Business And Basketball Are Similar
We're well into this year's NBA playoffs. This got me to thinking about the similarities between leading a basketball team and leading a business.
You need a great coach, manager and architect with the vision to structure the team and design a style of play that integrates cohesive rhythm on offense with intensive continuity on defense through players who work as a seamless unit and execute through teamwork and communication.
Ensure understanding by breaking down the play [not the same as micro-managing] and use candor to translate goals into a set of individual responsibilities and a series of specific steps.
You're always recruiting multidimensional, dexterous, skilled players that fit the same style of play each season. They must have strong fundamentals: shooting, passing, dribbling, instinctively create balance on the floor, move the ball, move without the ball, exploit mismatches, know when to dish and when to take high percentage shots.
Super stars share the spotlight with complementary role players e.g. defensive stopper. The right approach to practice optimizes the chances to win through timely hoops at the end of the game.
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