NBA Star Chris Paul on Mentorship and Taking a Stand

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Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Marketing, Business, Business/management, Management, Business/marketing, Business/entrepreneurship, Innovation, Hbr, Strategy, Economics, Finance, Teams, Harvard

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Most of us can point to a few key people who have made a real difference in our lives and careers - a family member, a coach, a boss. And many who get that kind of mentoring build on the lessons they learn to become leaders and role models themselves. Basketball star Chris Paul is a prime example. He had the support of a tight-knit family growing up, was mentored by a great coach in college, and as an NBA rookie looked to league veterans for guidance. Now, at age 38, he's the seasoned vet, a perennial All-Star across multiple teams who led the National Basketball Players Association from 2013 through the 2020 Covid-19 crisis and racial reckoning in the United States and is widely regarded as one of the best point guards of all time. Paul's new book is "Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court." Note: This episode was taped before the start of the 2023 NBA playoffs.

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0:30.0	Welcome to the HBR idea cast from Harvard Business Review.
0:40.0	I'm Allison Beard.
0:43.0	Most of us can point to a few key people who made a real difference in our lives and careers.
0:54.0	Maybe it's the family elder who taught you right from wrong.
0:57.0	The coach who pushed you to outperform, the teacher whose passion for a subject inspired your own,
1:02.0	or the boss who showed you what it is to be a leader at work.
1:06.0	Eventually though, we all also have the chance to become role models ourselves
1:10.0	for younger relatives and friends, colleagues and employees, and other members of our communities.
1:15.0	Today's guest, basketball star Chris Paul, has been on both sides of that trade.
1:20.0	Growing up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he had the support of a tight-knit family.
1:24.0	In college, he was mentored by a terrific coach.
1:27.0	And in the NBA, he's soaked up lessons from league veterans.
1:30.0	But now, at age 38, he is the seasoned vet.
1:34.0	A 12-time all-star across five teams, former president of the National Basketball Players Association,
1:39.0	and widely regarded as one of the best point guards of all time.
1:43.0	He's here with us to talk more about who helped shape him and how he's stepped up into leadership roles himself.
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