Winning in Business: Lessons from the Football Field
Diana Miret
Christian Fractional CFO and Financial Strategist for $1M-$10M Businesses | Speaker | I provide financial counsel to service-based businesses to increase profitability, cash flow, and heighten financial confidence.
Did you know business is a lot like football? I didn’t, at first. But after watching hundreds of games—thanks to my two brothers who played in high school, and my sons (one even played for Ohio State!)—it finally clicked.
The field, the strategy, the teamwork—it all mirrors how a small business operates.
In football, victory isn’t about throwing “Hail Mary” passes all game long. Sure, a quarterback might throw a deep pass a handful of times, but the real action happens in the small, calculated plays. Yard by yard, inch by inch, the team moves closer to their goal. It’s about steady progress, not flashy moves.
Business works the same way. It’s tempting to go for the “long pass” with big, ambitious plays like a high-budget marketing campaign that promises overnight success. But the truth? Success is built on the small, intentional actions you take every day.
Winning in business is a lot like football: it’s one play, one customer, one team member, and one step at a time.
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1 个月I agree- both are groups pulling in the same directions! ??
Football is truly about team, and the idea of all players coming together to make it work. Business mirrors this … but one of the things rarely talked about is the team not on the field. With 11 players on offense or defense, it takes just as many not starting to make practice work. In other words, the team that makes the team on the field better in the unseen days of practice is just as responsible as the players we see on TV. A full roster chasing the purpose is the goal …. It is the win. So yes, business is like football, the team that is often times in the back office is just as responsible as your visible team. Teamwork, above all, team purpose and teamwork.
Go Buckeyes! :-) agree that business is a lot like football. I think there is also a good example of both teams who played last night of overcoming adversity and pivoting when plans didn’t initially work. How they adapted, focused and didn’t let the early failures delay their vision is a good model for leaders on resilience!