This week I sit down with Dr. Nick Bontis. We discuss the Importance of Sportsmanship and Rapport in Business and much more.
Competition is fierce. It’s fierce in sports and at times even more fierce in business. As an athlete, you’re competing with yourself, competing with your teammates for the starting spot, and competing against other teams or individuals. In business, you’re competing with others for the same role, competing for that promotion, and also competing against other businesses or new entrants to ensure you successfully grow your business, department, or product.
The one thing that is misunderstood about competition or being competitive, is that it goes hand in hand with sportsmanship. Yes, you’re competing against others on the field, or in business, but the moment the whistle blows, great athletes and leaders treat each other with respect, dignity, and kindness. Great leaders that succeed know the difference.
If you’re a student-athlete, or a business leader looking to find that competitive edge, but need to find that balance, then this episode is for you.
Dr. Nick Bontis
“Let me say it Again INIMITABLITY!….
You have to come up with something that no one else can imitate…..we must understand that this a competitive world and we need to come up with a unique proposition”
President, Soccer Canada.
Chair, Strategic Management at DeGroote School of Business
Dr. Nick Bontis is a Professional Keynote Speaker, Award-winning Business Professor, and the President of Canada Soccer. Dr. Bontis was an all-star soccer student-athlete at the University of Western Ontario.
He is the world’s leading expert on intellectual capital and its impact on performance and was named as one of the Top 30 Management Gurus world-wide. He helps organizations leverage their most important intangible asset for sustainable competitive advantage. Dr. Bontis has been immersed in the field since 1991 when a cover story in Fortune Magazine, titled “Brainpower”, changed the course of his life. Risking a secure future, he left a promising banking career to pursue a Ph.D. in the field. His groundbreaking doctoral dissertation went on to become the #1 selling thesis in Canada. His accomplishments thus far could fill a volume.
Dr. Bontis has over a dozen research/teaching awards, and Macleans has identified him as McMaster’s most popular business professor for six years in a row. And was also awarded the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
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To receive more insight on how you can use sports principles in business check out more blogs here.
Also, watch his Sports to Business podcast series to understand how you can apply sports principles to business. In this series, Tanvir sits down with former athletes from CFL/NFL football players to Olympians, and share their business transformation stories with you
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