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 […]
“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.” – 21-time National Champion women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance Who are you when no one is watching? When no one is there to hold you accountable or celebrate your accomplishments, […]
