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Entrepreneurship: Career path beyond sports

Entrepreneurship: Career path beyond sports

by IrgTBuehrer | May 24, 2023 | Career, Career after Sports, Competencies, Entrepreneurship, Kompetenzen, Skills, Startup, Transition

Where do I fit in? Can personality traits of athletes lead the way? Would Elon Musk also have had the potential to become a professional athlete? What else can we expect from LeBron James as an entrepreneur? And do the parallels in the mindset of entrepreneurs and...
Athletes in active, business-relevant roles add value to companies

Athletes in active, business-relevant roles add value to companies

by IrgTBuehrer | Oct 17, 2022 | Career, Career after Sports, Competencies, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Transition

In order to pave the way for athletes in companies that value their backgrounds, permanent employment in predefined positions is not always the most promising first step. Especially for professional athletes who are still active or in transition from sports to life...
Risk-handling: Why athletes can be comparatively better entrepreneurs

Risk-handling: Why athletes can be comparatively better entrepreneurs

by IrgTBuehrer | Jun 23, 2021 | Career after Sports, Competencies, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Skills, Startup, Transition

Athletes experience extreme situations in their sports careers that they have to evaluate in fractions of a second in order to be able to make decisive decisions in competitions. The Handelsblatt once asked: Are athletes the better managers? The insightful article by...
5 Questions to … former Basketball-Pro Chris McNaughton

5 Questions to … former Basketball-Pro Chris McNaughton

by IrgTBuehrer | Sep 10, 2020 | Career, Career after Sports, Competencies, Entrepreneurship, Skills, Transition

The former basketball professional and national player talks about his transition experiences and the different views on (former) athletes in the USA and Germany. Today, Chris has arrived in his career after sports and after working for Gartner, Florida, he is now in...
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