What can a business owner learn from sports?

Being an avid Braves fan and a huge supporter of Bobby Cox, I found the last three games interesting. When the Braves got behind, he did not panic, he did not throw things as the leader he was in control. When you face adversity in your business what do you do? Do you make excuses? Do you blame others? Or are you a strong leader like Bobby Cox. Our off the bench hero all season Brooks Conrad was forced into action with Chipper Jones out for the season and Martin Prado injured. He made crucial errors in the first two games against the Phillies, so what does Bobby do, he move him to second base where he is more comfortable and had a good defensive game and drove in some runs. As a business owner do you have all your players in the positions where they can be successful? Do you focus them on what they do best? Here’s an example, one of my clients does installation work. He had one employee, that no matter what when sent to pickup stuff at the store he always forgot something…BUT he also worked three time faster than anyone else. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tweak this job description. Focus on what your employees do best and put them in a position to succeed. They win, you win! Will the Braves go to the World Series? I am rooting for them, but win or lose I know they will not get out managed.