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Setbacks Are Not Failure: Your Response Shapes Your Career
Your response to not getting promoted often becomes part of the decision the next time that your name is on the table.
Being passed over for one opportunity doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. Sometimes it just means that someone else was the right choice that day.
Accepting that reality doesn’t make the disappointment disappear. It simply allows you to respond with perspective instead of resentment. They'll remember how you responded when the answer was "not this time."
Aug 65 min read
High Standards, High Support: The Leadership Sweet Spot Most Managers Miss
Examples from the Diamond Grid Iron I’m going slightly off my normal path with this one. As the college football and NFL seasons are wrapping up, I’ve been thinking a lot about football — not the stats or the highlight reels, but the way great coaches lead people. And my experience with the man I consider the best coach I had in any sport, at any level. Coach Jack Brown, my high school linebacker coach, was one of the toughest coaches I ever had. His standards were high. Ther
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The Standard You Walk Past: How Small Moments Shape (or Break) Real Culture
One of the biggest misconceptions in leadership is that culture is built through big speeches, big initiatives, or big meetings. In reality, culture is built long before any of those things happen. Culture is built in moments—small ones that rarely get attention but quietly define everything the team becomes. I learned this on baseball fields long before I ever stepped into hospitality or resort operations. On the field, I can tell more about a culture from how players behave
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