What holds true for sports holds true for business. As a result, the best has not always been the first pick. Chicago Bulls franchise selected the number three pick of the NBA draft. This player went on, in terms of attitude and ability, to become one of the most celebrated athletes in the history of sports. These characteristics are found to a greater or lesser degree in all of us - they are measurable attitudes, for individuals in any walk of life.
Sports is neither the rule nor the exception.
The need to measure these traits applies equally well to sales, management, leadership and any team based situation. Even if not the real thing, we can all come much closer a team of MJ x 5, provided we remember to measure attitude as well as talent. Build on success, not on chance. David Pearson was a contributing author of the EEOC's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and also contributed to the Tower Amendment to Title VII.12. As a nationally recognized authority on employment practices and behavioral tendency profiling, Dr. Pearson has been quoted in publications from Newsweek to The Wall Street Journal.