I absolutely love community sport and I have the privilege of overseeing the female AFL football program for 2 clubs here in Gisborne- our Junior & Senior club.

We are 2 weeks into the season and already the girls are finding the competition significantly harder compared to last season. The reason being is that, as a club, we decided to move into a different league, where the standard is much higher and the competition a lot tougher.

And the lessons are coming thick and fast. The girls are realising that in order to improve, to fast track their development and to challenge themselves, they must surround themselves with players who are better than them. It is great to watch as our girls are rising to the occasion and adapting really well.

So it is in sales and sales leadership. We must surround ourselves with great people, who will challenge us, and force us to improve and take our performance to an entirely new level.