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Olympic Lessons in Teamwork
Olympic Lessons in TeamworkRE: Olympic Lessons in TeamworkMy top Olympic moment so far... Quite inspiring!RE: Olympic Lessons in TeamworkGreat article, I will send to others...thanksRE: Olympic Lessons in TeamworkFor more chill-inducing moments in Olympic history, Esquire has a great round-up: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/lists/5-olympic-video-momentsRE: Olympic Lessons in TeamworkThat's very good! Thanks.RE: Olympic Lessons...
Tags: Team management, Olympic Lessons, teamwork
Discussion threads 2008-08-14

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Olympic Lessons in Teamwork
Watching the U.S. Men's Olympic swimming team win consecutive gold medals in relay events, I was struck by three less-obvious teamwork lessons learned that can translate well to the workplace. by CC Holland
Tags: Team, Teamwork, Team Management, Management, CC Holland
Blog posts 2008-08-13
NHL could learn lessons from Olympics, but won't
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Someone pointed out that the round-robin tournament used to determine playoff seeds in Olympic men's hockey is, basically, the equivalent of the NHL's regular season. Only 185 days shorter. Now the Olympic playoffs begin. And we're about to see is everything...
Tags: Games, NHL
Research articles 2002-02-20
Oly: Home of Games looked back for lessons
00-00-0000 Oly: Home of Games looked back for lessons By Daniel Howden ATHENS, Reuters - When Athens Olympic chief Gianna Angelopoulos took up the torch at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Games in 2000 she...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Research articles 2003-08-12
US Olympic boss wants more united support before making 2016 bid
COLORADO SPRINGS, United States AFP — US Olympic Committee President Peter Ueberroth wants stronger government support for any candidate city before thinking of launching a 2016 Olympic bid, he said. Having learned bitter lessons from New York's failed 2012 Olympic bid, Ueberroth said USOC officials want to bid but...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, Government, Olympic, president, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-10-10
Plea to make surfing an Olympic sport
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — The head of the Association of Surfing Professionals Friday said it was time the sport made its Olympic debut to reflect youth culture in the new millennium. Wayne Bartholomew, a former world champion who pushed for surfing's inclusion at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, said some...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, millennium, Olympic
Research articles 2007-04-27
A Different Leadership Style?: Take Some Leadership Lessons From Horses
The old command and control style is dead. A different leadership style is needed if you really want to connect with your people. You may be able to gather some leadership lessons from horses.... Don't expect peak performance every single day - Olympic Gold Medallists don't run/swim etc at a...
Tags: Shelley Holmes, Leadership, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
Lessons learned in Athens
They didn't have the most productive Olympic experience in terms of on-court accomplishments, but Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade made the most of their opportunity in Athens last summer. They may have played little, but they listened and learned and have established themselves this season as three...
Tags: Games, NBA, Olympic
Research articles 2005-01-04
Caterers' skills tailor-made for Olympic effort
Ron and Mary Crafts like to say their skills are tailor-made to run one of the state's largest catering firms. They just didn't know that until they tried it. The couple's Orem-based company, Culinary Crafts, started when Ron and Mary Crafts combined his interest in the...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Sports Illustrated
Research articles 2003-06-15
(B) OPINION: China and the Lessons of the 1936 Olympics.
Bridge News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 11--Never Reward Tyrants By Robert Sibley of the Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA--In August 1936, Olympic flags snapped in the wind alongside the swastikas on the monuments and buildings of Berlin, as Germany prepared...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2001-07-11
How They Did It: Seven Intrapreneur Success Stories
Seven successful intrapreneurs reveal what it took to launch new ventures at Kodak, Toyota, Yahoo, and other major companies. .logoimg { float:right; border:1px solid #eee; padding:4px; background:#fff;} Kodak Intrapreneur:...
Tags: Corporate Entrepreneurship, BNET Feature, Team, Intrapreneurship, Intrapreneurs, Georgia Flight, Management, Team Management, Jim Lynch, Weiner, Lessons Learned, Venture, Idea, Eastman Kodak Co., Inkjet Printer, Marketing, Gateway Inc.
Articles 2008-04-10
Gold-Medal HR
The United States Olympic Committee is a small non-profit organization that succeeds in managing one of the most successful Olympic teams in the world. The article talks on how corporate HR pros can catch that spirit. Olympic athletes have always been a tremendous source of inspiration; a motivational wellspring for...
Tags: Human Resources, Staffing, Crain Communications Inc., United States Olympic Committee
White papers 2000-09-01
Reinventing the Rings
Working off ideas from his forthcoming book, Michael Payne paints a dramatic picture of the business turnaround of the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee IOC. Payne explores the IOC's use of corporate brand management as well as 8 key lessons involving leadership, fiscal discipline and, what he terms,...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, London Business School, Business Strategy, Payne, Branding, Marketing
Case studies 2005-04-25
Tibet Supporters Use PR to Outfox China
The New York Times, of all places, gives a shout-out to the "value of PR" in a business section story today about how Tibet supporters leveraged the upcoming Beijing Olympics to shine a spotlight on China's treatment of Tibet: "The protesters quickly established a communications plan, focused their message...
Tags: Public Relations, Government, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jon Greer, Tibet
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Madrid incidents will be analysed says IOC chief
ATHENS AFP ? International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said lessons learned from the bomb attacks in Madrid would be analysed before this summer's Olympic Games in Athens. About 200 people died in commuter trains heading into Madrid on Thursday in attacks thought to have been instigated by either...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, International Olympic Committee, Madrid, president, SECURITY
Research articles 2004-03-13
INSIDE LINES: IOC seek assurances after Wembley farce
Alarm bells are starting to ring at International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne as Wembley, already in extra time, now heads for penalties. Despite Government assurances that lessons have been learnt and there is no way the 2012 Olympic complex will be a repeat of the current farce, the IOC's...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2006-04-02
Gerrard and Benitez look to brighter Red future
ATHENS AFP — Steven Gerrard insisted Liverpool would bounce back from the agony of their Champions League final defeat by AC Milan as manager Rafael Benitez warned the club's new owners that major investment is required this summer to keep his side moving forward. Reflecting on the lessons of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2007-05-23
Inside Lines: London plans to stay ahead of the Games
London's Olympic planners clearly do not intend the 2012 bid to suffer the same fate as England's abortive attempt to wrest the 2006 football World Cup from the rightful clutches of Germany. This failed not only because they reneged on a gentlemen's agreement but also because of a combination of...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2004-01-18
At last, the scandal ends
The Salt Lake Olympic bid scandal ended this week with something less than a whimper. After years of investigation at untold costs both financially and to lives and reputations, the net gain for federal prosecutors was two convictions, resulting in absolutely no prison time, no probation and no fines. ...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2004-09-18
INSIDE LINES: Time for Princess Anne to abdicate - Banks
The Government must get their hands dirty if London is to have a chance of winning the 2012 Olympics bid - and Princess Anne must step down from the International Olympic Committee. So says the former sports minister, Tony Banks, who believes there are vital lessons to be learned from...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2003-08-17
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