Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice

by Norm O'Reilly, Rick Burton, Gary Bettman (Foreword)

Business the NHL Way draws on hockey-inspired stories to show how brands, institutions, and individuals associated with the NHL have consistently survived a variety of challenges and thrived as a result of its decisions. This revised and expanded edition explores business-related scenarios from the sport of hockey and links each lesson back to business, leadership, diversity, management, and sport outcomes. Using ice hockey as an analogy for life, Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton – leaders in the business of sports and former amateur hockey players – inform business and industry professionals on best practices to achieve strategic outcomes and career advancement. The book aims to help businesses emerge from the financial and health disruptions of the global COVID-19 pandemic that not only altered the future of hockey but threatened business sustainability in every sector. Business the NHL Way will appeal to both casual and passionate hockey fans, as well as anyone eager to follow in the footsteps of a successful professional sports organization.

Genres: Sports, Hockey

328 pages, Hardcover

Published October 4, 2022

Reviews

[Lance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unlike most books that use sports to apply to businesses, this book used actual NHL business practices that could translate into the “regular” corporate world quite well. More of a financial book than sports but delivers its message very well.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book uses the NHL as case studies to educate about themes of decision making, business and leadership. It didn't quite deliver but was interesting none-the-less. I"m not really a hockey fan, but am interested in the impact of large sporting organisations on society and culture.

[Jeremy Porter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh. Not what I was expecting or wanting. Oh well.