SEASON 1, EPISODE #17
Dr. Bubbs interviews The Wall Street Journal's deputy editor and former sports columnist Sam Walker about his new book The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams. Sam talks about how the world's greatest teams had one glaringly obvious similarity: the unique characteristics of their captains. He dives into the 7 common traits these men and women share, and how this propelled them to elite performance. Sam also busts a few myths around the impact of coaches and locker room speeches on performance at the highest level. The traits Sam describes have tremendous cross-over to leadership and team success in all realms: sports, health, business and life!
About Sam Walker
Sam Walker is The Wall Street Journal's deputy editor for enterprise and investigative reporting projects. A former sports columnist, Walker founded the Journal's prizewinning daily sports pages in 2009 and oversaw the paper’s global coverage of sports news and major events across all print editions and digital platforms. He is the author of Fantasyland, a bestselling account of his attempt to win America's top fantasy-baseball expert competition (of which he is a two-time champion). Sam attended the University of Michigan and lives in New York with his wife and two children.
Follow Sam on Twitter @samwalkers and find out more at bysamwalker.com.