I recently saw the movie "MoneyBall" with Brad Pitt as the lead playing a GM of the Oakland A’s baseball team. For the readers who have not seen the film, I won’t give away the major plot and ruin your experience.
The film had many correlations to our leadership options in homebuilding. This is what struck me as being very relevant to our decisions as leaders today.
The movie was entertaining and offered a real eye opener in transcribing sports related management skills into the day to day strategic and operational decisions we all face. The big take away is don’t look at what everyone else is doing, pontificating as the answer to your future success.
Use analysis upfront on what matters in your success and surround yourself with the plan, people, commitment and perseverance to pull it off. Staying with the pack is sadly predictable, boring and an assurance of mediocrity. Start today. I would be glad to discuss out of the norm strategies for you to consider.
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