“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”—Ben Franklin To be successful in tennis, athletes must be able be to play both offense and defense. The same principle applies to business leaders, sales teams, and organizations. In a competitive marketplace where “experts” and “thought leaders” constantly advocate playing aggressive by building your “personal brand’ with a “go-go-go mentality,” it’s easy to lose sight of this little, yet highly effective strategy called...

For CEOs and corporate leaders, Let’s start here. Any “expert” in any industry who tells you that you don’t need talent to achieve excellence or that motivation is over-rated is probably not an expert and likely has no real “industry.” As a 7-time NCAA championship coach at Boise State, Colgate, Mississippi State, McKendree, and business founder who has the good fortune to work with innovative, yet “analysis paralysis” corporate athletes...

“You don’t learn to walk by following the rules. You learn by doing and by falling over; and it’s because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over.” —Richard Branson We at Huskie men’s tennis are in the thick of our season. Conference play is underway, the most vital part of the year. It’s like tax season and we’re paying our dues every day. As head...