I really liked this in the Wall Street Journal -

The Power of Ohio State’s Positive Thinking

How a Formula Taught by Ohio State’s ‘Leadership Coach’ Sums Up a National Championship Run

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-ohio-states-positive-thinking-1420738209?autologin=y

“There are a lot of quotes, posters and best-selling authors that come in and talk to the team for a half-hour,” he said. “But what Coach Meyer has done with us is brought a systematic, disciplined way of building these skills.”

This is so true -- LinkedIn is so filled with all the motivational quotes and posters and such. In a way, I think that what they are talking about here are fundamental leadership competencies.

Go Bucks!