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Month: June 2012

Making the Pick: NBA Draft and Talent Evaluation

I had an interesting conversation last week with some friends facing challenges in the hiring process. We got to talking about comparisons within the sports world. Last night’s NBA Draft was a great snapshot of sport’s “hiring process.” How companies (or in this case teams) evaluate talent is an interesting and varying process. Of course […]

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Title IX: Lessons Beyond the Playing Field

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation signed on June 23, 1972 to expand opportunities in higher education for women. The discussion around Title IX typically centers on athletics, which fell under the educational programs umbrella. Reading the stories this week from countless female athletes from different decades, they all […]

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Recovering from Adversity

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s remarkable turnaround in 2012 was the talk of the sports world when they advanced to their first NBA Finals in dramatic fashion. The NBA Playoffs have been a great example of how we find lessons in sports that we can apply to our every day lives. How do we handle adversity, […]

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