Gather ‘round for football, food, and fun—it’s Game Day in the US. Millions of viewers will tune in to watch the highly anticipated live sporting event, a culmination of athletes’ time management, learning, applied data, recovery, and resilience. But these five practices aren’t only applicable to healthy athletes and high-performing sports teams, say McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels and Daniel Pacthod. “The best leaders today have made a generational change in their thinking, one that closely parallels how elite athletes prepare, train, and compete. In several ways, the two jobs—CEO and athlete—are highly correlated.” Before the Big Game, check out these insights for more on how business leaders can create healthy, effective teams to tackle tough problems.
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Go, teams: When teams get healthier, the whole organization benefits
(Extremely) out of office: Let nature boost your team’s creativity and performance
All about teams: A new approach to organizational transformation