Tag: The Ultimate Teammate
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
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
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.
The Spurs Model: Know What Matters
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...
Achieving Greatness through Teamwork
Shane Battier’s season—and career—ended last weekend in a solemn locker room with emotions he wasn’t expecting.
Battier’s Miami Heat had just lost to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. For Battier, this swan song of his career didn’t allow him to hold the championship trophy, but he did pick up a piece of hardware that spoke volumes about the years he’s played and what so many of his colleagues think of him.
Battier...
Made for the Moment
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
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.”
– Jack Dempsey
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Respect a man, and he will do all the more.”
– John Wooden