5 Reasons Event Managers Must Emulate from San Miguel Beer Basketball Team | Event Organizer Philippines
Thursday, February 04, 2016
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The
basketball aficionados in the Philippines are glued to the just concluded All
Filipino PBA Cup Championship. The championship match between San Miguel
Beermen and Alaska Aces has all the elements of human drama, and when the smoke
cleared, the San Miguel Beermen emerged as the miracle winner.
Indeed,
the San Miguel Beermen is a miracle winner because no teams even in the whole
wide sporting world have ever come back from a 0-3 deficit.
Now that
the San Miguel Beermen has accomplished it, they are now legends in the annals
of the sporting history.
But so
much for the basketball aspect of this rich story, event managers like me can
learn a lot from this historical feat.
Looking
from the fence to where I seat, here are the reasons why event managers must
emulate the minted San Miguel Beer Team.
Grace Under Pressure
Even in
the face of insurmountable odds, the 0-3 deficit, the San Miguel Beermen
showed poise. They never crumble in this very difficult situation. They always maintain their calm demeanor. This led to their impossible accomplishment.
Event
Managers must have this character of never cracking under pressure. In the face
of insurmountable odds we must always have that demeanor akin to the cool wind
that refreshes and changes the darkest of the night into the brightest day
ever.
Self Confidence
Any person
or team with a low self-esteem placed under the searing heat of pressure will
never recover. A team with a poor image of themselves can never stand-up and
overturn the 0-3 deficit. But if you will observe the San Miguel Beermen not
in any situation can you see that their self-confidence wane.
In fact,
they always believe that they can come back and make the impossible possible.
Event
Managers handling events must always have high self-confidence. Big or critical
events can overwhelm an event manager with low self-esteem.
In the
face of different, unexpected situations or unplanned happenings in events,
event managers must have the ability to face it bravely and maintain his high
image of himself, because self-confidence will help the event manager to calmly
solve problems and create better solutions.
Defined Roles
Coach Tim
Cone observed that the reason why Coach Leo Austria is successful in leading
San Miguel Beer to the Promised Land is that Coach Austria was able to define
the role of each player and the players respect and perform the assigned roles
given to them.
Event
Managers must take this example in making and running a successful event
management team. Defined roles provide each and every member of the team
accountabilities.
Accountability
is what makes each member exert more efforts because they will feel they are
needed and that their contribution are valuable to the success of the project or event.
Strategic Discipline
The San
Miguel Beermen stuck to their a game plan and they executed it to perfection.
There was no hesitation or doubt to the plan that they prepared to overcome the
Alaska Aces.
This is
what strategic discipline is, the ability to stick with the strategic direction
the team or organization crafted even if in the early goings
Bumps or
hiccups are encountered.
The event manager must always conduct technical meetings and dry runs, in this
After this
stage, the execution comes next. Events depend on the discipline of the team to
stick to the game plan or agreed course of action or sequence.
If the
event manager and the team have the discipline to execute faithfully to the
plan, there is no doubt success is always the end result.
Heart of Champions
Rudy Tomjanovich, coach of the champion Houston Rockets, once said, "Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion".
In Game 7, Alaska Aces in several occasions made a furious run to be able to snatch the lead to the San Miguel Beermen. But San Miguel Beermen answered each furious run with timely offensive and defensive plays. They matched the intensity of the Alaska Aces and never allowed them to grab the flow of the game. In doing so, they displayed the Heart of the Champions – they know how to deal with the challenges and win.
Event
Managers must have a Heart of the Champions. This will ensure that clients can
have a peace of mind, no matter what dynamics come into play during the actual
event, an event manager that is a champion can deal and adjust with these
changes.
Events are
like the game of Basketball – it is exciting and challenging, now that
you already know the reasons for the San Miguel
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