LinkedIn Article: Harbaugh Lessons for the Business World

I think because there are some universal traits that apply to similar situations.  The article wasn't revolutionary in that way to make the comparison, but pretty sweet it was about Harbaugh.  Don't feel bad, I'm in a douchey/shitty mood today as well. Had a 9am meeting today that if given the choice to chew broken glass or have the meeting again, I'd opt for the broken glass. 

Hey without that assumption, the thriving airport business books industry would be dead.

Why do you hate hack authors fomo?

Lou Holtz is a bad example. But, I bet Harbaugh could run your company and at minimum provides a good model for leadership in your various businesses.  His traits:  Vision, enthusiasm, charisma, integrity, infectious dedication to the mission, builds an effective team culture, zeal for perfect execution, stickler for the details, leads by example (works the hardest, gets his hands dirty, etc.), treats all people no matter their place in the organization the same, runs a true meritocracy and lives by it, hires the best most talented people because he's wise enough to know he can't do it alone, deflects all praise to and gives all credit to his players (employees) and assistants, keeps everything "inside the house".  

Could probably go on here but you get the jist.  It's rare people like Harbaugh (and many others) would who probably succeed in any chosen field and that's why they are asked to speak.

"What’s this all have to do with the business world and corporate talent acquisition teams? Everything. Because Harbaugh is proving that you don’t have to do things the way they’ve always been done to be successful, regardless of what field you're in. He’s proving that to reach a new audience, you have to speak their language, not yours."

to some extent. I don't know if Lou Holtz could teach me anything about business, but perhaps Bill Belichick could.

I definitely think there is some value in hearing and reading about what people in other fields do and say. Whether it is a football team, a nonprofit, a military unit or a business you're facing some of the very same organizational challenges along the way.

I for example like to read and view a lot about approaches in both warfare and firefighting even though neither area has to do with my field (IT). But I find it very instructive because there's a lot of similarities really to any field in business. Issues such as strategy vs tactics, strategies of communication, risk mitigation, leadership culture etc..are vital for everyone but the element of danger in those fields amplifies things and gives things a focus you may not get if you purely read about business.

If I read about what went wrong for the Union army at Fredricksburg, what went wrong in the South Canyon Fire, I get some pretty acute and brutal insights on organizational behavior that certainly apply in my field as well - even if the consequences are a lot less stark.

That you know of.....you know what they say, the quickest way to the top is to go down. 

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