Leadership lessons Tim Tebow, John Fox and the Denver Broncos
Who’d a thunk it? After starting the season with one win and four losses, the Denver Broncos’ football team ended up making the playoffs and winning their first game in the playoffs. Head coach John Fox seems to be both a courageous and strategically mindful leader. Fox replaced Kyle Orton, a statistically accurate quarterback, with the unproven and inaccurate passing quarterback Tim Tebow—to the rapturous joy of some fans and the chagrin of others. Tebow brought energy and leadership that helped turn the season around.
There’s an old adage in sports: “Play your strengths and …
Tim Tebow, a true Fearless Leader™
Is emotional intelligence part of his success?
Tim Tebow’s six comeback wins in recent weeks for the Denver Broncos have been so incredibly improbable that some say it’s divine intervention (some seriously, others tongue in cheek). Not since the 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Franco Harris “immaculate reception,” dubbed the greatest play in NFL history by NFL Films, have people so strongly suggested that divine intervention played a role in a football game’s outcome. (Click here to view a video of the famous play.)
Let’s set aside divine intervention for this article and examine the intangible Fearless Leader™ qualities that make Tebow a great leader. Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and I have defined a Fearless Leader™…
Dr. North’s Creed …
Be present.
Tell the truth.
Play to win.
Don’t be attached to the outcome.
The third part of the consultant’s creed was play to win (see the last post). Here’s one aspect of play to win that we didn’t cover: The best way to win is to stay in the present moment when performing (selling, competing, being of service) and to do this, don’t be attached to the outcome. Focus on being your best now, in the present.
Here is more from Dr. Lipton, “If a ball comes near your eye, the slower conscious mind may not have time to be aware of the threatening projectile. The conscious mind processes 40 environmental stimuli per second. The subconscious mind processes 20 million environmental stimuli per second, and will cause the eye to blink.”
“The fundamental behaviors, beliefs and attitudes we observe in our parents become ‘hard wired’ as synaptic pathways in our subconscious minds. Once programmed into the subconscious mind, they …
Elite performers including entrepreneurs, sales professionals and athletes all have an element of boldness, they’re gutsy, courageous in their thoughts and actions. For example, the destitute orphan, who didn’t even have a pair of shoes who promised himself and his brother, “I will become a world champion, move out of this country and never live in poverty again.” A bold statement for an impoverished, uneducated child. But he developed his raw talent and became a world champion in an endurance sport. He also attended college and has become a very successful businessman.
You too have genius in you … we all do, you must find it.
What bold thought or action might be genius in your life?
