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Apr 12 2012

What’s Important to You?

“It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.” (Zig Ziglar)

An Ohio State student and University of Michigan student were taking a graduate school entrance exam.

Afterward, the proctor called both of them into an office and proceeded to tell them that they both missed only one question on the test, but that the Michigan student was receiving an “A” and that the Ohio State student would fail.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Bobby Petrino, Bruce Pearl, Coaches, Jim Tressel, Leadership, Ohio State University, The Encouraging Leader, University of Michigan

Apr 11 2012

Another Leader “Crashes”

(Originally published on April 11, 2012)

Joe Paterno, Jim Tressell, Bruce Pearl, the list goes on and on.  You can now add former University of Arkansas head football coach to the list of great coaches . . . great leaders, that fell short of their obligations as individuals of character.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: accountability, Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, Bruce Pearl, Character, Coaches, ethics, Integrity, Jim Tressell, Joe Paterno, Leadership, lying, Priorities, Responsibility, Student-Athletes

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