08/06/2024

Five Traits of a ‘Gold Medal Mindset’

Deliver what matters most

Successful organizations can embrace change and the ups and downs that come with it. These organizations are always doing their best to keep progressing. This is a "Gold Medal Mindset"—making a constant choice to overcome challenges and demonstrate the ownership required to keep moving forward and deliver what matters most.

This mindset came in handy for the United States men's volleyball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as well as the years in training leading up to the event. Going into the games, the team felt the pressure to perform well.

But on August 9, 2008, tragedy struck. The parents of team head coach Hugh McCutcheon's wife were attacked while touring the Drum Tower, and McCutcheon's father-in-law Todd Bachman was killed and his mother-in-law Barbara Bachman was critically injured.

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