by Kirk Wakefield – November 2016 If we, will you? In 2003, the Baylor Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) program began the day we walked into the San Antonio Spurs offices and asked Russ Bookbinder, “If we did this, would you help?” Darryl Lehnus and I then set out to every other team in Texas…Continue Reading How Academic & Professional Partnerships Work: Baylor S3 Pro Day
by Kirk Wakefield – April 2016 We have all been to sports conferences that focus on best practices at work. But, can we be the best at work while also being the best at home? The Daniel Summit focuses on leadership, personal and character development. We don’t have to choose between being the best at home…Continue Reading A Different Kind of Sports Conference
by Kirk Wakefield – April 2016 Values-driven What values drive your organization? What values drive you, personally? If you had to choose one word–one value–to describe what is most important to you, what would it be? Integrity–doing the right thing–is the most important value of the San Antonio Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) organization. You can’t…Continue Reading Floor or Front Office: It’s all the same at Spurs Sports & Entertainment
by Kirk Wakefield – March 2013 First Ever Managers and executives from professional sports met for the inaugural Daniel Sport & Entertainment Leadership Summit the third weekend in February in San Diego. We plan to host this event each year to encourage each other to be leaders in our homes, at work, and in our spheres of…Continue Reading The Daniel Sport & Entertainment Leadership Summit
by Dan Rockwell – February 2013 Waking up I woke up this morning disturbed at the subtlety of self-delusion. The trouble with delusion is illusion. What do you call someone who believes they’re: Supportive but demanding, instead. Humble but in reality, arrogant. Listening when they’re talking. Able to do everything “right” while others fall short….Continue Reading Leading: Popping the Self-Delusion Bubble