Tag: Rubbing Elbows

Five Ways Relationship Building Can Create Success

Written on December 18, 2014.

Editor’s Note: This week’s blog will be written by Lee Williams, a member of my writing team, on the importance of relationship-building within an organization. I hope you enjoy his insights! – Don Yaeger I asked Don for permission to write for his blog for this week because I wanted to share some thoughts about our team environment. This week, our company celebrated its annual Christmas party—a remarkable mixing...

Wounded Warrior Project: Repaying the Sacrifice

Written on November 11, 2014.

Editor’s Note: In a salute to Veterans Day, I wanted to share with you a story that ran in SUCCESS Magazine this month about an organization that’s taking a bold, businesslike approach to its important mission. By Don Yaeger Steven Nardizzi thought he was prepared. But really, how could he have been? A lifelong passion for serving veterans had led Nardizzi and a number of colleagues to start a small support organization...

Leadership is a Contact Sport

Written on October 9, 2014.

In the fast-paced worlds of sports and business, the daily demands of leaders are always increasing, which leaves little time for anything outside of our schedules. But to be successful, we must make leadership a contact sport. By really putting in the effort to get to know your team better, you lay the foundation for Greater success within your organization.

How to Breathe Life into Your Team—My Story Used from the Wall Street Journal

Written on September 12, 2014.

Editor’s Note: I thought I’d share with you a story that ran in today’s Wall Street Journal that I had a chance to experience. How do you get some of the world’s wealthiest athletes to perform—in peak form—during their summer vacation? This is USA Basketball’s eternal quandary. It is a challenge that only got tougher last month, when Paul George gruesomely broke his right leg during a Team USA scrimmage.

Great Winners Have Great Coaches

Written on August 26, 2014.

LeBron James has one. Rory McIlroy does too. Even Serena Williams believes the reason for her success is…coaching! It doesn’t matter where you are, from Little League to the highest level of the pros, you cannot gain success by raw talent alone. The Great ones of our time know that it takes continual help from effective coaches to advance to the next step in their professional lives.

Celebrating the Everyday Heroes

Written on July 1, 2014.

Editor’s Note: In honor of July 4th, I wanted to share this story written by Brian Kilmeade of Fox News, my co-author on George Washington’s Secret Six, about some ideas we discussed together on celebrating the everyday heroes who contribute to our country’s greatness in both big and small ways. When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me. What resulted was a dynamic...

The Spurs Model: Know What Matters

Written on June 24, 2014.

No matter your opinion of them as a team, you have to agree that the San Antonio Spurs are a model of consistency, winning… and diversity. Each of the seven foreign-born players on their roster was an integral component to the team’s success. One of the breakout stars for the Spurs has been backup point guard Patty Mills, who delivered an incredible performance in the fifth game of the NBA Finals against the Miami...

Made for the Moment

Written on May 9, 2014.

Like many of you, I am tired of the entire Donald Sterling scandal. I wish the guy would just go away. But sometimes in a moment like this you see something Greater than the story, and what I saw in Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was a man made for the moment.

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on April 3, 2014.

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” Washington Irving