Megan Rapinoe on Leading — On and Off the Field

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🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Megan Rapinoe, U.S. women's soccer star and World Cup champion, knows how to perform under pressure, motivate her teammates, and advocate for the causes she believes in. In addition to her stellar play as a professional athlete, she's been outspoken about racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and gender pay equity. She offers lessons on overcoming losses, growing into a leadership role, becoming an ally, and operating as your authentic self.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone it's Kurt we need your help with our annual survey this is your last chance to help us get to know you so we can make idea cast even better for you
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0:19.0	And, thanks for listening. Welcome to the HBRIDIA cast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard. Here in the U.S. and in many other countries around the world, sports have been on hiatus for a while due to
0:53.7	the COVID-19 crisis. But in regular times professional athletics serve as not only
0:58.4	entertainment in our societies but also as a way to learn about teamwork, leadership, and how to perform under pressure.
1:05.0	Our guest today, Megan Rapino, cemented her place in soccer history, or football history for those outside the US,
1:12.0	at the 2019 Women's World Cup
1:14.8	with some critical goals including clutch penalty kicks.
1:17.8	Rapino ready to fire this in presumably with pace.
1:23.4	No one and all the way in.
1:28.6	She led her team to a championship and won the Golden Boot.
1:33.0	She's also been a fierce advocate for LGBTIQ rights, racial justice, and gender equity.
1:38.5	Back in 2016, she took a need during the National Anthem to protest police brutality against black Americans, and she's
1:44.6	helped lead her team's lawsuit demanding equal pay for female players against the U.S. Soccer
1:49.4	Federation.
1:50.4	I had a chance to speak with Megan late last year five months after her World Cup win at the
1:55.3	Massachusetts Conference for Women.
1:57.6	Here's our conversation. Why don't we start by talking about performance under pressure? You had an amazing
2:09.6	World Cup, penalty kicks, more goals after that, the president tweeting you during the whole time.
2:17.0	How did you become so clutch?
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