Nice Guys Finish First!

It was the first time Rob Mills had actually stood on his town’s brand new multi-sports, artificial turf field.  He had heard about it, and seen it from afar.  It was the crown jewel of the small Rhode Island town’s recreation system and the center piece of their largest park.  Its enormous cost was easily justified by the number of town children [...]

I had resisted writing a blog post about this topic.  It seemed almost too obvious.  But as I watched this week’s promotion of the Quail Hollow Championship golf tournament in Charlotte, NC, and all of the renewed attention on Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, I couldn’t help but get sucked into weighing in on the Tiger vs Phil [...]

For those of us who long for a more civilized and enlightened approach towards supervising, managing and coaching others, we are always on the look-out for stories of redemption; ones in which Nice Guy leaders enjoyed the thrill of victory or the reward of success.  The affirmation that comes from these examples is both heartening [...]

I miss Tony Dungy.  When Mr. Dungy retired as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts after the 2008/2009 season the team and their fans were understandably saddened.  Coach Dungy was the winningest coach in Colts history, won a Super Bowl there, and was arguably among the best ever to coach in the NFL.   I miss [...]