[News] Steve Bisciotti's One Question To John Harbaugh During His Interview

[BR News]

The Ravens owner stressed the importance of one-on-one communication when he hired Harbaugh.

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[Rants N Ravens]

The difference between the OK ones who try to do this and the really good ones like Harbs is, you have to mean it. You can't be fake about it. People can see right through fake.

[Zeus]

Who's ready to read about football rather than this stuff?

[reed20fence]

Who's ready to read about football rather than this stuff?

Not that it's their fault but they really are milking this phone call for every possible article they can to get through the dog days.

[Space11jams]

A nice little life lesson that Steve showed John. I love when you can take a sport like this is apply it to your life and the way you carry yourself. It can definitely make you into a better person. Inside and out.

[salamander]

Actually, I think that Steve's philosophy of team building has merit and can have a direct payoff on the field. There are plenty of owners and coaches in the NFL who don't realize or care about how important the relationships are to achieving success. Steve's business of building success through personnel is no mistake and can easily be applied to his NFL team as well as in the business world.

[Rich McG]

Bisciotti.....a deep dude. What a great owner, front office, coaching staff, and players. Never in my wildest dreams could any team ever come in and equal the Great Baltimore Colts, but the Ravens have accomplished just that. The Colts were(and still are) woven in the fabric of Baltimore by their football heroics and then many stayed raising their families and businesses for all these many decades. Mr. Bisciotti has done a great job of not forgetting our past heros, and making new ones during his reign.

[stixfix69]

I think Steve's philosophy speaks for itself, i don't recall a player ever leaving with any bitterness towards the FO, and coaching staff....

[AsianRice]

What a great philosophy Bisciotti shows the criteria to be successful in business and sport. It's easier said than done. Harbs has followed Steve's philosophy over the years and succeeds. What a great story and lesson to learn from. Thanks for another good info reading, Downing....

[drillem]

Smart, very smart. Being a human being rather than a boss is always the best route.

[cobrajet]

I hear what Mr. B is saying and I agree that spending time with the players and connecting with them on an individual level is very important. With that said, the head coach is the boss and it has often cost many a "player's coach" their job when they got a little too chummy with the players. It can be tricky walking that fine line. Coach Harbs seems like a man that understands that balance, so I think Mr. B made a good choice.

[cobrajet]

Who's ready to read about football rather than this stuff?

I understand, now that free agency news has died out, draft day can not get here soon enough. Right now I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning to come. Even the anticipation waiting until pick 26 is going to kill me, because I know it is not Ozzie's M.O. to trade up in the first! Hang in there brother, we are coming down the home stretch for something we can sink our teeth in.

[Purpleghost23]

The funny is that now i wanna know harbs answer after steve come back

[Popeye the sailor man]

I know what Steve B was thinking about but I wouldn't have ask my employees that question, the question that I would have ask is " Why do you want a job In my firm " most of them says that " to make money " that's all the answer that I was looking for, It works, I've became very successful as well as my employees and when I retired, they all became very successful in the process when they all [ 6 employees ] bought my business, of course I sold them the business at face value as a token of my appreciation for having them work for me for 10- 25 years

Edited April 7, 2015 by Popeye the sailor man

[Purple Dawg 96]

Bisciotti other question to Harbs, was "Whom idea was it to throw the ball to Torrey whom was double covered and cost us a Super Bowl"?!

[Godfather A]

I spent 9 years as a Commanding Officer in the United States Air Force. The training for that role included the three most important principles of leadership:

1. Take care of your people

2. Take care of your people

3. Take care of your people

[CTFan]

Wow, I just learned something that I'll remember forever.

[RavensFootballFan]

Oh no, this should have been more secretive than CIA operations, now every NFL head coach will take all their players out to dinner and the movies, hoping to have success like the Ravens. 

Edited April 8, 2015 by RavensFootballFan

[RavensFootballFan]

Smart, very smart. Being a human being rather than a boss is always the best route.

 

I agree, I wished that much more world and business leaders think that way. Imagined the beauty of earth if caring about humans was more important than money. Shared success goes a long way to make the world a better place, the less shared/more kept for yourself, the more miserable earth is. 

[huntrgathrr]

I remember Steve Bisciotti from our days at Severn School. I think he transferred to Severna Park H.S. after 10th or 11th grade. But from the time we spent in the same circle, I remember him as a quiet person that was hard to get a read on. He was very personable and pleasant to be around. But he really flew under the radar. His sister Cathy was more popular and as an attractive girl, was more prominent. Most importantly both he and his sister had good moral values and their behavior was above reproach. I never would have guessed that he was so savvy and business smart that he would achieve the success that he has achieved. Makes me remember that still waters run deep.

[ellicottraven]

John is a very coachable person that once he buys into something, it stays with him for life. That is perhaps why he's become such a great coach!

[Tank 92]

The management philosophy preached here has nothing to do with being "chummy" or actually spending time with folks away from the field/job. It has everything to do with letting them know you care about them as individuals even though it is also known that everything worked for and accomplished is for the good of the organization as a whole. When working right, all of this flows easily and is what separates the excellent manager from the OK manager, highly successful organizations from the also rans.

[757RavensFan]

I know it's slow and probably hard to come up w/ new ideas for articles for BR.com, but one thing I would like to read and I think would be a good idea is to write articles on the position coaches.  We rarely hear/read anything about them unless it's bad play from their players at their respective position.  For example, an article about our TE's coach and his path to the Ravens, I think would be a good read.

[Krabcake]

This was a very interesting read.

[Mystigo_Dragon]

Interestingly, and seriously - Know your people,... that's straight out of Marine Corps Leadership 101 and I dare say the same as a leadership model everywhere.

Edited April 8, 2015 by Mystigo_Dragon

[BallSoHard]

So what was Harbs' answer???