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Chad Q Brown
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Feb 1, 2021

Competitiveness Is Not What You Think It Is

One trait that has always been synonymous with sports is competitiveness. We view nearly all highly-accomplished athletes as being extremely competitive, but can we quantify what this actually means? The book The Captain Class by Sam Walker contains some very compelling information about competitiveness and leadership. Walker conducted an in-depth…

Basketball

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Competitiveness Is Not What You Think It Is
Competitiveness Is Not What You Think It Is
Basketball

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Dec 25, 2020

Does Firing Your Football Coach Lead to Success? We Don’t Think So.

There is an old adage that states head coaches are hired to be fired, and a vast majority of the time, this is true. In the NFL over the past couple of decades, the average tenure of a head coach has been 3.3 years. According to Business Insider, that average…

Hiring

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Does Firing Your Football Coach Lead to Success? We don’t think so.
Does Firing Your Football Coach Lead to Success? We don’t think so.
Hiring

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Dec 11, 2020

Why doesn’t the University help?

Issues between universities and their athletic departments is nothing new, but since the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, those issues have intensified and become even more complex. The pandemic has had a major impact (financial and otherwise) on college sports, and caused schools to undertake some drastic cost-cutting measures…

College Athletics

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Why doesn’t the University help?
Why doesn’t the University help?
College Athletics

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Aug 9, 2020

Gut Feeling or Hard Data?

I recently heard a question posed that really resonated with me: “Are sports organizations irresponsible if they don’t use behavioral data and assessments in the pre-screening and player development process if it’s available?” Which made me look closer at, when should we go with our gut, or when should we…

Disc Personality Test

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Gut Feeling or Hard Data?
Gut Feeling or Hard Data?
Disc Personality Test

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Jun 1, 2020

Lay-up Lines — Do they make you better?

Before every basketball game, be it a professional one or at the local high school, we’ll often see the players line-up and take their turns making lay-ups. These lay-up lines are done as a warm-up, a good practice considering the fact that lay-ups are one of the highest percentage shots…

Personality Tests

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Lay-up Lines — Do they make you better?
Lay-up Lines — Do they make you better?
Personality Tests

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May 28, 2020

Why Do We Make Hiring So Hard?

We know what we want in a new hire or in our teams: We want someone who is highly motivated, who has good character and strong talent. I know countless folks who have read the books or articles on leadership and hiring, and they’re very good at throwing out buzzwords…

Hiring

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Why Do We Make Hiring So Hard?
Why Do We Make Hiring So Hard?
Hiring

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May 6, 2020

Here’s What’s Wrong With The DISC Personality Assessment

A lot of folks who haven’t taken assessments roll their eyes at personality assessment tools. In tandem, many folks are subject to DISC, Myers Briggs, and a myriad of other tests and while results are being thrown at them, the root of why these tests are being administered are never…

Personality Tests

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Here’s What’s Wrong With The DISC Personality Assessment
Here’s What’s Wrong With The DISC Personality Assessment
Personality Tests

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Apr 29, 2020

Our Need to Connect

As I, and many others, have been reiterating over the last few weeks: the world as we know it is fundamentally different now, and who knows what kind of normalcy we’ll return to after all of this is over. While I’ve been thinking about where we are now and what…

Future Of Work

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Our Need to Connect
Our Need to Connect
Future Of Work

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Apr 23, 2020

Is Your Organization Full of It?

Before we get anywhere in today’s piece, let me be clear that I understand how many of you here, given the current state of the globe, really have no option but to make these tough choices in regards to your organization. But I know there are people out there sitting…

Harvard

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Is Your Organization Full of It?
Is Your Organization Full of It?
Harvard

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Apr 10, 2020

Five Ways to Build On Self-Awareness During COVID-19

There is no doubt that we are in a historically unprecedented time, a time filled with new challenges and scenarios. Like many of you at home, I’m trying to walk the different lines of partner, parent, and employer. Whether it’s the balance of trying to keep my kids sane while…

Self-awareness

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Five Ways to Build On Self-Awareness During COVID-19
Five Ways to Build On Self-Awareness During COVID-19
Self-awareness

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