Super Bowl – Team Alignment Starts in the Trenches
It’s Super Bowl time again. We at Orgametrics are tied intimately to team sports and how those examples fit so well into the business world. Last year, we wrote three articles about the Super Bowl, including this one about offensive lines and how those players demonstrate joint accountability. We wrote another one about how the […]
INC – Mark Eaton’s 4 Commitments You Must Make to Succeed Individually and as a Team
There’s a marvelous article about former NBA and Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton. Mark was a key component of the Jazz teams of the 80s and early 90s. He is the NBA/ABA career leader in blocks per game. He has a new book about 4 commitments he believes are needed to be successful as an […]
FORBES – Mental Resiliency from Stephen Curry
This interesting article from Forbes about building mental resiliency is a quick look at how Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors handles it. We all act and react differently under stress and being able to build resilience will help us, as leaders, be more impactful for our teams. How you handle stress translates into […]
Alignment Beats Talent When Talent Isn’t Aligned
The legendary basketball coach, John Wooden, had a famous quote, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” This quote tells me that a team with a lesser collection of talent can compete with and win if they work hard and believe themselves. I thought of this as my son was watching the movie Miracle […]
3 Key Ways March Madness Teams Teach Us About Our Own Organization
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament has been filled with a lot of surprises and great stories. One of the main themes from the last few weeks is that smaller schools – mid-major teams – can beat the big teams. More importantly, teams with talent and connectedness as a team will beat squads that rely […]
4 Ways the Eventual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Champion Show the Most Alignment – and How that Applies to You.
March is here. St. Patrick’s Day, the beginning of Spring and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. One of the reasons we enjoy the tournament is because we get to watch groups of student-athletes that have dedicated great amounts of time to their craft. In three weeks, we will see 4 teams, and then 2, that […]
Did One Lineup Change Crush Alignment and Doom the Patriots in Super Bowl LII?
Malcolm Butler – cornerback of the New England Patriots, hero of Super Bowl XLIX when he intercepted a Seattle Seahawks pass at the end of the game, and starting defensive back that was on the field for 97.8% of defensive snaps during the 2017-18 season – didn’t play a single defensive snap in Super Bowl […]
Does Your Team show High Joint Accountability? Super Bowl Offensive Lines Do. Here’s How.
On a Super Bowl-level football team, personal and joint accountability is shown clearly in the offensive line. Their performance in this key Orgametrics® alignment construct has helped put their teams in the Big Game. How is deep joint accountability obtained in a highly aligned offensive line? Each member of that line has specific duties to […]
Your Team isn’t Going to the Super Bowl Because They Don’t Connect ‘Tribe’ and ‘Group’ Teams.
Super Bowl franchises demonstrate great teamwork. Being in the Big Game makes that a seemingly obvious statement. However, aligned football teams foster environments where great teamwork thrives at the ‘tribe’ level and the ‘group’ level. Teams not in the Super Bowl may have good teamwork, but they aren’t aligned to a level of those that […]
