Posts Tagged ‘mlb’
What Atlanta Braves Player Dansby Swanson Told Me about Leadership
Major League Based (MLB) recently announced plans for the 2020 season. Needless to say, this year will be far from normal with the 162-game season reduced to 60 games, changes to roster requirements, adjustments to how extra innings will unfold, and the need to keep players and fans separated. Despite all the differences, much will…
Read More046. Learn how to perform at the highest level with Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson
In 2015, Dansby Swanson was picked number one overall in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. Today he plays shortstop for the Atlanta Braves. Dansby joins Patrick in the lab to discuss the importance of leading yourself and influencing others to be their best. The conversation covers everything from Dansby’s pregame routine to what it…
Read More6 Things You Need to Know Today to Help First-Level Leaders to Win
First-level leaders who play the player-coach role in your organization make a significant impact on every metric in your business: employee productivity and engagement, customer satisfaction and loyalty, innovation, and financial performance. ————- This week Major League Baseball (@MLB) celebrated the start of its 2019 season. It was the earliest opening day in the history…
Read MoreYou May Not Get a $330 Million Harper Contract but You Can Strike this Deal
At this very moment, the United States population is estimated to be nearly 330 million people. Imagine that over the course of the next 13 years, each and every U.S. citizen gave you one dollar as payment for doing something that you truly love to do. That’s essentially what just happened for Major League Baseball…
Read MoreInsights from an Amazing Performance: This Has Only Happened 5 Times in 147 Years
With four swings of the bat, Milwaukee Brewers center fielder, Christian Yelich, went from a successful baseball career to one destined for the record books. This week Yelich hit a single, a double, a triple, and a home run all in the same game. This is called hitting for the cycle; and, it is rare.…
Read MoreWhat You Can Learn from Baseball’s Great Experiment
The June 30, 2014 Sports Illustrated cover featured a photo of Houston Astros’ outfielder, George Springer. The headline, “Your 2017 World Series Champs: An Unprecedented Look at How a Franchise is Going Beyond ‘Moneyball‘ to Build the Next Big Thing…” This was a bold proclamation by author, Ben Reiter, who called it Baseball’s Great Experiment.…
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