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Is Your Bench Strong Enough to Win?

So far the summer of 2015 has been very exciting for fans of team sports. Two recent events point to the need to develop and utilize your bench in the quest for success, be it in sports or business.
First we watched as the NBA season came to a close with their league finals featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Golden State Warriors. Second, and most recently, the world watched as the US Women’s National Team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup of Soccer.

Both of these teams counted on star players to be at their best when it counted most. Golden State was counting on the continued stellar play of Steph Curry and his Splash Brother team-mate Klay Thompson to bring a second title in 40 years to the San Francisco Bay Area. The Women’s National Team relied on stars Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach and finally Hope Solo in goal, to bring home a 3^rd Women’s World Cup Championship after keeping fans waiting since 1999.

Like these teams, every company has its superstars. We expect them to perform well and, more often than not, they deliver. But they cannot do everything themselves. Companies, like sports teams need a strong bench of people if they want to be consistently successful.

The key to these two teams achieving their ultimate goals was having and utilizing deep benches and rotations combined with the selflessness of the stars.

In cases like the triumphant Golden State Warriors and Women’s National Team, there is always an abundance of talent on the team. However, teams with the most talent don’t always win. These teams possessed talent, but also strong player-to-player and player-to-coach relationships built on trust and a relentless desire to perform well and win. Golden State Head Coach Steve Kerr cited those specific attributes and also believes they may have had more fun all year long than any other team in the league.


Make sure you are supporting and building your bench as well as your stars. When you do, it will help you all have some fun and bring home the ‘championship’ to your organization in whatever endeavor you are competing. imapMyTeam® is designed to enable you on a daily basis to build strong relationships in order to excel and turn in a championship performance.