Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Decarbonization efforts across various sectors have affected the car industry tremendously — especially sports car manufacturers. At Porsche, efforts such as the development of the electric Taycan in 2019 have begun to disrupt a “petrol head” culture enamored with the Porsche’s traditional, distinctive flat-six engine.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Is it possible for the Padres and MLB to maintain the same business model and revenue now that Diamond Sports Group has walked away from its media rights deal? In too many cases, sports teams think they are top of mind, but they aren’t. all cover sports as a foundational aspect of their community.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2021

Conducting coffee chats to understand firm culture. Coffee chats allow you to get a feel for the different cultures that exist across firms, as a lot of times it’s a product of its people. Outside of his professional interests, Jawad enjoys playing and watching sports, and playing flight simulators. Image: Pexels.

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The “All Blacks,” New Zealand’s rugby team, is arguably the most successful sports team in history. A new management team under Graham Henry began to rebuild the world's most successful sports team with a culture emphasizing individual character and personal leadership. However, something went wrong in 2003.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Strengths help people, teams and cultures become more self-aware and productive. Having worked with numerous high level sports’ teams I know coaches would rather have this information than not have it at all. He has embraced a strengths based culture in his program. Overall this is my 11th year of coaching at different schools.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

We talked about all things arts/culture and the challenge of relevance. A few of the things that stuck with me as I went back through the recording and my notes: The correct question right now is about “relevance” : It isn’t whether or not arts/culture/entertainment/sports is dying, but it is about relevance.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 7, 2022

If you're an org looking for leadership, culture, experience, and transformation, connect with Jim. This role spanned all site operations, including four theme parks, more than 20 resorts, premium experiences, college housing, transportation, Disney Springs, security, two water parks, and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

What we can learn from the NBA about reckoning with race at work.

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LSA Global

MARCH 6, 2020

Win at all Costs Culture. Whether competing at sports or at the “game” of business, the goal is to win. The Influence of Culture. Culture in sports or culture in business can be a strong influence either for good or for evil. Think of culture as how things truly get done in an organization.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

Merging insights from leading consulting firm McKinsey, academic journals, and contemporary cultural references like Ted Lasso , this blog explores the multifaceted nature of leadership to which many, if not most, organizations may wish to aspire. Effective leadership remains a cornerstone in the evolving landscape of organizational success.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Be Mindful of the Workplace Culture You Create. Does your culture promote the right behaviors? Your strategy must go through your culture to be successfully implemented. How leaders define and shape their corporate culture is a critical variable in defining the success and failure of their business strategies.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

People watch sports not just for entertainment, but also to be a part of a shared experience that provides a reliable and safe topic of conversation. Workplace culture should not dissuade people from admitting fault. To do otherwise, to admit flaws and imperfections, risks being excluded from the groups we depend on for our survival.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2017

Phil Knight, former chair and CEO of Nike, tells the story of starting the sports apparel and equipment giant after taking an entrepreneurship class at Stanford and teaming up with his former track coach, Bill Bowerman. Together (and with the help of a waffle iron) they changed how running shoes are designed and made.

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LSA Global

MAY 21, 2017

While leaders can certainly have an over-weighted impact on behavioral norms, workplace culture rarely works according to the picture above where an individual holds more sway than the group as a whole. By design or by default, for good and for bad, a company’s culture shapes the way most of the employees think and behave.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Three steps to meaningfully change employees’ behavior.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Some recent projects include issues such as global energy solutions and large international sporting events. If these industries excite you, and you want to experience the exciting culture of the Middle East, A.T. Kearney’s emphasis in the region seems to be projects in Utilities and Oil & Gas.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Every year, we spend more than a trillion dollars worth of time and attention on organized spectator sports. The half-life of a sporting event is incredibly short. It turns out that this insignificance and the ephemeral nature of sporting events is the heart of their appeal. Soccer hooligans are a real problem.

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Claris Consulting

JULY 23, 2019

High performance cars are similar to high performance cultures. In my book, 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership I outlined that driving a culture that is the equivalent of a finely tuned sports car requires embracing five high performance mindset shifts. High performance cultures are hand built. They are: 1.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The greatest leadership myth is not just about the American culture. Most importantly, he pulled his racially divided nation together through the power of sport. Unfortunately, it’s a phenomenon that has infiltrated leadership thought globally. For example, we see the negative side effects of it show up in the media.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

A common shortcut to cultural divisiveness is to find the single worst person in a different group and highlight and attack their behavior. And in a media-fueled culture that thrives on division, this is a convenient shortcut. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about politicians, sports fans, entrepreneurs or activists.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The chance to make a difference, to bend the culture. No guests, no fancy production, it won't remind you of NPR or sports radio either. Akimbo is a posture of strength and possibility. It's at the heart of my work. Your work too. The work of making change that we're proud of. And so, a new podcast. A different kind of podcast.

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Simon Associates

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Morgan is important for three reasons: First , in a male dominated sport, until recently it went against the established norms to hire a female senior executive. Why is this important for leadership? The hiring of Ms. Three of my previous blogs talk to this point: Two Incredible Women Who Are Succeeding In A Man's World.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Brussels faces an imminent threat of a Paris-style Islamic State terrorist attack, authorities warned, as the city shut down its metro system and shopping malls, canceled sporting and cultural events and told people to avoid gathering in large groups. “

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LSA Global

MAY 28, 2019

Decision Making Culture. With the advancements in data analytics and artificial intelligence, more leaders are asking about the pros and cons of a fact-based vs. an intuition-based decision making culture. Defining Workplace Culture. Defining Workplace Culture. A Fact-Based Decision Making Culture.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

When properly structured, a formal work environment can drive performance, foster accountability, and build a culture of respect that supports long-term success. The United States Marines On the other hand, the Marines are an example of a high performance culture that is very formal.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 26, 2023

One Size Fits None” is a loser: The right question isn’t “are the arts/entertainment/sports dying?” The sad reality is that too many arts organizations, sports teams, concert venues, start with the point of view of “what works for me?” The right question is, “Are you relevant?” One Big Thing: Focus on your customer.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 16, 2014

Cultural and sporting events. Buying patterns and consumer preferences (e.g. brand preferences, and attitudes toward product quality, customer service, fair trade, green, and organic). Ethnic and religious factors. Prohibitions, taboos, and ethical issues. Technological. online education ).

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

But sometimes, the culture or our work gives us no choice but to engage. How much time passed between the day you became aware that hockey was a spectator sport and the first time you went to a game? Once someone becomes aware of it, they'll probably leave it at that. "Oh." Because we're busy. Do it on purpose.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 28, 2014

They''ll cut corners, maybe even do things they''re not particularly proud of, all because our culture has created a huge scoreboard, updated hourly. The same thing is true with the quest to win the sports trophy at all costs, or to measure your office in square inches and compare it to the next guy''s.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Here are some examples of common workplace systems and processes that can get tainted by class-based bias: Hiring, Onboarding, and Culture Fit. Many companies use some sort of “culture fit” criteria to judge whether a candidate would fit in. What is culture fit? For example, what are elite sports?

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

The work we do and the stories we tell when we seek to create activation are dramatically different from the mindset of competition, and yet the lessons from our culture (sports, mass merchants, politics) are all about competition. “We’re better than them,” is a competition slogan.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 29, 2015

Football is an international game and universally loved by millions of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. For many people football is more akin to a religion than a sport, and the institution at the center of the football cult is FIFA.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Culture seeks shortcuts. It extends to the ways we demonstrate which box we’ve chosen–fashion, pro sports, even the tech we use or how we speak. The oldest shortcut is: “Friend or foe?” ” If we know the answer to that, a whole bunch of time gets saved, and fear is reduced as well.

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LSA Global

MARCH 20, 2020

The origin of the term player-coach refers to a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Although the practice is mostly extinct in sports, many companies today expect their managers – especially their first-level managers – to be an effective player-coach at work. Culture – Get Aligned.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 16, 2021

When it collides with culture, culture often demands we stand still. It’s easier to sell a new fashion or a sports team than it is to sell public health. There’s a long history of culture pushing back on the smart, generous, safe interventions that ultimately become standard. And disease is frightening.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

It can happen to sports and music fans, to investors, to companies that have confidence in their view of the world, or to social or political gatherings. The resilience of the cultural norm happens as a result of insulation from reasoned discourse and is amplified by threats to status or affiliation.

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