From the baseball field to the workplace, great leaders energize teams with their words. On November 1st, the Astros beat the Dodgers in game 7 to win the 2017 World Series, the team’s first championship in franchise history. I recently spoke to Vargas about her extensive research into the psychology of pre-game speeches, or pep talks. Vargas focuses on the power of speech to raise a person’s “self-efficacy.” Simply put, self-efficacy is believing in yourself. While her studies are focused on sports teams, they have implications for every team and their leaders.

Source: Forbes November 05, 2017 15:45 UTC