OK, most of us make it…but not these two coaches. The mistake is not holding people accountable to the rules and values of your organization. There should be no free passes on these. We need not look further than the world of sports this past weekend.

First men’s college hoops. Cincinnati vs Xavier brawl on the court. Not sure what caused it but the reaction from the Cincy coach was loud and clear. In the post game press conference he apologized and asserted action would be taken. He went on to say playing on scholarship is a privilege that must be valued when there are kids who cannot afford to even attend school. Suspensions have been handed out. Could more have been done before the brawl and with building character to have prevented it? Very probably.

Next to pro football. The NY football Giants were in a must win game last night against division rival Dallas Cowboys. Tom Coughlin benched one of his star running backs, Ahmad Bradshaw, for missing curfew. He didn’t play the first series, nor the first quarter, nor the first half. Wow. Lose and your playoff hopes are done. Win and you are in the hunt to win the division. Big stakes here. Coughlin makes the call. Bradshaw did play in the second half but that was far later in the game than most thought he would.

Coughlin has been called ‘old school.’ He also has won a bunch of ball games and a super bowl. Not bad. I do not find anything old school about establishing a standard and holding people accountable for it. Do you think any Giants will be late for curfew for the rest of the year?

Where can you be more consistent about communicating and enforcing your standards of conduct? It all starts with you, the leader, to make it happen.

Go Giants.

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