The 8 Man Rotation: The 2014 Season

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The 8 Man Rotation
2014

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The 8 Man Rotation:
A Look At Sports and HR
The 2014 Season
By
Steve Boese
Kris Dunn
Lance Haun
Tim Sackett
Matthe...

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Table of Contents
Foreword by Paul Hebert
HR Planning, Strategy, Data and Leadership
Big Data – On the Basketball ...

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Training and Development
How Far Are You Willing to Go to Get Better? – Steve Boese
Why There Won’t Be Youth Footb...

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This Industry Sees 1/3 of its Alumni Develop Cognitive Disorders…. – Kris Dunn
Right to Play – Tim Sackett
I Don’t...

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Foreword
Do not read this book!
It’s not accurate. For years the authors of this book have been putting together w...

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Remember – your boss probably read last year’s edition and see what it did for her?
Do you want that?
I didn’t thi...

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CHAPTER 1
HR Planning, Strategy, Data and Leadership

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Big Data – On the Basketball Court Today, Tomorrow in Your
Office?
Steve Boese
Originally Published on February 14...

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Bottom line: None of this stuff is going away. Data of all kinds are already piling up at a
rate that is overwhel...

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The Analytics Takeover Won’t Always Be Pretty
Steve Boese
Originally Published on March 31, 2014
Seems like it ha...

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But the more interesting point from all this, and the one that might have resonance
beyond basketball, is the ide...

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The Silver Hammer: Three Reasons To Come Down Hard On
Your First Big Leadership Test
Steve Boese
Originally Publi...

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1. Old-school territory marking - A new leader, especially one succeeding a highly
successful and influential pre...

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The Juergen Bomb: Three Reasons Why A New Leader Makes A
Strategic Firing
Steve Boese
Originally Published on May...

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1. The obvious one - dropping a veteran, established talent that seemed 'safe' by just
about every stretch of the...

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Germany, Spurs: Welcome to the Machine
Steve Boese
Originally Published on July 14, 2014
The German men's nationa...

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as far as player XYZ takes them.' It was always a team effort, not one that relied on one
or two talents. In fact...

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“I’m Gay:” Notes on How One Leader Got Potentially Disruptive
News Right….
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on Febr...

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afterward that Michael told the whole group that he's gay," Pinkel said. "That's
when I first heard of it."
Nice....

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the SEC title game, finishing in the top 5 nationally and cementing Pinkel's security as the
Mizzou coach for yea...

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DATA & MONEY: Run a Vasectomy/March Madness Promo at
Your Company Next January….
Kris Dunn
Originally Published o...

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second or third wife who expects children. At that point, they're looking to reverse the
vasectomy. I don't want ...

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Want to Be a Great People Manager? Don’t Watch the Ball…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on August 7, 2014
I've go...

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way that makes everyone feel like she's looking out for them rather than telling
them they suck.
There's a millio...

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Leadership Isn’t What You Read in Books…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on August 7, 2014
Is Leadership something...

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high school (via Jackie MacMullan writes in "When the Game Was Ours", hat tip to True
Hoop)*:
"Magic's congeniali...

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UAB Football is Dead: Great Leaders Make Great Enemies
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on December 4, 2014
In case...

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job and was in play, available to be recruited away for the right opportunity.
The fact that Bartow left UCLA to ...

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in his DNA.
Bartow's view of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) was negatively influenced by his
view of the ...

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UAB will never be a major threat in any sport due to the conference downgrade. This
wasn't always the case - just...

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HR’s September Call Ups!
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on September 5, 2014
For those who aren’t big Major Lea...

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something you could do, could you do it for 30 days? Before telling me you can’t what
would you do it that same p...

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On the Billion Dollar Bracket
Matthew Stollak
Originally Published on March 17, 2014
Its my favorite week of the ...

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million? 10 million? More?
• Would you offer every player on Michigan several million dollars to throw the game?
...

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CHAPTER 2
Staffing and Career Considerations

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Choosing Your Benchmarks Wisely and the Legacy of David Stern
Steve Boese
Originally Published on February 4, 201...

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the story and I don't need to go into all the Apple innovations and the subsequent (or
concurrent) missteps from ...

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can name more than a handful of players on their favorite team, and even less would be
recognizable. If the new w...

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Is “In What Month Were You Born?” A Valid Interview Question?
Steve Boese
Originally Published on April 15, 2014
...

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the months of the year, with only small differences in percentages born in the highest
percentage months.
But pro...

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It’s Tough to Succeed a Legend
Steve Boese
Originally Published on April 23, 2014
From the sports world yet anoth...

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Again, taking it back to the sports angle: Can you name the coaches that succeeded John
Wooden, Vince Lombardi, P...

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You Have to Get Lighter As You Get Older
Steve Boese
Originally Published on August 8, 2014
Recent buzz around NB...

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Letting go of things, both physical as in a weight loss or with cutting loose material
possessions like cars or h...

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To Fail This Often, You Have to be Pretty Good
Steve Boese
Originally Published on November 12, 2014
Quick post f...

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an amazingly good and valuable player. Players who can't actually perform are not kept
around long enough to clim...

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Prepare to be Disappointed
Steve Boese
Originally Published on December 10, 2014
8 Man Rotation favorite: Dennis ...

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team for the season.
The Hawks have a solid winning record so far this season, play an upbeat and
entertaining st...

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Do’s and Don’ts of Accepting Offers of Employment: NBA DRAFT
VERSION
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on June 27, 2...

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delivered verbally. Not a lot of basketball players want to work in Minnesota
these days, including Zach Lavine f...

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Googling Candidates: Ray Rice Version…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on December 2, 2014
Ah yes, Googling candid...

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Case in point, Ray Rice. Rice is the guy who infamously punched his wife out cold in an
Atlantic City casino elev...

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Hiring Back an Employee Who Left You
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on January 10, 2014
Did you see what happen...

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How much time off does a mercurial talent deserve before being brought back? Is Jim Tressel
looking at the Petrin...

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The Organization with the Most Expensive Selection Mistakes Is?
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on May 8, 2014
T...

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“Well, we know his ‘past performance’ in college. We know all his ‘performance
metrics’. We gave him a personalit...

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Prospective Employee Camp
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on September 2, 2014
In athletic recruitment there are...

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facilities, make them compete against others in their same job function, spend time with
our employees. At the en...

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Success is Relative
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on December 4, 2014
It’s that time of year when college foot...

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- No BCS bowl appearances
- At least 3 losses each season
99% of fans in the country would take 7 years in a row ...

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Should Your “A” Players Recruit For Your Organization?
Matthew Stollak
Originally Published on June 30, 2014

...

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According to several sources, including a teammate, Noah's All-Star Weekend
“conversation'' with New York Knicks ...

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Yield Ratios, NASCAR, and the National Guard
Matthew Stollak
Originally Published on August 8, 2014

If you a...

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Landing only 20 potential candidates out of nearly 25k, and actually hiring none of them is
a yield ratio no one ...

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CHAPTER 3
Training and Development

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How Far Are You Willing To Go To Get Better?
Steve Boese
Originally Published on July 31, 2014
At the (continuing...

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are spacing the floor to free up 3 point shooting, and relying less on dominant center
oriented offense. Through ...

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to go back to the Channel Islands, find an 85-pound rock, and run a collective 5K
holding the thing underwater. E...

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Why There Won’t Be Youth Football in 20 Years…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on May 23, 2014
You think you have ...

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Success vs. Development
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on June 18, 2014
I something really cool happen recently...

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I wonder how much better our organizations would be if we could take on this
mentality? It’s about getting better...

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CHAPTER 4
Performance and Talent Management

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HOT SPORTS TAKE: What is More Important Than Culture?
Steve Boese
Originally Published on January 8, 2014
It's be...

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Host: Next up Jim from Hoboken. Go head Jim.
Caller: Hi Mel - I just want to say I hated the body language of the...

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What Richard Sherman Reminds Us About High Performers
Steve Boese
Originally Published on January 21, 2014
If you...

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are not going to rest until they do. And once they do, they are not shy about telling you
about it. We sometimes ...

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Why Do Old Coaches Get Fired?
Steve Boese
Originally Published on February 13, 2014
I caught an excellent piece o...

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Coaches, (or usually pretty much anyone working in a company/industry that cares about
winning), don't get fired ...

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When Things Don’t Work Out: Lessons from the New York
Knicks
Steve Boese
Originally Published on April 17, 2014
K...

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2. Sometimes you are the worst evaluator of your own capability and
potential
Prior to the season, a computer ana...

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work out on its own, you have to take some steps to shake up the organization, the
culture, the staff, etc. in or...

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Diverse Teams Can (Literally) Better Take the Heat
Steve Boese
Originally Published on June 9, 2014
Did you happe...

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circumstances where having that diversity directly leads to increased organizational
performance and better outco...

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My Obligatory World Cup Post
Steve Boese
Originally Published on July 8, 2014
My annual contract with the 8 Man R...

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organization has allowed them to continue to thrive. The HR lesson here? Once about
10-15 people are involved in ...

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The Value of Keeping the Team Intact: NBA Edition
Steve Boese
Originally Published on July 29, 2014
Drowned out b...

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that played a key part and made needed contributions to the Spurs' great season and
eventual NBA title are return...

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Talent Attraction: The Real Reason to Keep Top Talent
Steve Boese
Originally Published on October 28, 2014
A few ...

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help you recruit more people like them, who in turn also are more productive than
average, continuing to raise th...

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How the NBA Can Teach You (Almost) Everything You Need to
Know About Talent Management
Steve Boese
Originally Pub...

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of scenery, (maybe a transfer, a new boss, maybe leaving altogether), in order for them
to realize their potentia...

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Simple, right? Lessons abound everywhere in the NBA where you can see the actual
outcomes of Talent Management st...

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Great Players Win Early
Steve Boese
Originally Published on November 25, 2014
I remain convinced that everything,...

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is a reference to the stiffs that LeBron James carried on his back in his first
stint with the Cavaliers).
So let...

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The Performance Curve
Steve Boese
Originally Published on December 3, 2014
If you are a fan of baseball you might...

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again, the reasons are completely obvious and predictable. Almost all players skills begin
to decline by age 30. ...

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If Richard Sherman Took a Pre-Employment Test, Here’s What it
Would Show…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on Janu...

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MONEYBALL: Is the Talent World’s Most Undervalued Asset Old
People?
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on March 26, ...

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Here's another thought. If you're going to follow the Moneyball approach and invest in
the undervalued asset tha...

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Naturally, Scheinman decided to lurch in the opposite direction. He became an angel
investor, meaning he typical...

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Managers As Coaches: The Key is Confrontation….
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on August 25, 2014
Spent a good p...

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Yes we can. The best coaches, both in corporate America and sports, are willing to
confront situations that need...

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The Ghost of Athlete Past
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on March 4, 2014
I have three sons. Two of whom are c...

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them enough and showing them how their path was broken. I tend to blame the
collective. All of us who each, at o...

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3 Ways to Make Your Office Productive During March Madness
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on March 25, 2014
Fo...

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you’re firing the least productive person, you would see productivity shoot through the
roof! You would also see...

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The Managers as Coaches Myth
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on August 25, 2014
This isn’t necessarily a new co...

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I love it when my players want to kill each other, and having a fight at a
practice isn’t really a bad thing.
Th...

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CHAPTER 5
Total Compensation

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The Best Sports Related Job Ever
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on May 23, 2014

Do you know what the ingr...

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That my friends is the best Sports Related Job ever! On a boat all day, warm sun, cool
drinks, picking up a few ...

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Tiger Woods Returning to Work
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on June 27, 2014
Most folks probably didn’t notic...

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engaged with your organization and the rest of their coworkers. HR needs to firmly
believe our employees are inn...

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CHAPTER 6
Employee and Labor Relations

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BULLY IN THE WORKPLACE: Is HR Getting It Wrong Most of
the Time?
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on February 21, ...

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"My first thought is that I am glad you wrote this down as a way to start figuring it out.
There are people in t...

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2 Sure Things When the Owner of Your Company Is Outed as a
Racist
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on April 28, 20...

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2. Recruiting will never be successful once it's public knowledge that the
organization is owned by a known and ...

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Auburn Football and HR: Why We Write New Handbook Policies
to Police Morons…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on S...

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War Eagle. And the dude had a running start - he's not as fast as the WR.

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When to Allow Someone to Resign Instead of Firing Them….
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on September 8, 2014
All...

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This Industry Sees 1/3 of Its Alumni Develop Cognitive Disorders
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on September 16,...

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There are really no health benefits to football. 1/3 of the professional workforce
with Parkinson’s disease, Alz...

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Right to Play
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on January 30, 2014

Football players at the Big Ten Uni...

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I Don’t Want to Work with a Gay Person!
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on February 17, 2014

Michael ...

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What if it is your policy for employees of the same sex, when traveling, to share hotel
rooms. This is a common ...

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Are You ‘Entitled’ to One Mistake?
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on May 13, 2014

Current NBA LA Clippers...

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easy. “Well, we fired Jill when she was late three times, so we also have to fire
Bill!” No, you don’t! Now, you...

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Baltimore Ravens Failed HR 101
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on September 9, 2014

By now everyone has se...

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It begs the question: what if this happened to one of your employees? Yeah, you would
fire them, but do you beli...

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I’m Not White Enough
Tim Sackett
Originally Published on October 31, 2014

The world of sports tends to...

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To Wilson’s credit, even he responded with: “I don’t even know what that means”, when
he was told people didn’t ...

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Special NBA Summer League Section

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NBA Summer League Part 1 – The Relative Value of Talent
Steve Boese
Originally Published on July 21, 2014
I'm ju...

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offers to candidates, counter-offers, (probably a bad idea to even try them, but still), and
the nuts and bolts ...

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are uniquely relevant to your organization, and need to be factored in to the discussion.
With James leaving the...

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Stuff the Capitalist (aka KD) Likes – The NBA Summer League…
Kris Dunn
Originally Published on July 18, 2014
Who...

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My Weekend with the 8-Man Rotation (Featuring How Pro Hoops
Misses On Talent – Just Like You)…
Kris Dunn
Origina...

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Snapshot from Vegas #2 - I'm going with the Trendy Choice and Hiring Dante
Exum (or someone from Google)
The fir...

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Snapshot from Vegas #3 - G-Rondo Was Last Year's Dante Exum, and It
Doesn't Feel As Great This Year
Pictured bel...

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G-Rondo is what Dante Exum looks like in year two when you're not sure the pick (or
hire in your case) is going ...

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Ferry drafted Dennis Schroder, by the way. So it's good to see him looking for value.
Snapshot of Vegas #5 - Fou...

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Two of the Four Knicks pictured here are in the wrong spots. In a league famous for
isolation 1-on-1s, the Knick...

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I'm a huge Soundgarden fan. But they didn't win the contest for best
performance Saturday night. Nine Inch Nails...

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YEAR-END PERFORMANCE REVIEW: The Outcast, the German,
and the Guy with a Heart Condition….
Kris Dunn
Originally ...

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G-Rondo is what Dante Exum looks like in year two when you're not sure the pick (or
hire in your case) is going ...

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I like Ferry. I work in Atlanta a lot, and he's basically trying to create a version of the
Spurs organization i...

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He can shoot the 3, has size (6'10") and seems to get it in all aspects. He was drafted
in basically the same po...

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Finding “A” Talent is Overrated
Lance Haun
Originally Published on July 23, 2014
I just got back from NBA Summer...

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While everyone will talk about the stars in the NBA, especially when it comes to winning
a championship, what it...

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Quick Lessons Learned from the 2014 #NBASummerLeague
Matthew Stollak
Originally Published on July 23, 2014

...

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You also had the singer of the national anthem. Who was he? Not sure. Did he do a
competent job? Yes. Was he pai...

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About the Authors
STEVE BOESE
Steve is a Co-Chair of Human Resource Executive Magazine’s HR Technology
Conferenc...

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MATTHEW STOLLAK
Matthew Stollak, Ph.D., SPHR, is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at
Saint Norb...

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Steve Boese's HR Technology
HR Technology, Teaching, and a little Barbecue
THE TIM SACKETT PROJECT
HR Pro, Dad, ...

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