Share the Praise-Forget the Blame
I admit it. I wanted the USA’s women soccer team to win over Japan. I was pumped for the final. HOWEVER, I did not play, some very talented and incredible athletes did – on both teams. Looking at the bigger picture, one other disappointing thing about the US Women Soccer Team’s loss in the “2011 World’s Cup” was a majorities trending to see it as something personal. The reality was that Japan won, the American team and women’s soccer in general were also the winners, albeit for different reasons. After all there can be only one champ. The line of...
Read MoreThanks for Staying with Tennis- Wimbledon
Male sport figures who fight through injuries to play the sport that they love are often called “Warriors” or “Heroic”. Women on the other hand when they suffer an injury and keep going, they are called injured. Being injured or returning from an injury is a more realistic, we don’t really have warriors in sports. This year at Wimbledon, there were at least four women who showed up to play for no other reason, in our interpretation, than because they love to play Tennis. It is fitting to acknowledge their effort, without the use of overblown war references, and...
Read MoreLeading the Way, Thoughts for Women Owned Small Businesses
Image by Getty Images via Daylife There was a time when sport teams were seen as the ultimate models for how managers should see their businesses. Some CEOs would make reference to football teams in describing their management style. For example, calling all plays from the sidelines. Others would use basketball, with themselves as the head coach, and another coach who was their eyes and ears on the court being a point guard. This provided flexibility for the players/employees until a time out was called. Today, the popular analogy is the family – a different structure, smaller and...
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