L&D lessons from the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl celebrates its semicentennial anniversary on Sunday as the Carolina Panthers take on the Denver Broncos.

One of the biggest games in world sport holds a whole host of lessons for L&D professionals, three of which can be found below.   

“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence… If you’re in control, they’re in control” - Tom Landry, former Dallas Cowboys Head Coach (1960-88)

Nothing loses a dressing room quicker than a coaching team that is not singing from the same hymn sheet. Similarly, an L&D function that is constantly firing mixed messages to its workers will steeply decline in productivity.