ReThinking: Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird on leading great teams and moving on

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are two of the greatest athletes of all time — Megan is an Olympic gold medalist and was named the best soccer player in the world by FIFA. Sue has won five of her own Olympic gold medals in basketball and four WNBA championships. Now that the couple have each retired from their legendary sports careers, they host a podcast together, a Touch More, and continue to play a major role in the meteoric rise of women’s sports. They talk with Adam about how to make a team great and leadership lessons from sports. They also discuss their difficult decisions to retire, and how to know when it’s time to let go and move on.

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Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/)

Guests: Megan Rapinoe (Instagram: @mrapinoe) Sue Bird (Instagram: @sbird10)

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