Building a Team where people stay…and WIN!

Heard a great interview on NPR during this past years NCAA Basketball Tournament where Graham Honaker, co-author of The Cinderella Strategy, discussed how smaller, non “Blue Chip” schools are not just making surprise runs in the tournament but are making the tournament every year and becoming consistent contenders for the title. Schools like Villanova, Princeton, Davidson, Gonzaga and Butler are year after year fielding teams that make it into the final rounds and winning championships beating schools with huge budgets, stacked talent with future NBA players and histories of winning.

What struck me was how similar the NCAA landscape is to todays work force. Players are jumping schools with “The Transfer Portal” looking for greener pastures. Teams are stacked with teams of Freshman super stars who leave for the pros after a season and most recently the NIL where athletes are making money off endorsement deals.

Sounds awful familiar to todays work force. How do you keep talent?

Its many things and they are all discussed in this podcast and researched in the book but once again it boils down to one thing…Culture.

So, take a listen to my conversation with Authors Graham Honaker and Jerry Logan and check out their book.

Enjoy