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posted 01/30/2013
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The Heart of Motivation
The role of every coach is to motivate his or her players to perform their best. In professional sports, this can become very challenging as the season wears on and teams are tired. With the NFC conference championship game looming, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh had his staff find pictures – the high school recruiting photo – of his players and had them posted above each player’s locker. As is Coach Harbaugh’s style, he didn’t pronounce the pictures or …Continue Reading
posted 05/17/2012
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Think Critically, Act Locally
The most important college course I took had nothing to do with my psychology major or my interest in organizational behavior and what makes workers happy. It was during my sophomore year that I signed up for “Critical Thinking 212,” a small class of 15 at the University of Michigan where we sat around the table and talked. The professor challenged us in every class on what we read and wrote. He wouldn’t accept quick answers but made us dig …Continue Reading
posted 05/03/2012
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What Is Your Story?
Storytelling is a mode of communication that has been around as long as people have gathered around the fire. We love a good story, which is why the storytellers among us can hold the attention of audiences large and small. When we meet someone for the first time, we instinctively want to know their story: Who is this person? How did he or she get to where they are today? In the last few years, the role of storytelling in …Continue Reading
posted 04/11/2012
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One From the Bucket List
I had an opportunity last week to walk the grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club. The good news is that it was on the first day of The Masters, a championship that I explained to my kids as “the super bowl of golf.” This year’s Masters was full of surprises, including a little-recognized pro named Bubba who won the playoff on the final round. It was golf drama at its finest. I learned to play golf (and play poorly, …Continue Reading
posted 01/25/2012
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The Real “Real Thing”
The Coca Cola Corporation spends untold millions of dollars each year trying to convince the public that their product is the real thing. The length of the soda section in most supermarkets attests to the success in building their brand and its motto proclaiming Coke to be the real thing. At our local grocery store, a cooler just inside the front door (see photo 1) displays individual bottles of Coke with the nostalgic swirl design many of us remember …Continue Reading
