7 JOB SKILLS IMPARTED BY SPORTS TRAINING
YOU HAVE BETTER CHANCES OF GETTING HIRED IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE
3 REASONS WHY ATHLETES MAKE THE BEST HIRES:
Working, especially for a start-up, is about putting in the hours towards a goal- a quarterly sales number, a KPI, or a new product. True momentous victories in the office are rare. As a manager, you want people who aren’t working for the “win,” but for the pure love of the effort.
Athletes are goal-oriented by nature, which means they’re constantly assessing where they stand in relationship to their objective and fine-tuning the tactics they need to get there. Like a soccer midfielder, reading the defence to decide whether to shoot or pass, the best worker constantly reprioritize to focus on the goal that matter most to their team.
If you want a business with a collaborative ethos, adding athletes to the mix is essential. Great teamwork is about subsuming individual egos and agendas under the goals of the group. But athletes understand that teamwork is about more than just sharing the workload, supporting your teammates or jumping in to lead when needed. Great teamwork requires people who understand group dynamics and know how to adjust their behaviour and role to fit the organisational needs.