Being Compassionate in Business and in Sports

When I consider the correlation between leadership and compassionate capitalism, I can’t help but think about how it’s relative to sports. My best friend, and business partner, Warren Moon had to be compassionate to his teammates in tough positions, and his leadership is what separated him from other quarterbacks in the league at that time. A leader needs to able to find areas where they can find creative ways to be effective. Compassion is an area where the leader produces value or abundance in any given situation. The leader should be helping people while having a lot of fun. That’s how one should measure their success in this arena. This is why everything I do has an altruistic or charitable component to it. Authenticity is the direction we must lead towards in order to connect good intentions and actions. Compassion and authenticity are how we source and use resources to produce the intention of sustainability. The notion of conscious abundance is offered in a context that recognizes we live in a world of finite resources and appreciating that it’s an infinitely abundant energetic universe.

Business is the most ubiquitous place in the world today. It embraces every aspect of life, including sports. Team captains who are trying to inspire need to understand that without struggle there can be no progress. These opportunities are where we can find chances to become effective leaders, to show how we can collectively accomplish a goal as a team. As leaders, we take a look at the system to see if it’s yielding the resolution we expect. Pioneers should maintain perspective when leading troops into challenging environments in order to teach accountability. We must all move forward as an organization to one single goal, employing focus and concentration to maximize the outcome. I use compassion as my platform and effective communication as a tool to be more authentic in the process.

One of my mentors demonstrates the capability of a true compassionate leader. Leigh Steinberg is a humanitarian and an altruistic individual. I was always fascinated that he has never been motivated by money, which was an integral part of business. I incorporated many of his ideas into my vision at Sports 1 Marketing, working to empower individuals to grow collectively, so they can help one another out of tough spots. At Sports 1 Marketing I try to inspire young people to create value within the company, and it provides abundance for everyone involved. Leadership in sports mirrors these same attributes. Great leaders find ways to marry concepts together to showcase team strength and manage weaknesses. I apply compassion and effective leadership to ensure that our team has a collective belief of “Making a lot of Money, Helping a lot of People, and Having a lot of Fun!!”