Intentional Performers With Brian Levenson

Sam Walker is the author of The Captain Class, a profile of the captains of the 17 greatest dynasties in sports history. He is a columnist, keynote speaker and teambuilding consultant for corporations, military units, nonprofits and professional and Olympic sports teams. Over two decades at The Wall Street Journal, Walker served as sports columnist, sports editor, deputy page-one editor and leadership columnist. He attended the University of Michigan. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.   Sam had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “I’ve been blessed and cursed at the same time by being easily bored” (4:55). “When you walk in a door that you’ve never been through before, you see that people are dealing with a lot of the same things, the same issues, the same stresses” (8:35). “The book is really about what are the real qualities of effective leadership” (15:30). “The big threat to great leadership and sustained excellence is rarely a lack of ability, it