{"id":12160,"date":"2016-08-23T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkvisionnow.com\/\/?p=12160"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:54:14","slug":"if-we-were-all-olympians-in-our-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunneez.com\/sparkvision\/if-we-were-all-olympians-in-our-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"If We Were All Olympians in our Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Emotional Connection That Binds All Olympians: Lessons for the Workplace<\/h1>\n

I\u2019ve never been a sports person, but the Olympics and all Olympians have always enamored me. It\u2019s something about the superhuman people who dedicate their lives to being the best in the world at their craft. There\u2019s no shortage of jaw-dropping performances, extreme fans, and raw emotions. Perhaps that\u2019s what has made them so appealing to me.<\/p>\n

As I watched the Olympics this year, I took it in through a \u201ccultural workplace<\/a>\u201d lens. An athlete\u2019s office is their playing field, their managers are their coaches, colleagues are their teammates and their customers are everyone watching. With that type of pressure, it\u2019s not surprising that the Olympic culture is grounded in dedication, teamwork, honor, and humility.<\/p>\n

Listening to interviews this year, I picked up on something I hadn\u2019t before from all Olympians.\u00a0\u00a0It was always right there in front of my face for years. Reporters were desperate to humanize all Olympians. They wanted us, ordinary viewers, to have a glimpse into their lives and find a connection between us all. That link was almost always through shared emotions:<\/p>\n