The Business of Football with Reggie Rivers | Event Sneak Peek
On Thursday, November 5th join us for a FREE, member-only event, featuring professional broadcaster, motivational speaker and former running back for the Denver Broncos, Reggie Rivers.
During The Business of Football with Reggie Rivers, you'll learn strategies from the gridiron that will grow your business! Reggie Rivers will also provide lessons from professional football that are instantly relatable to the corporate world, and instantly actionable.
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6 Lessons from Reggie Rivers
#1 FORWARD PROGRESS
Forward progress is success: Even the greatest running backs in the NFL get tackled 95% of the time. They score touchdowns only 5% of the time. When they get the football in their hands, they focus on what they’re going to accomplish "before" they get tackled. In business, we must be focused on forward progress.
#2 BUILD TRUST
You must build trust: Rookies can't get on the field until they've proven that they can be trusted. Veterans can't stay on the field unless they continually prove that they are trustworthy. Players learn to demonstrate that they can be trusted. These "demonstrations” work just as effectively in the business world as they do on the football field.
#3 ACTIVE LISTENING
If you're not listening actively you're not listening at all: Despite 75,000 screaming fans, NFL players need to accurately hear the quarterback say "Red right trip slot disco X post Z waggle H & Y switch on 2." In business, we need to listen actively to our customers, our vendors, our regulators, our competitors, our superiors and our co-workers.
#4 INCREMENTAL GOALS
Set and celebrate small incremental goals: Teams don't wait until they win the Super Bowl to celebrate. They celebrate every victory, every touchdown, every first down, every first catch, every nice run, every nice throw, etc. In business, setting and celebrating small incremental goals helps to maintain high morale, high motivation and great teamwork.
#5 PRACTICE
Every player practices: No matter how much experience a player may have, he knows that he must practice. He must keep his skills sharp, stay current with new techniques and strategies, and continually prove that he's better than the younger players trying to replace him. In business, if we're not practicing to improve our core activities, we're losing ground.
#6 TEAMWORK REQUIRES CONSISTENCY
Consistency is a fundamental hallmark of teamwork: The quarterback must throw the football in a predictable way, and the wide receiver must run a predictable route. Without predictability, it's impossible for them to be effective. In business, we must deliver our performances in a predictable way. Otherwise, we're impossible to work with.
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