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A few minutes with Manny

Feb 11, 2010

On any list of great tennis coaches, one would find the name Manuel Diaz. Currently the head coach of the University of Georgia men’s tennis team, Manny is the only active college coach to have won multiple national championships—4. He has been n...

Tagged: athletic development, developing expertise, improving skills, coaching, expertise, expert performance, success

How smart do successful football players need to be?

Feb 2, 2010

With the Super Bowl ahead for Sunday, much of America’s attention is focused on football. A discussion of football, on any level, seldom lasts long without some reference to a player’s intelligence. Most athletes, and football players in particu...

Tagged: football players, nfl, success, mental ability, expertise, developing expertise

What is important and what is not--and how do you know?

Jan 6, 2010

Sitting in the same meeting, a one person may notice the dress, writing instruments, or accents of those seated across the table, while you, their colleague sitting next to them, overlooks the extraneous factors that don’t directly bear on t...

Tagged: expert, experience, coaches, coaching, success, decision making, knowledge, management, management training, sales training, leadership skills, process improvement, performance management, leadership development

The Importance of Feeling Responsible

Oct 22, 2009

When things go wrong, who steps forward to claim responsibility? In many cases, nobody. When in the rare cases, someone does voluntarily step forward, pay attention, for you are in the presence of a peak performer. They may not be a top perform...

Tagged: responsibility, success, expertise, leadership development, management skills, improvement, learning, training, process improvement, management skills, leadership, personal development, business training, sales training

The thin line between failure and success

Sep 4, 2009

It may surprise many that the famed inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison, characterized his career as one defined by failure. He estimated that it often took about 10,000 failures on any particular project until he reached a single success. ...

Tagged: failure, success, expertise, leadership development, management skills, improvement, learning, training, process improvement, management skills, leadership, personal development, business training, sales training