1269 Leadership Quotes
The most popular and mesmerizing basketball player in the world right now is not Steph Curry. It’s not LeBron James. Or even Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, or Anthony Edwards. It is Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark. She has transcended the game of basketball and this past week, Peacock streamed the game […]
There has always been something which has fascinated me about the greatest athletes, salespeople, manufacturers, or anyone else whose performance is measurable. The best of the best always seem to get even better and take it to another level. The question is why. On Monday, January 22nd, Philadelphia 76ers 2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player Joel […]
You and I may never be able to do what some elite leaders do. For instance, I will never have the skill set of someone like tennis legend Novak Djokovic. I lack his stamina, flexibility, power, and athletic skill set. But I can learn how someone like Djokovic thinks about things like preparation, teamwork, handling […]
If you are not familiar with Maya Gareira, you should be. Recently, she set the Guinness World Record for surfing the largest wave ever by a woman. The height of the wave located off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal was over 73-feet tall. Watch the video below to see her historic accomplishment: Surfing giant waves […]
Here is a little history lesson which gives us lessons for today: On July 10, 2010, the Seattle Mariners traded pitcher Cliff Lee to the Texas Rangers. At the time, Lee was considered the best pitcher in baseball. As I was listened to ESPN Radio’s analysis of the trade at the time, it was noted […]
Life and leadership are a series of choices. First, you make your choices. Then, your choices make you. Though you want both options in each case, the following are three distinct choices the most successful leaders make when required to: 1. Character Over Competence The number one thing successful leaders should value more than anything […]
In Spring 1989, Hamilton College’s Daniel F. Chambliss wrote a groundbreaking paper entitled The Mundanity Of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report On Stratification And Olympic Swimmers. One of his observations was “superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into […]
The moment Ding Liren became the FIDE World Champion 🥹🏆 pic.twitter.com/FSu9rsVg49 — Chess.com (@chesscom) April 30, 2023 The global chess community has been aware of China’s Ding Liren for quite some time. In 2009, he became the country’s youngest national champion at 16 years old. Several years later from August 2017 through November 2018, Liren […]
“Your coach told you today common people can do uncommon things.” – ESPN’s Holly Rowe to Iowa Superstar Caitlin Clark A Historic Player and Performance Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark is currently the most compelling story in all of basketball. You heard that right, the most compelling story in basketball is not Giannis […]
No leader wakes up the morning and says, “I just want to reach half my potential as a leader today. I want my organization to operate at 50% of its capacity and I want my team to perform at 50% of what it is capable of.” Of course, no leader says that. On the contrary, […]
“There’s something that the Kop want you to know. The best in the world is Bobby Firmino!” – Liverpool fans serenading Roberto Firmino on March 5, 2023 There are some titles of articles which immediately grab my attention from a leadership perspective. Such an article was Mark Carey’s March 8, 2023 post in The Athletic entitled […]
There are times in the life of every organization when things are not going well. Momentum has been lost. The future looks bleak. It is during these dark times when leadership is needed most because things are hanging in the balance. A Season Hanging In The Balance Heading into its Sunday evening game against the […]
