September 2016

5 lessons from the Ryder Cup - getting a group of individual experts to team.

Published: 28th September, 2016

Coaching a sales leader this week, the conversation turned to how he could get more out of his sales team, each of whom is a country manager for a different European country.  While recognising that they were focused on their own country, he wanted his team to think about the collecitve regional target.

The Ryder cup this weekend involves 24 multi-millionaires who spend their careers trying to beat each other in pursuit of personal glory and fortune.  And yet, every 2 years they divide into two teams, play for free and talk and act as if it really is one of the biggest occassions of their careers.

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