Sharing is Caring – Going for Gold!

Is herding cats an Olympic event, Kimberly :-) ?

Kimberly

I would say all of them. Every sport requires management skills in a certain way and you manage every game as a unique project.

More or less it is the same concept but you customize your strategy for each game to suit the circumstances like opponent, weather, location and so on.

Even in terms of teams structure, you have the Delivery Team, Team Lead, Coach, Support Staff and Management.

Hope this makes sense coming from an X-Basketball Player :-)

RK

I agree with Rami. At one point in my life, I was a very serious athlete. The nature of physiology where you break down your body so it will rebuild stronger than before means you need to plan when you will be at peak performance. This requires months of following a diciplined plan.

During that time, you have to continually monitor your progress and body. Are you meeting your performance targets on schedule? The event date isn't flexible. Is your health holding up or telling you that you need more rest, like if you ran out of cash flow on a project budget?

I was a cyclist myself, so my performance was heavily determined by that of my team, and we weren't always on the same plan so we also had to deal with performance of others and potentially conflicting objectives. My coach and sponsors also had their objectives and priorities.

In many sports, you need the strategic planning to set goals and predict a way to achieve them. You need the leadership to get others to align their own efforts with yours. And of course you need a high level of technical skills. All the planning and leadership in the world won't teach you to ride a bike, let alone fast.

Rami - wholeheartedly agree! Although each sport is unique in its own method of initiation, the delivery and output make them one in the same in order to achieve the same goal. Curious to know which position you played as a basketball player? I say point guard....?

We learn so much about each other through this thread so I encourage others to share your thoughts!

I agree with Rami. At one point in my life, I was a very serious athlete. The nature of physiology where you break down your body so it will rebuild stronger than before means you need to plan when you will be at peak performance. This requires months of following a diciplined plan.

During that time, you have to continually monitor your progress and body. Are you meeting your performance targets on schedule? The event date isn't flexible. Is your health holding up or telling you that you need more rest, like if you ran out of cash flow on a project budget?

I was a cyclist myself, so my performance was heavily determined by that of my team, and we weren't always on the same plan so we also had to deal with performance of others and potentially conflicting objectives. My coach and sponsors also had their objectives and priorities.

In many sports, you need the strategic planning to set goals and predict a way to achieve them. You need the leadership to get others to align their own efforts with yours. And of course you need a high level of technical skills. All the planning and leadership in the world won't teach you to ride a bike, let alone fast.

Kimberly

That's exactly right. As for my position, it was (Position 3 / 4) Forward Guard.

While I am 190 cm (6'3") tall, but for basketball players, that's normal.

RK

Wow, I should play the lottery today:-)