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Brady Suspension is Sign NFL Out of Control

When I heard this afternoon that Tom Brady was suspended for four games, which is equivalent to 90 days for the rest of us working Americans, this confirmed for me that the National Football League (“NFL”) is out of control. I will get back to that in a minute. DeflateGate. If you have not been paying attention to this issue because it just, frankly, makes no sense or does not interest you, I completely understand. As a woman colleague said to me recently, “only a bunch of men would make such a big deal out of whether a football was [...]

By Steve Wood|2017-05-19T19:54:53-04:00May 12th, 2015|Organizational Culture, Teams & Culture|

What Apple and the NFL Teach Us About Respect

I like to think, respect is the gift you receive when people trust you. Do you remember Rodney Dangerfield’s comedy line “I get no respect”? I believe leadership and respect are connected at the hip and if you get “no respect”, the problem is your own. This past week we got to see two examples of this relationship with the NFL and Apple. NFL leadership was tested by the growing controversy around its replacement officials and Apple’s leadership was challenged by problems with their Maps application, which affected millions of iOS users. National Football League Dilemma. Until late last week, [...]