Comments on: John Madden’s Lessons for Leadership http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership Technology, Strategy, People and Projects Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1257 Eric D. Brown Tue, 05 May 2009 23:23:46 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1257 Thanks for sharing! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1258 Eric D. Brown Tue, 05 May 2009 23:23:34 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1258 Hi Cory - stories are what made madden king. They helped people relate to the statistics and to the game. Stories help people internalize an issue and make it there own. Stories are good :) Hi Cory -

stories are what made madden king. They helped people relate to the statistics and to the game. Stories help people internalize an issue and make it there own.

Stories are good :)

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1256 Eric D. Brown Tue, 05 May 2009 23:22:42 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1256 Thanks Simon. It seems most things seem like common sense...but those common sense things are rarely implemented. Thanks Simon.

It seems most things seem like common sense…but those common sense things are rarely implemented.

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1255 Eric D. Brown Tue, 05 May 2009 23:20:17 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1255 Hi Scot - Thanks for stopping by. Stories do a great job of explaining change and helping frame the vision. Hi Scot – Thanks for stopping by. Stories do a great job of explaining change and helping frame the vision.

]]> By: caheidelberger http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1254 caheidelberger Mon, 04 May 2009 16:46:58 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1254 redundancy: I feel like I'm being redundant in the classroom every now and then... but there's something useful in good teaching about saying the same thing a couple-three times, and saying it different ways, to make sure people get it. Some folks get the stats, some get the stories... but by the end of the show, you hope everybody gets it. Madden was a good teacher in that regard: he'd show the numbers, then he'd wrap stories around them. And yeah, people talked about him and what he said. That means he was making an impression, making it stick... which is the goal for every teacher and every leader. redundancy: I feel like I'm being redundant in the classroom every now and then… but there's something useful in good teaching about saying the same thing a couple-three times, and saying it different ways, to make sure people get it. Some folks get the stats, some get the stories… but by the end of the show, you hope everybody gets it.

Madden was a good teacher in that regard: he'd show the numbers, then he'd wrap stories around them. And yeah, people talked about him and what he said. That means he was making an impression, making it stick… which is the goal for every teacher and every leader.

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1251 Eric D. Brown Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:50:06 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1251 Thanks Simon. Very true...its always easy to talk about things and harder to implement. Thanks Simon. Very true…its always easy to talk about things and harder to implement.

]]> By: Outsourcing Sales http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1252 Outsourcing Sales Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1252 great post, i liked john madden, he may have been a little redundant from time to time, but everyone always talked about him, and he did know how to do those "lessons" very well. it really is pretty simple and he made his living doing it his way. great post, i liked john madden, he may have been a little redundant from time to time, but everyone always talked about him, and he did know how to do those "lessons" very well. it really is pretty simple and he made his living doing it his way.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1253 Scot Herrick Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:34:45 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1253 If you look at a change process, one of the most important parts is to explain to people why the change is needed. This is where management fails. They come to their teams and tell them about the decision and what the change is, but not why it is needed. This, after the management team has sometimes taken weeks to decide a change was needed, why it was needed and then laying out a new direction. By the time management gets to the team, they assume the team knows why the change is needed and just start implementing without ever explaining why my world needs more disruption again. And then the change fails. Stories. Yup. If you look at a change process, one of the most important parts is to explain to people why the change is needed. This is where management fails. They come to their teams and tell them about the decision and what the change is, but not why it is needed. This, after the management team has sometimes taken weeks to decide a change was needed, why it was needed and then laying out a new direction.

By the time management gets to the team, they assume the team knows why the change is needed and just start implementing without ever explaining why my world needs more disruption again. And then the change fails.

Stories. Yup.

]]> By: Simon Stapleton http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1250 Simon Stapleton Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:26:50 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1250 Inspiring post Eric. When you read Madden's lessons, they seem really obvious, but executing them is what is important. Madden has shown he can execute where countless others fail. Thanks for sharing. Inspiring post Eric. When you read Madden's lessons, they seem really obvious, but executing them is what is important. Madden has shown he can execute where countless others fail. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Glenn Whitfield http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm#comment-1259 Glenn Whitfield Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:29:29 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2803#comment-1259 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @ericdbrown: New blog post: John Madden's Lessons for Leadership http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm</span></span> RT @ericdbrown: New blog post: John Madden’s Lessons for Leadership http://ericbrown.com/john-maddens-lessons-for-leadership.htm

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