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Playing The Game: Lessons From the Football Field…Second Half
February 10, 2008

After looking at how well structured the game of football is in contrast to the hierarchical nature of business in my last blog entry, there are also some valuable management lessons that we can take away like…  

• Football manages performance to get results:  While it is not O.K. to blow a play, there is nothing wrong with being told you messed up.  The players don’t take feedback personally.  Instead, they incorporate it into their performance so they don’t make the same mistake again – the mark of a true professional. 

• Football gets the most out of its players:  It’s fine to be emotional. No one judges the players for their reactions and feelings (within reason).  No one cares, as long as they play and the play well.  This way the focus remains on the game and its objectives. 

How great would it be if only the best players made the “team” and only the best companies won?  If everyone had to work as hard as individuals as they did collectively?  Where there is a direct correlation between exertion, talent, hard work, performance and winning?  And where everyone on the team plowed through obstacles and/or jumped back to their feet and into the game if they got knocked down?

Posted by Donna Flagg on February 10, 2008 | Comments (0)