What started as a simple article about the greatest sports teams turned into a more meaningful look at how to evaluate greatness and leadership. It also took Sam Walker 12 years and 300 pages to define criteria, research teams, and publish The Captain Class. Regardless of whether you consider yourself a sports fan, Sam and Kevin discuss leadership principles across the board. Sam also provides some tips or ideas on how to find the leader in your room.

What started as a simple article about the greatest sports teams turned into a more meaningful look at how to evaluate greatness and leadership. It also took Sam Walker 12 years and 300 pages to define criteria, research teams, and publish The Captain Class. Regardless of whether you consider yourself a sports fan, Sam and Kevin discuss leadership principles across the board. Sam also provides some tips or ideas on how to find the leader in your room.

In this episode, Sam shares:

  • Lessons for leaders.
  • Forms of aggression and conflict.

Quote:  The best leaders are focused on improving the task at hand.

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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