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Former NFL Coach Wyche Talks Leadership At ScanSource Conference

Source: ScanSource, Inc.
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By Jim Roddy, VP of Marketing, RSPA

Pro and college sports teams seize the opportunity when they have a home-court advantage, so why shouldn’t channel companies? ScanSource, headquartered Greenville, SC, hosted its Worldwide Partner Conference for POS and Barcoding in that same city March 16-18, and utilized local hero Sam Wyche as the event’s keynote speaker.

Wyche, best known as the former head coach of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals (1984-91) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992-95), resides in Greenville where he was a successful quarterback for Furman University in the mid-1960s.

Sporting a green bowtie to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Wyche talked leadership with 200+ channel executives who filled the main ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. Following are eight great quotes from Wyche’s entertaining talk:

  • “When you start out, you start with an idea that you can’t quite get done by yourself. So you go get somebody else to help you out, and you form a team.”
  • “Teams start out of necessity, but teams stay together when you get the right teammates.”
  • “Leadership is important at every level of an organization. Everyone has a leadership role to play.”
  • “Practice makes permanent. If you practice hard, you’re going to play hard.”
  • “Champions lose games. But they never lose two games the same way.”
  • “Be flexible to adjust, and don’t be nervous about how your team can adjust.”
  • “Teams are better when teammates encourage each other to do better than they think they can.”
  • “Stay grounded. You never quite arrive. You can always do a little better.”

ScanSource’s Worldwide Partner Conference for POS and Barcoding was held March 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, SC.