Toughness Personified During Tuesday’s game between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays, Orioles backup catcher James McCann came up to the plate in the bottom of the first inning with the bases loaded. With the count 2-2, a terrifying moment then took place. Blue Jays starting pitcher Yariel Rodriguez hurled a 95 mph fastball […]
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5 Things To Look For When Searching For Great Talent To Add To Your Organization
Jimmy Johnson is generally recognized as one of the top talent evaluators in the history of sports. The Hall of Fame coach attracted enough talent to win two national championships for the University of Miami Hurricanes in the 1980s. He then went to draft the right talent and win two Super Bowls with the Dallas […]
21 Ways To Be A Great Teammate
PLAYERS: What will you do today to make your teammates and your team better? pic.twitter.com/Bq6asBQKFx — Jamy Bechler (@CoachBechler) October 22, 2019 Coach Jamy Bechler is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter. When I saw the above tweet he recently posted, I knew I wanted to share the content with you. This […]
9 Things That Build Great Team Chemistry
Teamwork makes the dream work. You can accomplish more with we than me. There’s no “I” in team. We win together, we lose together. It’s all about the team. Let’s be honest, we have all heard these teambuilding axioms. They are part of every successful leader’s verbiage and thinking. The question becomes how do you […]
10 Things Great Teams Do Average Teams Do Not
The following are 10 Things Great Teams Do Average Teams Do Not: Great Teams Have An Ethos Which Permeates The Entire Organization – When asked about the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Jim Mora said, “If you go to Alabama and you walk into the equipment room and the assistant equipment manager is folding a towel and […]
10 Signs A Leader Has Too Much Clutter In Their Life
Bruce Feldman’s book Meat Market is generally considered the greatest book ever written on the subject of college football recruiting. When reading it, I was fascinated by then Ole Miss Rebels Head Coach Ed Orgeron’s evaluation of defensive lineman. This is important because Orgeron, now head coach at LSU, was considered one of the best defensive line […]
5 Habits Of Highly Successful Teams
“We are essentially trying to fly a boat with no engine.” These are the words of America’s Cup Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill. He would know. The licensed pilot captains a vessel which can reach speeds in excess of 60 mph. In the May 25th edition of USA Today, Spithill discussed just some of […]