Season 9 Episode 3: The Glue of Championship Teams

Season 9 Episode 3: The Glue of Championship Teams. Lots of people cheering together as they won the championship.
Season 9 Episode 3: The Glue of Championship Teams

What are the key characteristics of championship teams? What helps them stick together and stay strong through adversity? 


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Jason introduces Season 9 episode 3 of the podcast, The Glue of Championship Teams. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.

We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with.

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Season 9 Episode 3: The Glue of Championship Teams

Summary:

In this episode of The Thermostat Podcast, Jason V. Barger explores the characteristics that make championship teams successful, drawing parallels between sports and business. He emphasizes the importance of a strong team culture and examines how teams can cultivate the necessary “glue” to hold them together through adversity and drive them towards success. He highlights five key characteristics:

  • A mindset of belief and team above self: Using the example of the Philadelphia Eagles and their star running back Saquon Barkley’s pursuit of an NFL record, Jason illustrates how prioritizing team goals over individual achievements can strengthen the collective belief and commitment to a shared vision.
  • Individual players willing to do the dirty work: Drawing inspiration from Shane Battier, former Duke basketball star and two-time NBA champion, Jason emphasizes the importance of players who go the extra mile and make winning plays that may not always be reflected in the traditional box score. These “glue guys” elevate the team’s performance through their selfless efforts and dedication.
  • Embracing failures to find core genius: Jason discusses how championship teams often encounter setbacks and failures on their path to success. He uses the example of Amazon’s Fire Phone and the Ohio State Buckeyes football team’s offensive evolution to illustrate how embracing failures can lead to discovering a team’s core genius and ultimately achieving greater success.
  • Adversity making the glue stronger: Referring to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team’s response to their upset loss against Michigan, Jason highlights how championship teams leverage adversity to strengthen their bond and emerge even stronger. He also mentions Notre Dame, Penn State, and Texas football teams, all of whom faced adversity and demonstrated resilience on their journey.
  • Consistency in the culture: Jason examines the importance of consistent messaging, work ethic, and adherence to a cultural mantra. He uses the example of Warren Buffett’s success as an investor to illustrate how consistent and deliberate actions, sustained over time, can lead to extraordinary results.

Notable Quotes:

  • “Every championship team has glue team members who make everyone around them better by their effort and above and beyond contributions to make those winning plays that don’t always show up in the final box score.”

  • “They embrace failures to find their core genius…almost every championship team always [has] a misstep or failure or blemish at some point.”

  • “Championship level teams when adversity hits, they don’t pull apart. They actually pull together and the glue gets stronger.”

  • “As you look at championship teams, they are consistent in their messaging and their work. They have a cultural mantra that carries them and they don’t deviate from.”

Questions to Ponder:

  1. What glue characteristics are needed to be strengthened within your team or your organization?
  2. What excites you about your pursuits in your life and your work, and who around you helps make everything and everyone around you better?

This episode offers valuable insights for leaders and team members alike, providing actionable takeaways to foster a winning culture in any setting.

Links and References

For more insights and practical tips, be sure to check out Jason V Barger’s book Breathing Oxygen. This book dives deeper into the concepts discussed in this episode and provides additional strategies for fostering a positive mindset and effective leadership.

Glue Guys podcast – Shane Battier https://joincolossus.com/series/glue-guys/


By incorporating these practices into your summer routine, you can breathe new life into your personal and professional endeavors. Remember, as Jason says, “The best leaders, teams, and cultures on the planet stimulate progress by recalibrating their thermostat together.”

Our next episode will feature Congruence in Leadership and Culture. Stay Tuned!


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A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.

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