Blog Posts by "Paul Schempp"
How one man with $27 changed the world
Posted on Sep 1, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
Last week a mild mannered man stood before a packed auditorium on the campus of Gerogia Tech in Atlanta to share his perspective on life and the world we live in. While Muhammed Yunus is not a household name, his impact on the world has certainly earned him that recognition. You see, several ye...
Tagged: poverty, making a difference, human right, expertise, expert development, practice, performance improvement
the rules of the game
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
Yesterday afternoon, on a stretch of fertile land along the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan, a promising young man played his heart out. He brought to the final round of the PGA championship more than just a finely tuned set of skills and a passion for performance. He came with a dream to win...
Tagged: rules, expert performance, highly skilled, play better, expertise, champion, performance
In a small town
Posted on Aug 4, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
In Grundy Center, Iowa family is important—and everybody is family. Small towns the world over are often lauded for the way in which the citizens care for each other. This week, I experienced that first hand in unexpected ways. I venture to Grundy Center twice a year to teach a graduate c...
Tagged: small town, opportunity, making a difference
A Turtle on the Fence
Posted on Jul 19, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
His rendition of Amazing Grace is the most watched inspirational song on YouTube. He sang the same stirring song at President Obama’s inauguration. He was also the last person to sing Amazing Grace to one of my heroes: Mother Theresa. But the other night, I did not go to hear Wintley Phipps s...
Tagged: expertise, experts, developing expertise
A small act
Posted on Jul 16, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
After sitting through a series of meetings, and giving a couple of presentations, my patience for passivity ran out late in the afternoon. I slipped out of the meeting room and strolled over to my hotel. I needed to be out. I needed to run. Being a July afternoon in Florida, a blazing sun tur...
A little self-doubt
Posted on Jun 30, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
Ernie Els is hard to miss. He’s big—tall, broad shouldered, and usually sporting an arresting, almost boyish-like grin. But on this particular day, he wasn’t smiling. In fact, when he walked into the players’ dining room for lunch, someone asked him “Howya’ doing Ernie?” And his reply was “No...
Tagged: expert performance, achievement, extraordinary accomplishment, perspective, goals, management skills, training, leadership development, personal development
"... the result of an incredible team spirit."
Posted on Jun 22, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
The recent World Cup has featured some remarkable playmaking and produced some incredible drama. Of the later, some of the drama has been good, and some not so much. One game last week had particular meaning for me—Switzerland vs. Spain. The technical director for the Swiss Soccer Federation i...
Tagged: spirit, team spirit, success, expert performance, training, leadership development, personal development, elite athletes
The Champion's Mistakes
Posted on Jun 17, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
This week the U.S. Open golf championship is being played out on a beautiful, windswept golf course in California. In looking over the names of the players, and considering which one would hold the champion’s trophy on Sunday, I was reminded of a dinner several years ago. I was seating with the...
Tagged: champions, expertise, experts, responsibility, management, leadership, productivity, management skills, leadership skills, leadership development, expertise development
Pushy Parents Rarely Produce Top Performers
Posted on Jun 2, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
Last week I had the opportunity to speak to the International Conference on Physical Education and Sport Science in Singapore. The conference was sponsored by the Ministry of Education and was convened as part of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Singapore in August of this...
Tagged: expert performance, expert knowledge, pushy parents, training, leadership development, personal development, elite athletes
A vision
Posted on May 25, 2010 by Paul Schempp |
In the early morning hours of August 9, 1965, the residents of Singapore woke to discover that they had been disowned by their motherland—Malaysia. When they went to bed, they were Malaysian citizens. When they woke, they were on their own—no monetary system, no government, no defense force—just...
Tagged: vision, performance, productivity, goals, expert, expertise