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The NFL Revolving Door System: You Can’t Outspend Rotten Culture

Many NFL teams will go through an endless number of coaches, GMs, players, and even fans, until they have the “right-combination” of talent and personnel. We refer to this as the NFL Revolving Door System, which is a sign of an organization that is in need of a major overhaul of its’ culture…

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The Drive-By Sport Psych Effect: Culture Can’t Be Delivered In A keynote

When leaders feel like their team needs a spark, some type of push to motivate them, or they are dealing with toxic culture, they will oftentimes try to bring in immediate support such as a sport psychologist, motivational speaker or organizational psychology consultant. We call this the “drive-by sport psych effect”, and we want to explain to you why this is usually the worst approach you can take when trying to fix culture…

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Family On Three…Dysfunction On Four

Many sport and corporate teams tout how they have a “family-type” atmosphere, which they believe will attract elite level talent. This is so far from reality of the situation. Because Ibex Tactics coaches are the leading voice for the organizational and performance psychology industry, we wanted to explain why organizations need to immediately ditch this strategy…

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