Leadership Freak Your response to failure promotes learning or fortifies stupidity. Punish responsible failure, if you want everyone to play it safe. Why fail: Teach people how to fail responsibly so they can reach their potential. If you never fail, you’re disrespecting yourself. You’re reaching too low. “Only those who will risk going too far […]
6 Tips for New CEOs Seeking Buy-In from Their Teams
By Young Entrepreneur Council, www.inc.com It’s been just over a month since ride-hailing giant Uber named a new CEO after months of turmoil led former chief executive Travis Kalanick to resign in June. But bringing in an outsider to take the top office isn’t an easy transition for any company, especially if the existing team is not on board with new […]
Are You Too Fixated On Your Own Scoreboard?
By Forbes Coaches Council, www.forbes.com Over dinner, a former client and now dear friend shared that he was working on “scoreboarding” less. He explained that for too long, he had been too focused on what he achieved and how these goals were displayed to the world around him. He confessed that this obsession had changed how he […]
PoA103 | Legal Perspective: Self Corrective Measures and Self Imposed Penalties
In this episode, Justin Sievert, partner at Sievert Werly, LLC discusses the importance of thoughtful and strategic development of self-corrective measures and self-imposed penalties when engaged in an NCAA enforcement process. Timeline Highlights 1:30 What does self-corrective and self-imposed mean? 2:15 Brief overview of NCAA enforcement process 4:45 Self-corrective measures explained 7:30 Self-imposed penalties explained […]
An NCAA for Esports? Rivals Angle to Govern Campus Video Gaming
By Zach Schonbrun, www.nytimes.com Zynab Makki, a junior at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., had driven 90 minutes from her home for the chance to meet Tyler Schrodt, the young founder and chief executive of the Electronic Gaming Federation. Since he started the E.G.F. out of his dorm room four years ago, Schrodt has branded himself as […]
Tribal Leadership
David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form — in schools, workplaces, even the driver’s license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals. This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUSC, an independent event.
6 Ways to Become a Badass Leader
By Randy Conley, leadingwithtrust.com I’m a fan of the Dos Equis “The Most Interesting Man in the World” commercials (the original ones, not the cheesy new ones). Some of my favorite sayings about The Most Interesting Man in the World include: His personality is so magnetic, he is unable to carry credit cards. Even his enemies list him as […]
PoA102 | 3 Ways to Avoid ‘Firehose’ Management
If you work in collegiate athletics, and perhaps specifically small college athletics, you know that crises come to you daily. These crises can easily become overwhelming and dominate your day-to-day actions. And while putting out fires is always going to be a big part of any athletic director’s job, it shouldn’t displace other important management […]