A look into the path of Ohio State wrestling Coach Tom Ryan. How one decision can play a major impact on long term growth.
All in Power of the Team
Taking a look at the production crew of the award winning show, College GameDay. A peak at the people behind the scenes and how a team of people can create something extraordinary.
Regardless of the sport. A championship team has standards. Regardless of the business, a Fortune 500 company has standards. Regardless of the school district, a high performing school has standards. The first task of a leader is not to cast vision. It’s not to change the culture. It’s not to create goals for sales, wins, or scores. The first task of a leader is to create and implement standards.
In 1921, a young pioneer of educational psychology at Stanford University put his new test into action. Lewis Terman was the publisher of the world’s most trusted test of intelligence. The Stanford-Binet was created as a tool to measure Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in 1916 and quickly became a trusted source of evaluation. The Stanford-Binet IQ test featured a series of reasoning and knowledge questions ultimately measuring a person’s intelligence. In the education field it is still to this day one of the most reliable measuring tools for intelligence. Five years after it’s inception, the Stanford-Binet IQ test would be used to study a group of uniquely talented young minds.
How to build an elite culture. Strategies from studying the New Zealand National Rugby team - one of the most successful teams in the world on and off the field.
A look into Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption. How to define success and how to free our leadership from short term cheap outcomes by creating a long lasting legacy.
A story about Claus Henning Schulke. The man who assisted the great Eliud Kipchoge in breaking the world record for the marathon distance in Berlin in 2018. How to lead with enthusiasm and finding joy in others success.
How Swen Nater went from UCLA bench player to a first round draft pick in the NBA without ever starting an NCAA Division I college basketball game. How to play the long game in the pursuit of growth and three questions to ponder from the life of Swen Nater.
The story of the encircled troops of the 101st Airborne in Bastogne. How to spot the subtle lies of the enemy and the only appropriate answer we are left with when told to surrender.
How an obscure Colonel was at the center of the deception plan that fooled Adolf Hitler and turned the tides of World War II