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🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Don Fehr, Executive Director of the NHLPA, shares his insights on: [:44] - The single most important rule for leading a union effectively [6:02] - Why he considers the past year to be the most challenging experience in his entire career [9:34] - How his law career led him to become involved with the MLBPA and the shocking thing he learned after becoming executive director [12:34] - The distinct one advantage that his job has over all others Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Playbook, I have the legend, the executive director of the NHLPA,
0:06.0	that's right, Donald Fierre. And we're going to talk about what it took to not only be the executive
0:11.7	director of the NHLPA, but also the MLB. Remember, the truth vibrates the fastest here on Entrepreneurs,
0:20.8	the Playbook. This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the greatest
0:26.8	athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional
0:32.4	playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom. I'm your host,
0:39.2	David Meltzer. I have a legend of sports and entrepreneurship and business, Don Fierre,
0:45.4	executive director of the NHLPA. Don, welcome to the playbook.
0:50.5	Nice to be with you. Thank you. Well, you know, it's so exciting to have you because one of the
0:54.7	things I want to talk to you about is leadership. And, you know, with the background that you have
1:00.7	being the executive director of both the MLB at one time, and of course, now the NHLPA,
1:08.1	what are some of the lessons that you learned about leaders? And then what advice would you give
1:14.2	to young people about leadership? Well, in the context in which I've done it, I think it comes
1:21.5	down to this. My role is first and perhaps most importantly, political. My job is to educate,
1:30.1	educate the membership. It is to unify them. It is to insist that they make decisions and be
1:36.7	prepared to follow up on them. The closest analog I can give you is as that of being a prime minister
1:42.5	in a parliamentary democracy. And what I mean by that is I can function as long as I have support
1:50.4	and hopefully lopsided support of the membership. If I lose that, whether I'm right or wrong,
1:57.4	it doesn't really matter. They have to get somebody else for that job. So how do you do that?
2:02.3	Rule number one, talk to me by my mentor, Marvin Miller, who basically founded
2:06.8	players associations, is you always tell them the truth as bluntly as you can figure out a way
2:13.6	to do it. Sometimes, like in a lot of endeavors in life, you have to simplify. But the core
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