College basketball is one of the easier pathways to get to the national league. A majority of players who get drafted to the NBA are those who have been successful in college basketball. Playing in college is something that a lot of athletes take seriously. However, not many are successful enough to play in the best basketball league in the world. It takes a lot of effort to have that thing that makes one standout. I talked to a former basketball player who gave some key insight into the tough lessons that college players must learn. The three tough lessons that a former college basketball player learned include: 

1. Internal Motivation is essential to success

As a college basketball player, it is important to be internally driven. No amount of motivation can help a player to success in the league. The college basketball league is very challenging and competitive. A few mistakes made in a game will see a player not getting picked to play in the following games. These are factors that demotivate a person. There is also the issue of injuries that can really slow a player’s career down. If you’re not internally motivated, it is very easy to make the decision to quit. With internal motivation, a player will always have a drive that pushes them to tackle the challenges of the league. For example, if they are not getting picked to play, they will likely work hard to be impressive again.  Therefore, internal motivation is crucial for a player to be successful in college basketball. 

2. Personal Skills Trainers may be Harmful

This second lesson may be an unpopular opinion, but from experience, it has some truth to it. It is great to be able to afford a personal skills trainer to help propel a player to professional levels. However, the use of a personal trainer may not always yield the expected results. Personal trainers typically train the player to gain unique skills that make them different from a typical basketball player. The personal trainers tend to be very intense. A lot of players will fail to achieve their skill goals if they skip the basics and jump straight to the professional styles. Take for example getting a professional teacher to train a child on algebra when they have not mastered addition and subtraction. Such a set-up reduces the child’s ability to learn anything at all. Nonetheless, this does not mean that a trainer is not useful. If a player has to get a trainer, they must get one who understands them and is willing to develop them gradually. 

3. There Is no Better way to succeed than Practice

The parents of college basketball players do a lot just to help their children become professionals. Some even spend a lot of money to pay for leagues so that their children can be given a chance to play. As a college player who cannot afford to do all these things, it is easy for one to feel like they are disadvantaged. However, such players should learn that there is no better way to succeed that to practice. Practice makes perfect. This is the main tool that one needs to have a chance to be successful in professional basketball.  

Although College basketball is challenging you have to approach it with the same mentality to be successful and motivate other to strive for excellence with you.

Success in the field can be a pathway to success in the business world. There seem to be no clear link between these factors, but a deeper look into sports and business reveals a lot of similarities. The principles that make a person successful in the field can be transferred to the business and make them successful in the office. This blog reveals three ways main ways that athletic tools can be transferred to the business world to help motivate employees and help them to achieve success. The following are the ways in which the field and the office can be linked.

Sports help to build character

The obvious role of sports is physical improvement. Participating in different kinds of athletics helps to keep a person physically fit. However, this is not all that one benefits from sports. In many ways, sports helps to build a person’s character. To be successful in sports, one has to learn how to develop social relationships, have a competitive mindset, and develop a commitment to achieving success. People who are successful in sports are able to achieve success because they have learned to work with others in the social environment. For instance, success in soccer requires collaboration between 11 players at a time. Additionally, the main idea behind sports in competition. Therefore, sportsmen have to develop a competitive mindset. They also depend on the commitment they have on their teams to be consistently successful. All these three tools for successful sportsmanship are essential to business success. Workers need to have the right social skills to be successful at work. Healthy competition can also propel teams within the workplace to success. Lastly, commitment is key to employee success. Therefore, these are three key ideas that can easily be transferred from athletics to the business.

Sports improve leadership skills

Being involved in sports help to improve leadership skills. Many in different ways have defined leadership. There is no single definition that covers all the qualities and responsibilities or a good leader. One common definition of leadership is the ability to motivate a group to work together towards achieving common goal. This is basically what sportsmen do. In athletics, team members need to motivate each other. They guide each other to achieve their common goal, which is usually winning games and competitions. The same spirit of leadership can be borrowed into the business world. Team members in a business are like team players in athletics. They need to motivate each other to achieve their shared objectives. Just like team players assume the roles of leaders, each of the team members in an organization should act as leaders. They need to be motivating each other to develop enough commitment to achieve their goal as a group.

In summary, the context or sports and business are unrelated, but also similar at the same time. There are many athletic tools that can be borrowed into the business world. Athleticism can help to build the kind of character that is needed for organizational success. Business leaders can also learn the characteristics of good leadership from people in sports. To be a successful leader in business, one has to draw inspiration from several sources including sports if need be. The organization of people in sports in very similar to the organization of people in business. The former achieves success by maintaining the tools of success consistently. Therefore, businesses can be inspired or better yet take part in sports to improve their businesses.

The decision on whether or not to transition to new technologies in management is always a difficult one to make. Many businesses find it hard to find the balance between value and the high expenses of technology integration. When it comes to Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) the value of integration has already been proven. Businesses can be sure that they will be getting maximum value from HRMS installation as long as the process is done correctly.  

Streamlining HR Processes 

The HR department is responsible for very many critical roles of the organization. This department manages the recruitment and selection of employees, performs employee training, implements strategies to retain employees, and manages the employee payroll among many other roles. At the same time, these roles need to be aligned with the overall organizational strategy. HR practices are performed to lead the organization towards its overall goal. Performing all these fragmented roles of workforce management while at the same time making sure they are aligned with the organizational strategy can be difficult. The integration of HRMS into the HR management systems enhances the efficiency of managing HR roles. A study by Hussein, Wallace, and Cornelius (2007) investigated the impact of HRMS on HR professionals. The results of the study found that in both small and large organizations, HR professionals reported increased efficiency in performance of HR functions and the alignment of HR functions with the organizational strategy. These results demonstrate the importance of HR management systems in an organization. Any business that invests in these systems is likely to improve the work that is done by HR employees. In addition to improving efficiency for HR officials, HRMS also improve the performance of the organization. 

Impact of HRMS on Performance 

There are many ways in which HRMS help to enhance the overall productivity, and hence, performance of an organization. These systems simplify the manual HR procedures and eliminate the occurrence of errors that limit the performance of the HR role in an organization. For example, Foster (2010) reports in his article that integrating technology into the payroll processing systems helps to reduce occurrence of errors such as overpayment and underpayment of workers. This ensures the efficient performance of the company’s financial management while improving the payment procedures for the employees. The systems can also be used to optimize the HR recruitment procedures. With the help of the appropriate algorithms in decision support systems, the organization can appropriately vet different candidates to ensure that they meet the standards of skills, knowledge, and values that are needed at the organization. HRMS can also improve the management of employees. These systems are used to manage employee data. Important employee management metrics can be monitored with the help of these systems (Foster, 2010). Factors such as employee turnover, performance, and level of satisfaction can be monitored through HRMS. The improvement of these processes eventually improves the efficiency of the organization as a whole, leading to better productivity. 

Conclusion 

Many managers struggle with the decision of whether to implement HRMS or not. This analysis shows that implementation is the way to go. HRMS do not just help the HRM department, but the organization as a whole. There are many roles under the HR docket that influence the organization in general. The integration of HRMS enhances management of these roles while also enhancing the decision making capabilities of the organization’s management. Therefore, if any manager is thinking about this decision, it is likely that implementation will be the best strategy to follow.