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Forbes published 6 Ways Successful Teams Are Built To Last, discussing the characteristics of a good team builder and leader. History has shown us that it takes a special kind of leader with unique competencies and skills to successfully build great companies and teams.

Entrepreneur published  What Athletics Can Teach About the Characteristics of Great Leaders, touching on some of the positives of participating in sports. Among the many lessons athletics can teach about leadership, three stand out: setting an example, listening and developing a strong failure quotient (or FQ).

The Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation (AASCF) Nationals takes place this weekend in the Gold Coast. It’s our understanding AASCF Nationals is the largest cheerleading event outside the United States. In addition FECAD’s Costa Rica Nationals is this weekend in San Jose. We’d like to wish all the competitors at these events Good Luck!

Cheer Professional published Spotlight: A.S.G.A., profiling the group via co-founder Randy Dickey. The group started back in 2008 with a select group of growing gyms including ACX, CEA, Cheer Carolina All-Stars, Charlotte Allstars and Rockstar Cheer. Dickey says the group was “fairly low-key” at that point and mainly connected several times a year to share…

Entrepreneur published 5 Tips for Making Meetings Less Unproductive, discussing ways to make meetings useful. Many of us attended so many unproductive meetings or meetings we don’t even know why we are there for. Unfortunately, we cannot avoid making meetings altogether because a successful business needs brainstorming, discussion and an open-dialog among others.

LinkedIn published How to Lose a Great Employee in 10 Ways, discussing what not to do to good employees. Yes, #1 on the list is dishonesty. I don’t need a scientific study or a survey to tell me this so you will not see one cited by me, though I suspect it is out there…

BYU’s The Universe published Is Cheerleading a Sport? BYU Cheer Chimes In, continuing the debate. “Is (cheerleading) a sport right now?” she said. “No, I would say it’s not a sport, but is it athletic? Yes, absolutely. … Are these kids competing at a national level? Are they putting their bodies through majorly athletic skills?…

American Way published Rocket Science, about a group of professional cheerleaders that are scientists promoting science, technology, engineering and math. If watching drones playing music is weird, hearing someone “woo-ing” about scientists — scientists in dance costumes who are members of a group called Science Cheerleader — is flat-out bizarre. And it’s supposed to be.…

The New Yorker published Better All the Time, discussing improvements in training. Today, in sports, what you are is what you make yourself into. Innate athletic ability matters, but it’s taken to be the base from which you have to ascend. Training efforts that forty years ago would have seemed unimaginably sophisticated and obsessive are…

Forbes published 7 Things You Can Do To Build An Awesome Personal Brand, The question is no longer IF you have a personal brand, but if you choose to guide and cultivate the brand or to let it be defined on your behalf. Here are seven ways to start building an awesome personal brand.

Entrepreneur published 7 Funny Quotes With Serious Leadership Lessons, pointing out the importance of keeping a sense of humor. Successful entrepreneurs go above and beyond in everything they do. They know that without the right skill and will to achieve their goals, there won’t be any “extra” in their “ordinary.”

USA Today published The 10 Best Cheerleading Squads in College Football, putting Alabama in the top spot. Alabama is a football powerhouse. It’s also a cheerleading powerhouse. As a cheerleader, said program coordinator Jennifer Thrasher, “It’s as tough to make it at Alabama as it is anywhere in the country.”