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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