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Chris Ballard Building a Winner in Indianapolis on “Colts Character” and Collaboration
You can sense Ballard’s humility in that nothing is really about him and he has no ego when it comes to sitting in the GM chair. He has everyone focused on building a better football team, and it ends there. As an evaluator, Ballard is not looking for the “sexy” player. He’s just looking for football players and people that can make his team better.
Colts’ GM Chris Ballard on Admitting Mistakes, Taking Risks on Players, and Communicating with Honesty
In sports and in life, the best teams are the one that can come together and work with and for each other. It’s refreshing to hear an NFL GM acknowledge this. Of course you need talent to win, but the teams that truly elevate and exceed their capability are the one that create that collaboration with the locker room.
Colts GM Chris Ballard on his Team Building Philosophy and Decision Making Process
Ballard has become one of the leading team executives in considering character as part of the evaluation process, and the recent success of the Colts shows how character can be used to building a winning team, even in a highly competitive environment where talent has a tendency to overshadow most teams’ decision-making when it comes to acquiring players.