Olympic Coach for CEOs and Entrepreneurs? I view Olympic competition with an additional lens from others: that of coach. The variation in real-time team coaching during the games seems very wide: from those who encourage their athletes when they are struggling (e.g., Liang Chow and Mihai Brestyan with Aly Raisman, U.S. gymnast) to those who […]
Saturday, July 16, 2011
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CEO As Coach? Ways to Win. Pia Sundhage may be a sports coach (U.S. Women’s Soccer), but she shows more savvy than many a CEO. Can you identify the top 7 leadership techniques that Pia used to turnaround a failing and dysfnctional U.S. women’s soccer tem, taking their performance and spirit up a couple of […]
Friday, April 29, 2011
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I am compelled to post this note upon hearing this story from a senior executive of major public company. It is common at lower levels to observe people oblivious to presentations without being boss ready, but perhaps more common than we thought in the C-suite. “I have a deck the CEO needs to digest. It […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Saturday, August 4, 2012
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