Tag: NFL

NFL Draft Lessons: Finding the Right Fit is Important

Written on April 28, 2016.

Football fans across the nation are getting ready for the NFL draft that starts tonight, waiting as their favorite teams bring in fresh talent. While most of the attention will be on the teams and their new players, the NFL draft offers lessons for organizations of all stripes. Great teams in the NFL, like the Green Bay Packers, the New England Patriots, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, are in the playoff hunt almost every...

Greatness Doesn’t Always Come in a “Five-Star” Package

Written on February 19, 2015.

It’s been three weeks since the Super Bowl (Sorry to my friends from Seattle for bringing this up again!) and a couple of weeks since National Signing Day. From those two events, there were a few things that stood out to me—and reminded me of what really matters on our road to Greatness. If you’re a college football fan, National Signing Day can be a media circus. The sporting networks track every four- and five-star...

You Can’t Rush Greatness

Written on January 29, 2014.

Patience is a virtue, but for some of the best leaders, it can also be a victory. Winning consistently is one of the most difficult mountains to climb both in sports and the business world. Only a select few are able to find true stability in success, but even fewer find job security when they’re unsuccessful. NFL helmets will clash for the last time this season on Super Bowl Sunday, but many organizations have already...

Simply Kaep-tivating

Written on December 16, 2013.

For the past 30 years–as a journalist and author, I’ve had the chance to cover some of the greatest athletes in the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to interview Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Lebron James on numerous occasions along with other legends like Walter Payton, Shaquille O’Neal, Jerry West, and Bobby Bowden. It’s rare that I watch a game during an NFL Sunday and find a player that makes me say,...

Super Bowl Siblings

Written on January 29, 2013.

The storyline has gotten a lot of attention these last couple of weeks, but as most anyone who follows sports know, this weekend’s Super Bowl will be the first ever pitting two brothers against each other as the head coach of the competing teams. Jim Harbaugh’s San Francisco 49ers are slight favorites over older brother John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens.

Don’t just get a Ph.D in life…

Written on June 13, 2012.

Warrick Dunn is one of the most exceptional people I’ve ever met. Warrick played 13 years in the NFL, becoming the smallest player in the league’s history to carry the football for more than 10,000 yards. While in high school, his mother, a police officer, was killed during a robbery at a bank. When Warrick made it to the NFL, he started a foundation and continues today to help buy homes for single mothers like his....