Should we hire more pro athletes into business roles? feat. Chris McNaughton

Shahzeeb and Andreas are back again in English. It says in the
intro, both are Basketball professionals, but only at heart. They
have never earned serious money with the sports they love. To be
able to genuinely talk about transferable skills from pro sports to
business, they have invited someone who played in the best European
Basketball leagues, who played for the German National Team,
someone who used to be a real professional Basketball player -
Chris McNaughton. Chris shares his story from when he had to stop
playing the game he loved and started discovering how to best enter
his second career. The journey he took was not a super easy one.
Interesting enough he got the advice tot better start in the US
than in Germany. Turned out to be true. Shahzeeb, Andreas and Chris
discover many similarities of someone trying to orient themselves
and to switch careers away from their current trajectory. There are
many good reasons to support that kind of career change. They also
talk about best practices you can transfer from sports to the
business world. One key is, of course, to continuously learn. But
also to give candid feedback, and stay coachable are essential in
sports and business. If you want to know why Shahzeeb and Andreas
come to the conclusion to hire more pro athletes, why biases are so
dangerous and who brings a shot clock to work soon, then listen to
our latest episode of With People. For People.