
Move underperforming employees to where they can be successful."
"You can have good athletes playing the wrong position. In business, if your star running back doesn't recognize the importance of his blockers, you need another back." "The star quarterback won't be effective if he's on the ground due to lousy protection. Convince the stars that the only way to succeed is to reach team goals." "In football and business there are star performers. It doesn't matter how many points you score if the team loses. Love is the willingness to sacrifice for the team. Success requires spiritual soundness, dedication, courage and love. Ingenious game plans fail if no one is blocking and tackling. Know the odds of success and the consequence of failure when taking a risk. Be sure your people are playing in the right positions. Here are a few X’s and O’s from my interview with Del: “Just before Super Bowl XXXIX, I gave an interview to Del about the football lessons that apply to business.
Joe Moglia, Former TD Ameritrade CEO and Head Football Coach of Coastal Carolina University (from the Foreword. How Del has used the lessons learned through sports in his life and leadership off the pitch (55:39). Some great quotes from CEOs and other leaders in his book, Advice from the Top, and how they can help us in our life and leadership (47:58) (Below are some quotes from the book). Why we ought to respect officials, how we can properly do so, and how it relates to our lives and leadership off the pitch (40:36). The #1 complaint referees get, and what it has to do with other areas of our lives (31:37). application of the law, subjectivity in refereeing, and how it plays out in our life and leadership outside the game (28:30) Power trips and referees making it about them, and what that can teach us about leadership outside the pitch (24:27).
Make-up calls and compounding mistakes, and what life lessons we can learn from them (20:44).
The pros and cons of instant replay and VAR, whether we should get rid of it, and what life lessons we are missing because of its implementation (16:34). The importance of knowing one’s angle and perspective in refereeing, and what it has to do with life outside of sports (12:14). His story and how he developed his passion for sports, refereeing, writing, and leadership (2:26). In Episode 25, Del Leonard Jones, Referee/umpire in multiple sports, Author of three books, including At the Bat: The Strikeout That Shamed America and Advice from the Top, and former USA Today Business Journalist (nominated for Pulitzer Prize), talks with Phil about angle and perspective in refereeing and life, issues with VAR and instant replay, avoiding compounding mistakes, the law vs application of the law, respecting authority, and the #1 complaint referees get.