On January 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were traveling via helicopter to the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, CA to attend his daughter’s basketball game. Shortly after take-off, all tragically perished as their flight crashed amid foggy conditions. Kobe was known for many things including his […]
“What If” Currently Disney+ is reimagining several Marvel Cinematic Universe storylines in a series entitled “What If”. For instance, the initial episode wondered what if Peggy Carter was forced through an unexpected series of events to take the Super Soldier serum rather than Steve Rogers. As a result, she would have become Captain America. What […]
Dr. Richard Coop is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of North Carolina. He is also a consultant in the areas of mental skills training and performance to all various types of athletic organizations. Dr. Coop seems to specialize with professional golfers as the following are just a few of his previous clients: […]
