Teamwork

“All comes down to today. Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble. Inch by inch, play by play till we’re finished.We are in hell right now, gentlemen believe me and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light.” It is a fantastic motivational speech in a movie by AL Pacino. It is often used to motivate a team. There was a winning Oxford Boat Race crew a few years back, who played the video in the locker room prior to heading out on the Thames Tideway to beat Cambridge. I don’t know if they played the same video but Oxford just did it again to win in 2022. You may ask “how can we relate this to corporate finance and business consulting? As an oarsman, one time judoka, and now a middle aged (or indeed older pathfinder and business advisor), I might not have made “every wrong choice” or indeed “pissed away all my money” and can “still look in the mirror”. I do recognise that some things have been taken from me, and that success is imbedded in the present moment, and the actions we take. I feel that the sentiments here can also be applied to business life and presented in a way that may be helpful to all of us.

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