Paul McCartney and John Lennon On July 6, 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney attended a garden party at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool. While there he had a chance-encounter with a 16-year-old lad named John Lennon. They formed a friendship and even more historic, a rock band known as The Beatles. This groundbreaking […]
A Disappointing Performance Going into Tuesday’s World Cup match against Portugal, the United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) was heavily favored. This is because they had not only beaten, but dominated the Portuguese club 39-0 (yes, you read that right) over their 10 previous contests. However, the USWNT barely survived the contest coming out […]
No matter how healthy your organization is, you can never have enough leaders. Smart leaders are always on the lookout for them and finding ways to add talented influencers to their organizations. But what are these smart leaders actually looking for? Is there a template for emerging leaders that is accessible to everyone? San Francisco […]
Would you like your organization’s new and young leaders to change your industry and become world class performers? Absolutely! However, it is essential you have a robust training and development system in place that empowers them to reach their full potential. If you have not established such a system yet, or if you’re looking to […]
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 […]
A World Record Performance On Tuesday, July 25th, swimming legend Katie Ledecky became the first person to win five world titles in two different events. Furthermore, she tied Michael Phelps for the most individual world gold medals in swimming with fifteen. Ledecky has twenty world titles overall. The picture below is stunning. It shows Ledecky […]
Training camp opens in full force for many NFL teams this week. To help fans and leaders prepare for the coming season, below are 15 books you should put on your reading list. The first group of 10 are books previously released. These will be listed in alphabetical order by author with the exception of […]
