Recent weeks have included non-stop sports coverage. On any given Saturday, there was television coverage from the World Cup, the Prefontaine Classic (track and field), Wimbeldon tennis championship, basketball championships, and baseball. People tuned in, tweeted, and posted Facebook updates every hour on the hour.
Archive for the ‘Legacy’ Category
Leaders, Get Off the Bench!
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Leadership Begins at Home
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Too often, Father’s Day falls in the shadow of Mother’s Day? Well, this year it will not be forgotten. Well, at least not on this blog post! To all the dads out there, we have a lot to be thankful for from you. With your time and concern, you provide leadership and guidance from the very beginning in the home.
As a leader and author of Leadership Building Blocks: An Insider’s Guide to Success, I’d be remiss if I did not reflect about the leadership examples I learned during my formative years at home. In her book If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything: Leadership Begins at Home, author Ann Crittenden highlights some of the transferable skills that women bring to the workplace. These include multitasking, collaboration, and team-building. Every good leader brings a healthy dose likely learned from earlier experiences.
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Reflections On Wooden: Coach and Teacher
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Like you, I’ve had a few great teachers in my life. John Wooden, one of America’s most well-known sports coaches, was just that. He was an extraordinary teacher. Last week he died at the age of 99. But, his legacy will live on through his writing, standards of excellence, and his famous “pyramid for success.”
His fame registered on the national platform with his record-setting achievements as a basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles. In fact, ESPN News named him “the Coach of the Century.” The New York Times noted in his obituary that, “he ultimately became viewed as a kind of sage for both basketball and life, a symbol of both excellence and simpler times.”
Living Legends Gone, So Now What?
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Now they are gone. Over the last two weeks, two civil rights giants and living legends transitioned. Now we must carry the torch of the work that they started. I feel saddened by the loss but at the same time encouraged. Why? Many will keep their legacies alive. It was once said that “the best way to predict your future is to create it.”
The loss of civil rights legends Benjamin Hooks, former director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Dorothy Height, former director of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) reminds us that it is imperative to move forward keeping in mind great accomplishments of living legends. (more…)
