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Why The Rutgers Scarlet Knights Are Proving That Greatness Is A Choice
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Why The Rutgers Scarlet Knights Are Proving That Greatness Is A Choice
Perhaps no leader in college athletics is more conscious of this harsh reality than Julie Hermann. When Hermann took over as Director of Athletics at Rutgers University in the late spring of 2013, she inherited a post that few in her profession would envy. Reeling from a scandal that had shaken the department and university to its core, Hermann was tasked with turning around a program that appeared forever trapped in its own self-inflicted quagmire of mediocrity. In many ways, the Scarlet Knights were stuck in what renowned management scientist Jim Collins refers to as the “Doom Loop”, an organization that desperately wants to change, but lacks the internal discipline to stay the path and build sustained momentum, constantly undermining their own efforts until eventually they end up right back where they started. For Rutgers, poor results led to rash decisions without self-reflection, which in turn led to a new direction – a new coach, new initiative– all which killed any chance of momentum and in the end delivered only more disappointment.

Hermann understood from the onset that if the Scarlet Knights had any chance of disengaging from this seemingly downward spiral, it would require a systematic overhaul to the fundamental set of assumptions and protocols that underlined the athletics department. This meant that there needed to be a complete paradigm shift in the way the organization approached making decisions on critical issues that affect its future. It also meant mitigating losses and stabilizing the organization to counter those processes that caused the poor performance in the first place.


Read the rest: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/...-a-choice/
07-07-2015 11:18 PM
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RE: Why The Rutgers Scarlet Knights Are Proving That Greatness Is A Choice
Great article, somewhat of a puff piece, but very informative nonetheless.
07-08-2015 11:23 AM
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