Treat every player like a champion.

Success is much more than a game win or a top score. Becoming the champion is the ultimate symbol of success for every pro team, but only one team can achieve this in any given year. There are other factors that define success, and they are perhaps just as important as a trophy, if not more so: effective teamwork; team pride; the support of their fans; a shared sense of accomplishment that comes from achieving what each member of the team worked so hard for, and so on. Perhaps these factors are what really constitute success for a team.

What does it take to be a champion? What motivates players to try to reach this ultimate goal? Support, recognition, respect, and appreciation are just a few of the motivators that drive people to want to do their very best—to strive to reach goals that they might otherwise have considered to be unattainable. Leaders must make sure each person in the organization has the opportunity to feel like a champion. One of your most important responsibilities is to treat your employees and teams like champions each day they come to work.

Everyone on your team has the potential to be a star or even a superstar. As a leader, it is up to you to give each individual the opportunity to shine.

Leadership Questions

  What can you do to give each individual in your organization the opportunity to shine like a superstar?

  How can you make everyone who works for you feel like a champion?